Airlines fined $175000 for stranding passengers on plane, is the latest in a series of headlines where airlines are slammed by the media. In Canada the musician who had his guitar destroyed by United Airlines baggage handlers became somewhat of a folk hero for standing up for his rights through a song and YouTube video. Even I have made videos where based on first hand negative flight experience I talked about the airline and what happened. But fair is fair, and equal or even more time should be devoted to positive experiences because there are millions of satisfied passengers flying each week, the silent majority. Six out of the last seven trips (all inclusive travel) that Cindy and I have taken have been on Sunwing Airline. I do my own research for the best price to the destination and resort of our choice and it has been Sunwing that has consistently offered the best price. No bias, no bull. When we travel consecutively to different destinations Sunwing has had the connections that minimized our departures. My most memorable travel connection was flying from Punta Cana in the morning to Toronto at noon and being on a flight to Holguin Cuba later in the afternoon. Even Cindy and I have arrived from Jamaica in Toronto at 1 am only to be departing to Cancun at 6:30 am. For our upcoming Puerto Vallarta travel, I eliminated the scenic flights (Vancouver Calgary Puerto Vallarta) and the late night departures based on things I read from travelers experiences The vacation was great and most of the staff at the hotel are very nice but one thing we did not know about was the fact that our flight got into Mexico around Two in the morning we got to the hotel around Three in the morning and were told that there are no rooms free for all of the guests till one in the afternoon. Nothing is open at this hotel after about 1:00am so we had to sit in the lobby with about twenty other people with no rooms till the cleaning staff arrived and got the rooms cleaned. I wish that we would have been told that we could not get rooms till the afternoon cause by the time you fly all night you just want to get your room and start relaxing on your holiday. When I read stories like this, I just dont know what the airline is thinking. Today we are all travel experts, we all have a voice and there are many platforms for talking about our travel experiences Right this minute, Nov. 25, 2009 on CNN Campbell Brown is talking about airline feesgoing up. Sunwing airlines has given us a 10 kg exemption for our camera and other equipment, service I will talk about and a great way to start our next video travel guide. We call it as we experience it, with video to support what we see and find. Thumbs up to Sunwing for great service.

• published: 26 Nov 2009
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