travel

Here are my 10 tips for airline travel (AKA:10 tips that will help keep me from throat-punching you on an airplane).

Chuck Berry once told an interviewer he checked his guitars when flying. He said they typically lasted about 6 months, then quipped, "tax deductible, you know!" Yennifer Correia wasn't willing to be that cavalier with her 17th century violin...

United Airlines has done it again. This time, they ruined a dream trip for a group of rural high school seniors...

Americans are taking to the roads, skies, rails and water this Memorial Day weekend.

When's the best time to book a flight? With all the recent horror stories, you may facetiously say "never!" Summer is upon us, and millions of people are planning their big vacation of the year.

A short-term bucket list item for me now will be to take the Sunset Limited from Lafayette to New Orleans. I'm curious to see what sights are on the route!

From one lady to hopefully several others, here's your tire checklist and some stuff that may save you some grief if you find yourself flat.

Virtually everyone feels the need to "get away fro it all" now & then. Summer vacations are the most popular. If you start preparing now, you'll be able to stash some money away for your trip, enabling you to minimize your use of credit, or avoid it altogether...

Malaysian Airlines flight 370 disappeared over the Indian Ocean on March 8th, 2014 with 239 people aboard. Nearly three years later the missing 777 has yet to be found...

If travel is on your agenda in 2017, here are 10 great places to visit right here in the US...

When Airline fees instituted fees for checking bags, they told us it was to help offset their fuel costs. They lied.

Rain and thunderstorms should move across much of the state during this very busy travel day.

Thanksgiving week could see a lot of Louisiana going cold turkey with some of the coldest air of the season.

At least three U.S. airlines are adding new fire prevention equipment to their planes in case a cellphone or laptop battery overheats or becomes a fire hazard.

A project that would widen I-10 between Lafayette and the Atchafalaya Basin is on the schedule to begin in January of 2017.

Do you like to walk? This is how you get to walk. I wonder how many of these people have ridden in your car.

Several hundred TSA security screeners will be hired in June, but will that be enough?

If you're traveling this Memorial Day weekend you will not be alone. Look for a record number of travelers to be joining you on the road to relaxation.

Louisiana's Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson spoke with Rob and  Bernie today on Acadiana's Morning News. Wilson stressed the importance of our state's  thoroughfares as conduits of commerce and tourism. And he should know. As the Louisiana Department of Transportation secretary, he commutes from Lafayette to Baton Rouge daily...

Do you feel safe when you fly? Some people have a morbid fear of flying because they're afraid of dying in a fiery plane crash. I'm not. I worry more about the dangerous characters who get on planes.