My wife, Carol, and I used the Internet to ticket a February ’08 trip from Orlando, Florida, to Christchurch, New Zealand. For booking the flights, we selected www.orbitz.com because it seemed to offer the best connections by combining several airlines. Our order was placed on Oct. 8, 2007, at a cost of $2,411 each.

Over the next three months, we received repeated e-mail confirmations for our Orlando-Los Angeles-Auckland-Christchurch flight on Jan. 31. The return flight was booked for...

The 100-foot, 14-passenger Ruth Alessandro is a magnificent gulet, and my husband, Bob, and I, along with six other adventurous couples chartered her for a 2-week cruise, Sept. 8-22, 2008.

The yacht is owned and operated by Ruth Yacht (Akarca mah. 864 sok. no: 20, 48300 Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey; phone +9 0544 445 95 12, fax +9 0252 613 66 76, www.ruth-yacht.com).

We paid €22,000 (near $27,700) total, or $4,034 per couple. The price included the services of the crew, all meals and...

As a US citizen originally from India and now a tour company owner, I am writing regarding the November ’08 terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

I should be angry at the terrorists for subjecting so many families to horror by killing and injuring innocents. I should be angry at the politicians in India for having failed to provide the safety and security that citizens and visitors expect. How can a handful of men armed only with guns and grenades cause so much damage in human life and...