Legal Briefs: Travel Weekly

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Clients should be made aware of passport expiration rulesQ: Is there really a law that requires that my U.S. passport be valid for six months after I travel to a foreign country? If...

Host travel agency's terms and conditions may not protect youQ: Are my clients bound by the "terms of use" on the bottom of my homepage? If not, how do airlines and cruise lines get away...

Can you reject your GDS' per-segment fee for 'full content'?Q: Do I have any right to refuse to have the full content fee in my GDS contract deducted?

You probably won't win a suit against telephone system vendorQ: I am really angry with our agency's telephone system vendor. Calls are dropped, and the system goes down without...

Sexual harassment policy can protect agency from lawsuitsQ: With all the sexual harassment suits and firings in the media and entertainment businesses, I have been thinking about how...

Client contracts present a stumbling block to agency saleQ: I want to sell my agency, but it has group and incentive contracts that I obtained very recently after years of effort. How...

Eight questions, eight answers: The most common queries I getQ: In your law practice, what are the most common questions that small and startup travel company owners ask you? What advice...

An agency can't withhold pay if an agent quits without noticeQ: Can I legally refuse to pay employees who don't give the required notice before they quit? If not, can I refuse to give them...

Airfare rebates not prohibited by the law or by the airlinesQ: Somewhere in the back of my mind, there is the notion that rebating on international airfares is technically illegal but...

How to avoid seller's remorse when unloading your agencyQ: I am preparing to sell my agency, and I am trying to make sure that I find a buyer that will treat my employees with respect...

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