The leading bad travel news for 2009

Wednesday, 24 Dec, 2009 0

Bad things can happen to any traveler, so Family Travel Forum has come up with a roundup of

this year’s mishaps, disasters and tragedies (which they point out represent only a small minority of travel experiences):
 

• Pregnant American Tourist Murdered in US. Caribbean Territory
 

• Seven-Year Old Girl Drowns in Rogue Wave During Hurricane Bill
 

• Two Monorails Crash in Orlando’s Disney World, Driver Killed
 

• Natasha Richardson Dies After Minor Ski Accident
 

• Two-Year-Old and Mom Kicked Off Flight for Crying
 

• Airbus Crashes into the Atlantic, No Survivors
 

• Eighteen Cruisers Robbed at Gunpoint in Nassau, Bahamas
 

• Flight Delayed on Tarmac for 6-Hours… Mid-Route
 

• Terrorists Bomb Two Hotels in Jakarta
 

• Young Teen Drowns in Cozumel
 

The saving grace:
 

“Usually these ‘tragic’ incidents are really not that terrible: your suitcase gets lost en route, your room isn’t ready upon check-in, your ATM card won’t work abroad. Granted these are problems, but all of these mishaps are rectifiable with some patience and time,” the site says.
 

By David Wilkening
 



 

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