Reality Check: Travel Weekly

Reality Check columns

How we get paid: The industry secret no one wants to discussYou can use my letter to clients who don't understand our compensation model.

Shopping, cruising, debauchery and making babiesUh-oh! Turns out I missed the procreation and debauchery trends in travel.

Foodies of the world, unite!If my shop is typical, a third of callers to agents declare, "I'm a foodie."

Airplane design and other absurditiesA reality check on proposals, predictions and pure myths about the future of air travel.

Selling self-imposed product standardsConsider becoming a consumer-driven adviser who has the client's best air interests at heart.

Trends and forecasts: The travel landscape evolvesEven the most diehard traditionalist among us has to acknowledge it’s a different world out there.

Learning, unlearning and relearningHere are some of the trends for 2015 that will shape our industry and the way we interact with our clients.

My quest for the world's safest placeWe packed up and flew to a place where I knew we would be safe, where I hoped we would find a pleased, productive populace.

From chaotic Naples to a quiet conventWhen your guide bursts into laughter as he begins to attempt to describe his city, you know you're in for an experience.

From Rome to a rarely seen SicilyAs our pizza quest headed south from Rome, surprise delights awaited us in Sicily.

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