CNN - Changing travel one tweet at a time

CNN

Changing travel one tweet at a time


updated 10:57 a.m. EST, Tue February 10, 2009


By Christopher Elliott
Tribune Media Services

(Tribune Media Services) -- "There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people."

Those words, hastily typed on Janis Krums' iPhone just after US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River last month, marked yet another milestone in the microblogging revolution.

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ST - Coping with natural disasters on trips

From my archive of press clippings:

Seattle Times

Coping with natural disasters on trips

How travelers can safeguard themselves in case of natural disasters such as hurricanes, and get airlines and hotels to give refunds or replacement vacations

Originally published October 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM Page modified October 31, 2008 at 1:25 PM

By Christopher Elliott Tribune Media Services

Talk about adding insult to injury.

When a natural disaster strikes, travel companies like to play the "God card," unless everyone is looking.

The God card — technically, the Act of God clause, a legal term for, "circumstances beyond our control" — basically means your airline, cruise line or hotel owes you nothing. After all, the tragedy wasn't their fault.

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