Author: Christopher Elliott, Special to USA TODAY

If you have a nonrefundable airline ticket, you can still get your money back. Here’s how.

Some advice for parents who want to document their trips: Don’t obsess about your camera. Focus instead on technique, quantity, and timing.

Look before you book, read the fine print, pack the right attitude and more tips for avoiding rookie travel mistakes during summer travel season.

By combining a little bit of social media research with patience and basic manners, you can have a good flight on any airline – even low-rated ones.

See the list of the most commonly forgotten vacation items and get tips for how you can come back with all your stuff for once in your life.

Travel with animals is one of the great unexplored topics in travel journalism. Most of the stories are about whether pets belong on a plane.

It turns out there’s an art to unpacking. Travel experts separate the stuff you should unpack from the gear that should stay in your bag.

If you hate to plan, your last family vacation probably was filled with chaos. I know a thing or two about chaos because I’ve failed to plan, too.

My kids are engaging in more cringe-worthy trip behaviors as they become teenagers.

Requirements for travel documents can be confusing. Here’s what you need to know about visa and passport requirements before heading to the airport.