There are still some things travelers can do to change plans or get a refund for at least part of the trip.
Stand up for your rights -- courteously -- and you just might get them.
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Hotels, facing higher replacement costs as cotton prices rise, have turned to RFID chips to track the theft of linens.
It's difficult to comparison shop on the price of a hotel room if there are fees you didn't anticipate.
Think the trendiest hotels in the country are out of your price range? Not if you're smart.
Resorts, all-inclusives and even tourism agencies are discounting in big ways.
My room in downtown Chicago was clean, convenient and cheap. So what if I had to share it?
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