While at the Lima, Peru, airport trying to check in for an Avianca flight to Cuzco on Dec. 23, 2016, my wife and I were told that we could not check in — even after we showed them our seat confirmations — because groups and continuing passengers were being given priority. The word “overbooked” was not used, but I received that impression about the flight. (This was later confirmed by my travel agent.)Eventually, we were placed on a flight that arrived at Cuzco more...

For my 75th birthday, in September 2015, my sons Ken (age 54) and John (48) and I walked 110 kilometers (68 miles) on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. My 83-year-old husband, Ray, wanted to accompany us, so we rented a car and he became our “Sherpa.” 

The Sherpa’s mission each day was to find our hotel and buy cold beer, a bottle of red wine and ice for my martini. Even though the hotels were only about 10 miles apart and he had GPS in the car (my sons had GPS...

Thirteen days into our 15-day tour through Cambodia and Vietnam with Gate 1 Travel (Fort Washington, PA; 800/682-3333, www.gate1travel.com), March 5-19, 2017, my husband, Michael, experienced bladder retention due to an enlarged prostate that he’s had for 20 years but which had “acted up” only two or three times before. When it does occur, however, he knows he will need a catheter until swelling subsides.

So on the morning when our group was to tour the old part of...