Reality Check: Travel Weekly

Reality Check columns

Fighting the good fight -- even on SundayOurs is the dream-fulfillment business. Yes, we have beaches and castles and charming cities high on a hill. But travel can...

Remember when travel agencies needed customer parking?Our profession has changed. In the Travel Institute's industry report last year, it said that 71% of travel agents now work as...

Here's a bucket-list item that is getting oldI am trying to meet up with a specific individual who happens to live a fair distance away.

Paradise is a flight and a drive awayThe Turks and Caicos Islands are as drop-dead gorgeous and wonderful as the press reports tell us. But first, you have to go...

There's a new hurdle for agencies, and I'm as stumped as youWhile our business models may be very different, I am having the same challenges you are when it comes to finding the best...

Meanwhile, in the rest of the worldI thought it might be a good time to look at how things are going abroad, where everything is hunky-dory -- or is it? Here are...

What we learned about our clients last yearClients are patriotic, support legalization of marijuana, own firearms, frequently use smartphones, have mixed responses toward...

Walking slow, toting precious cargo in the 14th ArrondissementIn Paris, a love of cheese is one way to bring neighbors together.

Time to change business as usualTravel sellers and travel marketers should go direct -- to each other.

Does our optimism resonate with travelers?A headline has me thinking that agents' positive voices are needed.