Car Rental Agencies Holding Their Own After Big Shakeout and Cost Cutting By Lance Winslow

Ever since the travel agency took a big hit during the global recession the car rental agency industry has been doing massive cost cutting. When the oil prices were at over $150 per barrel yielding gasoline prices at about $5.50 per gallon on the coasts; it kept people from traveling. When fe

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Will the Car Rental Industry Lose Business With the New Personal Tech Distraction Driving Rules? By Lance Winslow

A Department of Transportation study was published, which had been written and researched years ago; it warned of the deadly problems concerning personal tech devices that people use while driving. In a report the statistics actually showed that using personal tech devices, such as text messaging, a

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Car Rental Sector Driving Up Profits - What it Means For Car Rental Customers By Lance Winslow

Many car rental customers had complained during the bottom of the recession because the car rental agencies had not dropped their prices very much. The airlines, the hotels, and all the restaurants have been giving discounts to get people in; even cities have been spending big bucks on trying to

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Many Rental Car Agencies Doing Away With Side Airbag Options - Car Rental Consumers Beware! By Lance Winslow

Not all cars have side air bags, although most of the luxury models do. If you are ever "T-boned" in an intersection it can be one of the worst accidents you could ever have causing great physical injury to all the passengers in the vehicle which are hit. This is why side airbags became so popul

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Could Computer Error Crash Your Airliner? By Lance Winslow

We all know that conflicts of software can cause our computers to crash, and this causes us to waste time, and have to reboot the system. It is stressful, aggravating, and time-consuming when your computer crashes. The word "crash" makes it sound like a tremendous calamity, and if your computer

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Airline Longevity in Turbulent Times By Lance Winslow

Boy, it sure would be tough to be in the airline business these days. With fuel prices unknown, and China up roaming the Globe to secure its oil needs, well here we go again to the top of the supply-demand curve. And this time one worries that we may not see the prices come back down. What does t

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Should Airline Passengers Be Allowed to Use VOIP Technology From WiFi on Airliners? By Lance Winslow

  Perhaps you have heard that many airlines will now be having in-flight Internet service available via WiFi. That's correct, The Federal Aviation Administration, has approved applications of several airlines to equip their airliners with WiFi. Unfortunately, there have already been Voice IP t

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