Posts tagged travel

• How Safe is Airline Travel?

  Jerry H. Trachtman | April 05, 2010 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Although it has been more than 100 years since the Wright brothers opened the door to heavier than air powered flight, some people still board the most technologically advanced airliners with a...

• Car Accidents Abroad

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2010 8:30 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We often worry about contaminated water or infectious diseases when traveling abroad, but how many of us really think about road and traffic safety? A study publicized in 2007 by the Journal of...

• Are computers to blame in another deadly crash? Or was the train involved in the D.C. transit collision too old to be used?

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | June 24, 2009 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The deadly train collision earlier this week, just outside of Washington DC, killed nine people and injured more than 70. Experts immediately began to search through the wreckage trying to find out...

• The Summer Months Invite Vacation Travel, but Let’s Not Forget that Accidents Can Happen.

  Robert Parks | June 16, 2009 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Tragic accidents can happen when traveling out of the country: a child could drown in a hotel pool, a fall from a parasail could cause paralysis, or a taxi accident injures cruise ship passengers...

• Florida CFO Sink Investigates Travel Insurance Providers

  Sandy Grinnell | March 18, 2009 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Many tourists traveling in and our of Florida buy travel, or trip, insurance as a way of protecting themselves from cancelled trips, but more importantly, to cover the cost of travel-related illness...