Everyone hates tourists. Here’s how to be a better traveler next summer.
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ITALY
I couldn’t get a customs stamp — is a refund out of the question?
What’s an immigration stamp worth? If you said $61.55, you must know Nancy Bestor. She’s been fighting with her credit card over a tax refund after a recent trip to Italy, and she wants me to help.
My cruise line left me stranded in Naples — is this voucher the best they can do?
Judith Abramson’s western Mediterranean cruise on the Oceania Marina last April did not end well. After a sudden illness, the ship’s doctor decided she needed to go to the hospital, and she was unceremoniously disembarked in Naples, Italy, under less than ideal circumstances, she says.
Do I deserve a refund for a hotel shower that didn’t work?
The Hotel Universo in Florence, Italy, describes itself as a “hyper-modern” property where you can be surrounded by “bright colors and pop art-inspired prints.”
Three years later, Alitalia still owes me $528 for my lost baggage and ruined Italian vacation
Noah Markewich’s lost-luggage case had “lost cause” written all over it when he contacted me last week.