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Accessible rooms, card holds and traveling with animals.

Traveling With Service Animals and Pets: Airline, Hotel and Border Rules
Hotel Stays

Traveling With Service Animals and Pets: Airline, Hotel and Border Rules

by THI Research

DOT’s service animal rule for flights, how airlines treat support animals and pets, hotel rules under the ADA and CDC rules for dogs entering the U.S.

Traveling With Service Animals and Pets: Airline, Hotel and Border Rules Read More
Hotel Card Holds and Deposits: Why Your Balance Drops at Check-In
Hotel Stays

Hotel Card Holds and Deposits: Why Your Balance Drops at Check-In

by THI Research

How hotel authorization holds and deposits work, why debit cards are riskier, how long holds take to release, total-price fee rules and disputing a charge.

Hotel Card Holds and Deposits: Why Your Balance Drops at Check-In Read More
Booking an Accessible Hotel Room: What the ADA Requires and What to Ask
Hotel Stays

Booking an Accessible Hotel Room: What the ADA Requires and What to Ask

by THI Research

The ADA rules for reserving accessible hotel rooms, how service animals are handled, questions to ask before you book and where to complain.

Booking an Accessible Hotel Room: What the ADA Requires and What to Ask Read More

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Plain-English explanations of the rules behind flights, hotel stays and international trips, checked against DOT, TSA, CBP and State Department sources.

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Check before you go

  1. Your ID works at TSA, or your passport has 6 months left.
  2. Your Known Traveler Number is on the booking.
  3. You know the refund rules if the flight changes.
  4. Your card has room for hotel holds.
  5. You’re enrolled in STEP for trips abroad.

Official sources

  • DOT aviation consumer protection
  • TSA acceptable ID
  • travel.state.gov
  • ADA.gov

Travel Hotels Info

Independent guides to U.S. travel rules: airline refunds, airport ID, accessible rooms, passports and paying abroad.

Problems on a trip?

Airlines: complain to the airline, then to DOT’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection.

Accessible rooms: ADA complaints go to the Justice Department at ADA.gov.

Abroad: contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.

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