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Slowly but surely, travel is resuming following the disasters of September 11th. Stranded travelers are making their way home; people are embarking on the trips they'd planned. Yet many travelers are still uncertain about refunds for cancelled flights, about schedule changes and cutbacks, and about whether to fly or not.
Here are a number of good places on the Web for travel news and advice.
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Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel newsletter has excellent articles (dated Friday Sept. 14) on airlines' refund policies, alternatives to air travel, advice for travelers in NYC and Washington, and what to do if you were planning a trip abroad, or are stranded abroad.
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Links to the statements from twelve major airlines, Thursday Sept. 13th, a.m.:
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- AirTran
- Alaska
- America West
- American
- Continental
- Delta- Frontier
- Northwest
- Southwest
- TWA
- United
- US Airways - the Smarter Living travel website has an excellent compilation of info for major airlines and online travel companies, including update-pages, phone numbers, and toll-free numbers for families.
- About's Air Travel guide has coverage of how travel is being affected in many areas.
- For New England travelers, About's guide for New England for Visitors has Helpful Links and Phone Numbers, including numbers for smaller airports.
- customers of the Travelocity website should head to this alert page, which includes toll-free numbers for updates about upcoming travel. Hotwire has an advisory page; Orbitz has a page of information, linked from their main page.
--Sept. 16 2001
