National Geographic Traveler deconstructs a car rental bill and reveals the hidden charges. Exposed are the avoidable fees, such as duplicate insurance coverage and refueling charges. Renters can prevent being taken advantage of simply by knowing a few basics about the car rental business.
Space vacations are just over the horizon.
NASA estimates leisure space travel may be only 10 years away. National Geographic Traveler Editor in Chief Keith Bellows believes it could be even sooner. He predicts tourists will visit space within five years and that space travel will be common within a decade. Several companies are already taking reservations for suborbital flights. If all goes well, leisure space ships may one day fly in orbit, dock with a space station and land on the moon.