Southwest Airlines & Delta have been leading the way in keeping middle airline seats empty. Southwest has committed to it until at least November 30, and Delta has made the same promise until January 6. Both airlines have also committed to reducing capacity in the forward cabins by keeping additional seats empty. In contrast, other airlines are cancelling some flights to try to fill their remaining…

The increased prevalence of leisure road trips this year is leading one company to begin working more aggressively with travel professionals, offering self-drive tours and door-to-door driving instruction with local attraction and activity information along the route. American Tours International (ATI) has long been a primary tour resource for AAA clubs nationwide, and is now working with the wider travel professional community. ATI -DriveAmerica offers a wide variety of itineraries, along with guaranteed hotel accommodations throughout the client's entire trip, commissionable to travel professionals.

For example, a one-week drive vacation for a couple and their children would average approximately $2,000 commissionable. If joined by other extended family members or friends, the booking can jump to as high as $10,000 total, depending on…

My early experience with “failure” conjures up painful memories of my Little League Baseball years. At age nine, I was introduced to the agony of defeat without a single opportunity to enjoy the thrill of victory. That year the “Hawks” went 0-20, and that was the year our team learned that life was not fair. Unlike today’s losing teams, we did not receive a trophy for simply “showing up.” We watched our friends receive the accolades they appropriately…

More than once during the early days of the COVID lockdown, I heard someone make reference to Anne Frank. The significance was obvious. As we Americans, who are so accustomed to being free, had to hole up inside our homes to save our lives, it gave us a window of insight into what it must have been like for a 13-year old Jewish girl. A girl whose family had to hide out in an attic apartment for two years to avoid being dragged off to a concentration camp where they would most likely be…