Traveling Coach blog at MLive is reporting that Jet Blue has a layoff refund offer for airline tickets U.S.-originating travel booked between Feb. 1 and June 1.
Details at Jet Blue’s Promise page.

This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich.:
If you have a student in high school in Monroe County, applications and announcements have been sent to the local schools about the summer sister city student exchange opportunity to Hofu, Japan.
My family belongs to the Monroe International Friendship Association, which sponsors this program. (Click here [...]

This post is part of my Downsized Budget series. For an introduction and links, go to The Downsized Budget: How and Where to Cut Back.
It was quite a shock when I moved to southeast Michigan and first saw auto dealer ads where the advertised specials were based on “employee pricing.”
That is such a rare situation [...]

The Detroit News has this report today: Gas prices drive riders to Amtrak. (A shorter version of this story is also on page 6A of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News.)

A snippet:
Amtrak ridership in Michigan continues to climb as travelers look to avoid shelling out $4 a gallon for gasoline.
Officials for the [...]

There’s been enough recent headlines about the increasing cost of airline tickets, the add-on fees for luggage and ticket booking, and the inconveniences to passengers – that I don’t need to do a news round-up this morning.
I’m just going to tell a family story.
My college-age daughter is spending her summer in Houston, Texas. She’s living [...]

Given the cost of traveling this summer, if you have a military or college student ID, it may be worth checking into some travel options you might not otherwise consider.
Here are some links to get you started:

Greyhound has both Military Discount and Student Discount programs.
Amtrak has several discount programs including military and students.
Military.com has a [...]

Well, this apparently got a lot of buzz in the Indiana media when it took effect April 1. But those of us who live in Northwest Ohio or Southeast Michigan missed out on the news. And my daughter didn’t catch enough of the details to tip me off.
Tolls on the Indiana Toll Road jumped significantly [...]

Here’s the marketing campaign you’ll be noticing in the Toledo area soon regarding carpooling:
“Save a Ride and Save for the Weekend.”
That’s the new theme of Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments carpooling campaign. “If you carpool during the work week, you’ll have more money available for the weekend,” Toledo Share a Ride program manager says [...]

Does your high-schooler have a competition-related or educational trip on the calendar?
Join the crowd.
My co-worker Doug Donnelly has this story for monroenews.com, and page 1A of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News about some of the trips that Monroe Public Schools students are taking this spring: Monroe students on the move.
A snippet:

It’s becoming increasingly popular for college students and high school students to take an overseas trip or participate in a study abroad program. While these opportunities have been around for many years, such experiences among teen-agers and young adults are getting more attention as a way to get first-hand knowledge of a world where employers [...]