Survey Confirms That Coach Seating Sucks

Buses can be a cost-effective and efficient way to travel. I recently booked a $46 FlixBus ticket from Washington, DC, to New York City through the Greyhound site.

I’ve got a bit of a thing for my elders. As a kid I wouldn’t leave my great-aunt alone. In my early 30s, I went on six coach holidays with a load of strangers twice my age for my book, The Gran Tour. So it won’t come as a surprise to learn that I recently dragged my old man to Scarborough for a mini-break. When I say dragged, I’m only half-joking. He didn’t fancy the coach ride, for a start. For the first hour of the journey north from Portsmouth, Dad behaved like a hostage, but by the time we’d reached Reading he was leaning across the aisle to help a couple with the crossword.

I was waiting in my hotel lobby for an Uber to take me to the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio when I met Dina Brewer and Rina Nicholas, 67, who came all the way from California. Like me, it was also their first year attending the event, and none of us realized the difficulties of getting a rideshare in suburban Ohio.

Few moments are more frustrating during travel than when the baggage carousel stops and you realize your bag didn’t make it. While mobile tracking helps airlines make sure that your checked luggage arrives at your destination safely and on time, it is still a far from perfect system. During 2022, approximately 26 million bags were mishandled worldwide, according to SITA, an IT provider for the air transport industry. That’s about 7.6 out of every 1,000 passengers that are mishandled (meaning delayed, damaged, lost, or stolen). And while some airlines will compensate passengers with miles if their bags are delayed, it’s still a high enough figure that some travelers might wonder if there’s another—better—option.

As somebody who frequently travels between New York City and Washington, DC, I'm thankful for the many different transportation options available. 

There are certain things that passengers have come to expect while traveling by plane: long security lines, a small treat after takeoff (if you're lucky), and seats that face forward. 

On Monday, the UN's cultural organization UNESCO recommended that Venice, Italy, be added to the organization's list of world heritage in danger, AFP reported. 

A new restaurant in the middle of the Hardangerfjord in Norway is wowing — and scaring — TikTok. 

Coach class has a whole new high-end meaning thanks to New York leather goods brand Coach opening a pop-up store on a Boeing 747-230B aircraft in a shopping mall in Malacca, Malaysia, located between Kuala Lumpur to the north, and Singapore.

Brits have an interesting vernacular that includes words and phrases that might confuse many Americans.

A Delta passenger said she had to tape safety pamphlets to her window on an eight-hour international flight after she was told by a flight attendant it was the only way she could get shade. 

As I approached the gate for JetBlue's inaugural flight to Paris last month, I felt my heart sink a little deeper into my chest.