Steps to take if you think an airline has damaged your luggage

I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I didn’t transition to using a hard-shell suitcase until I purchased my first suitcase from Away (The Carry-On) in 2021. Until then, I had long used the same soft-shell, black-and-gray carry-on bag that I inherited from the luggage closet in my parent’s basement many years prior. I love my Away suitcase…

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Upscale stay, but missing amenities: My time at The Foundry Hotel in Asheville

Some of the most interesting hotels I’ve stayed in are innovative updates of existing structures that had previous lives. There was the imposing Hotel Katajanokka in Helsinki — which once served as the city’s main prison — and The Murray in Hong Kong — one of the city’s first skyscrapers, which housed government offices for decades before getting a stunning…

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