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• Cruise Traveler Rights Detailed In New Bill
  

  Filed under: Europe, North America, United States, Transportation, News, Cruises, Luxury TravelClearly Ambiguous/Flickr Travelers' rights are often difficult to define. We know about the so-called Airline Passenger Bill of Rights, designed to give air travelers some relief in a deregulated airline industry when things go wrong. When held on the tarmac for too long, passengers now have the right to get off the aircraft. Bumped against your will? You might be entitled to denied boarding compensation in the form of a check or cash. But what about cruise travelers? What rights do they have when things go wrong? The new Cruise Industry Passenger Bill Of Rights has answers. Released this week by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the cruise industry organization that includes cruise lines, industry suppliers and travel agencies, the Cruise Industry Passenger Bill Of Rights details what should happen when things go wrong on a cruise ship. Unlike the airline version though, the cruise passenger bill of rights is more of an explanation of what cruise lines normally and customarily have been doing, as opposed to a set of laws for which fines can be levied against a cruise line that breaks them. Still, there is value to cruise travelers in what the bill holds, if for no other reason than to educate buyers about what to expect.Continue reading Cruise Traveler Rights Detailed In New BillCruise Traveler Rights Detailed In New Bill originally appeared on Gadling on Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

• Study - Europe's Hotel Industry Holding Steady for 2013
  

• My Fantastic Packing Mistake
  

  I had a comfortable late-morning flight to Rome.  The route to Copenhagen airport is an easy one.  Hop a reliable bus for a 5 minute ride, switch to the metro for a 35 minute trip and boom. Next thing you know you’re at Copenhagen airport ready to move quickly through their efficient security lines and [...]

• Icon of the U.S. South: the bottle tree
  

  I never met a bottle tree I didn’t like, and I keep sticking the bottles back onto my own backyard tree even though high winds regularly topple it over and send empty green wine, ginger ale and sweet vermouth bottles flying into a long-suffering nearby rose bush. Yesterday I stumbled on the Garden Cafe and

• Life on the Water: Honduras’ Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge
  

  A thick leathery body floated over the glassy green water surface as we glided by the edge of the swamp in our motorized wooden boat. Our local guide Elmer signaled for the boatman to move closer. Once we were within an arm’s length from the body, we found a pair of big marble eyes staring back at us. An enormous crocodile, lay just inches away from us. It was early in the morning and the [...]