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I Hate Traveling

September 25, 2012 By Bob Bales 24 Comments

airport crowd

I hate traveling. Let me explain. I love getting to a new place and seeing everything there. The people, culture and experience of being somewhere new is why I love travel. I know you’re confused right?  Okay here goes.   … [Read more...]

The Great Airfare Scheme

August 23, 2012 By Bob Bales 8 Comments

Crowded Airport

Airline travel in the US is not a service industry. In a service industry companies are competitive and attempt to do what they can to attract and keep customers. A restaurant or Hotel that continually raised prices, gave poor service and didn’t care what their customers thought would be out of business pretty quick. … [Read more...]

The Airlines Don’t care

December 26, 2011 By Bob Bales 8 Comments

cancelled flights

So we had another year of increasing fares, decreasing service, paying extra to bring your luggage, paying for peanuts and chips or a soft drink. Enduring delays, being bumped, consistently overbooked flights and getting stuck, yes it was a great year. … [Read more...]

New Airfare Rules

April 22, 2011 By Bob Bales 2 Comments

Image by sparktography via Flickr How often have you seen a ridiculously low airfare published only to find out that when you try to purchase a ticket that a tax larger than the airfare is added on? Well it happened to me today when I spent time purchasing a ticket for my trip to Thailand next week. I have been aggravated for awhile to see these fares and then waste time going … [Read more...]

Airline Safety

April 4, 2011 By Bob Bales 2 Comments

The recent story recently regarding the Southwest Airplane that lost cabin pressure due to a hole being ripped in the roof made all the news outlets. … [Read more...]

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Profile Flipped Hi and welcome to The Traveling Fool. Born with a passion of learning about the history of different cultures, Bob Bales (aka The Traveling Fool) enjoys discovering people and places he finds off the beaten path that most tourists don’t know about. Often found with a cigar in one hand and a good whiskey in the other, Bob likes to write about what makes those people and places he visits special. Being retired military and having lived, worked and traveled from Europe to Asia and North America there is always a history and story to be told. To learn more about The Traveling Fool check out my About Me page.

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