Tag: travelling

What If This Travel Chaos Is Deliberate?

Commentary Well, it happened again. A friend was coming to visit with a layover flight covering three major airports. It should have taken a few hours. Instead, it took 12 hours, and only with the assistance of Amtrak on the last leg. The rebooked flight would have meant another 36-hour delay, so that was out…


Why I Still Send Picture Postcards—Traveling or Not

By George Hobica From Tribune News Service Trust me on this, traveler: Sending picture postcards to friends and family spreads joy back home and in the process reveals aspects of your destination you’d otherwise miss. I know this because I am an obsessive picture postcard sender, as you’ll see. You’ve already guessed, from your own…


A Guide to Gentlemanly Manners While Travelling Based On an Etiquette Manual From the 1880s

THERE is nothing that tests the natural politeness of men and women so thoroughly as traveling. We all desire as much comfort as possible and as a rule are selfish. In these days of railroad travel, when every railway is equipped with elegant coaches for the comfort, convenience and sometimes luxury of its passengers, and provided…


Ontario, Quebec Lay out Pandemic Plans for Students to Return to Schools in Fall

Students in the two provinces hardest hit by COVID−19 should be able to experience a “normal” return to school in the fall, officials said Wednesday as other provinces and territories looked to loosen pandemic−related travel restrictions. Ontario and Quebec laid out their plans for schools Wednesday as they stressed the importance of vaccinations to keep…