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Christopher Elliott

I lost $6,074 after Booking.com canceled my vacation rental. Can you get it back for me?

Jennifer Book’s problem with a canceled Booking.com vacation rental and Affirm — and the heartbreaking loss of $6,074 — looks like an…

1d ago

I lost $6,074 after Booking.com canceled my vacation rental. Can you get it back for me?

1d ago

Here’s what’s missing from your hotel — and how to get it

Something is missing from your hotel — and you should know about it before your next trip.

2d ago

Here’s what’s missing from your hotel — and how to get it

2d ago

Warning! These travel insurance mistakes could ruin your next trip

If you’re about to book a trip, you need to know about a few travel insurance mistakes that could ruin everything.

3d ago

Warning! These travel insurance mistakes could ruin your next trip

3d ago

A surprise surcharge for car rental insurance with Sixt. How do I fix this?

Sixt surprises David Degagne with an extra $513 car rental insurance surcharge in Portugal. Can he get his money back if he never asked for…

6d ago

A surprise surcharge for car rental insurance with Sixt. How do I fix this?

6d ago

Help! My Hertz car rental is infested with ants — and now they’re charging me extra

There’s a rule in the Travel Bible that your rental car must be insect-free. But the folks at the Hertz location in Palo Alto, Calif…

Nov 12

Help! My Hertz car rental is infested with ants — and now they’re charging me extra

Nov 12

How to stay out of trouble when you travel in 2025

I should have known she was going to be trouble. I was stuck in seat 36J on a flight from Tampa to Zürich, Switzerland, and before the…

Nov 11

How to stay out of trouble when you travel in 2025

Nov 11

This is how Finland is redefining eco-friendly travel

It only takes a quiet moment in the forest outside of Billnäs for the idea of Finnish sustainability to come into focus.

Nov 10

This is how Finland is redefining eco-friendly travel

Nov 10

I have a frozen Motorola Edge phone — is this a lost cause?

Is Steven Waechter’s frozen Motorola Edge phone a lost cause? The company has sent him a replacement — which also has frozen up. What’s…

Nov 9

I have a frozen Motorola Edge phone — is this a lost cause?

Nov 9

No Airbnb refund after I closed my bank account. Now what?

Airbnb promises Bart Colen’s a refund after his host cancels his rental at the last minute. But months later, the money is still missing…

Nov 7

No Airbnb refund after I closed my bank account. Now what?

Nov 7

This $2,484 Aer Lingus flight voucher doesn’t work! Do I still have to pay for my ticket?

When Aer Lingus canceled Thomas Bedsole’s flight from Indianapolis to Dublin during the pandemic, it quickly offered him a voucher for…

Nov 6

This $2,484 Aer Lingus flight voucher doesn’t work! Do I still have to pay for my ticket?

Nov 6

Christopher Elliott

Christopher Elliott

Award-winning author, journalist and consumer advocate. Read me in USA Today, the Washington Post and via King Features. Email me at chris@elliott.org

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