We were only a few hours into our first day in Rome when it hit me. And we may never travel the same way again. I’m on the road maybe three months a year, but 99.9% of the time my out-of-town stays take place at a hotel. Most are terrific, with comfortable beds, nice amenities and more. But a hotel isn’t made to make you feel like a local. So, when my wife and I recently decided to stay a couple of extra days in Rome prior to a cruise on the MSC World Europa, we opted to get a Read more
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THIS ITEM ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORM AT www.travelpulse.ca, where I work as senior editorial director. The folks at Expedia recently conducted an airplane and hotel etiquette survey with Canadians and came up with some fun – and somewhat bewildering – results regarding smelly passengers on a plane and the borrowing of someone else’s clothes at an Air BnB/vacation rental. The item I found astonishing is that 68% of Canadians feel that it’s inappropriate at a vacation rental to wear clothes or shoes that belong to the host. That’s cool, but it pretty much suggests that one out Read more
