Less Stress On Horizon For Airline Passengers

The good news for holiday travelers is that carriers who use the latest information technology can reduce their stress and make traveling a lot easier and more efficient.

According to a new consumer survey from Amadeus, a leading technology provider to the travel industry, and research firm Leflein Associates, Americans can count on facing a variety of stressors when traveling by air this holiday season. Whether it's overcrowded flights, missed connections, long check-in lines or random security searches, Americans will need extra time and patience to get to their destinations this holiday season. But thanks to new technology, relief may be on the way.

"While many stressors such as weather delays and the detested middle seat will not disappear, new technologies are on the way that will help airlines alleviate many of the hassles associated with air travel," said Robert Buckman, air travel futurist and director for Amadeus North America.

Survey says…stressful

Of the 1,000 consumers surveyed about their biggest gripes in air travel:

•70 percent said the biggest gripe they have about air travel is the lack of room between airplane seats;

•55 percent complained about flight delays;

• 41 percent griped over waiting in lines;

• 37 percent said lost luggage was a concern.

By far one of the biggest causes of travel stress uncovered by the Amadeus survey (73 percent) was missed flight connections. Sixty-one percent ranked being stuck in the middle seat their biggest complaint, followed closely by 59 percent who said it would be sitting next to someone sick.

Less stress is on the horizon

According to Buckman, new technologies are on the way that will help airlines minimize the stress of air travel for their passengers in the future. Several major airlines are in the process of implementing new cutting-edge technology that will allow them to better serve their customers' needs, transport passengers more efficiently and streamline their operations.

"What's most exciting about this new technology is that it will help the airline provide better, faster and more efficient service to their customers across their entire travel experience from booking to baggage," said Buckman.

Buckman said the new technologies will allow for such advancements as automatic passenger re-booking when a missed flight connection is anticipated or making sure that passengers can sit next to their traveling companions.

Airline interest is soaring in new technology that makes travel easier for passengers.
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Search Ebay Coin Auctions

If you are a coin collector, you should be happy to know that coin collecting is easier today than ever. Before the advent of the internet, for example, coin collectors had to travel far and wide to meet with other collectors. They had to go to coin collecting shows and, depending on how serious of a collector you were, coin collecting was a members exclusive club. Today, coin collecting has become much easier and more widespread thanks to internet auction sites such as Ebay. All you have to do is search Ebay coin auctions to obtain those hard to get coins, rare coins, foreign coins, or whatever else you collect. You can browse coins in the comfort of home and you can have the coins delivered right to you.

What You Need

In order to search Ebay coin auctions, all you need is a computer and an internet connection. There are many coin collectors out there who love to show their collections off on the internet and you can even bid on these rare coins, just as you would at a real coin auction. The only difference is that you never have to leave your house.

In order to show off your own collection, and to offer your rare coins to other collectors, you will need to set up an Ebay account. You dont need an account to search Ebay coin auctions, but you will need an account if you hope to auction off your own coins. To create an account, simply follow the directions given to you by the Ebay website. Your payments will go through a website called Paypal, or you can set it up using a credit card. Ebay will take a small percentage of whatever you get for you coins, but its a small price to pay for the exposure. Think of all the people who will search Ebay coin auctions and think of all the people that will see the coins youre offering.

To set up your own coin auction, simply take a picture of whatever coin you are looking to auction off. Then, write a short description of the coin. This is what others will see when they search Ebay coin auctions. You can set a starting bid price and then see where it goes. You also have the option of setting up a time limit on your bid. Just make sure that you are happy with the limits you set because once the bid is over, thats the price youre going to get.

If you are a collector and youre not too keen on leaving your house to do your collecting, just search Ebay coin auctions to find those rare and unique coins, or post your own to help someone build their collection. Thanks to Ebay, coin collecting has never been easier.
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