TASK DEFINITION: Given a travel related situation, and given a specific question about the situation, summarize the question into a title
PROBLEM: We're off to Borovets skiing in a month or so. We want to book ski/snowboard hire, passes, etc but finding the websites difficult to navigate. 

Does anyone have experience of getting ski hire on arrival? 

Is it easy, reasonably priced, etc.? 


SOLUTION: Is it easy to get snowboard/ski hire in Borovets without prior booking?

PROBLEM: On November 28th, 2014, in Moscow, the airport Domodedovo, I had my valid ticket to the U.S. going through Moscow-Frankfurt => Frankfurt-Toronto => Toronto-Minneapolis, MN. I hold a F-1  U.S. visa, and am a citizen of Tajikistan. When I came to the check-in counter, handed my passport to the representatives to print me my boarding pass and check my luggage in, they told me I needed a transit visa transiting through Canada, not going through Germany, therefore they did not check me in nor gave me my boarding pass. I checked Canadian embassy whether I needed a transit visa it says YES. below is the snapshot:

 

Then I tried calling the Canadian consulate in Moscow but there wasn't anyone assisting visa questions. I tried calling the ticketing agency I purchased the ticket from but they weren't any helpful in rebooking different tickets using the same airline before my departure time. At the end I was forced to buy new tickets to fly to the U.S. My questions or was my ticketing agency supposed totl inform me via email to get a transit visa? Was it a legit reason for the representative at a check-in counter in Moscow not allowing me to use my ticket? Would I have a good reason to claim a report for some kind of refund saying the agency didn't inform me I needed a transit visa? Or is it always up to the travelers to know they need it? 

Thanks! I'm just a full-time student and spending extra $650 is just too much for just not knowing about this Canadian transit visa. 


SOLUTION: I wasn't allowed to travel internationally because of Transit Visa. Is it a legit reason for not using my tickets?

PROBLEM: There are several services that many passengers are not aware of on-board airplanes simply because they are unadvertised.

For example:


Coat compartments. You can hang your suit in the airplanes cupboard! just ask a flight attendant!
Birthday / wedding cakes. You can ask the reservation agent for wedding or birthday cake and they will bring it to you on-board!
Stain remover. In case something spilled on your shirt, you can ask flight attendants to help and they will bring you the stain remover wet tissue and it really helps!


Are there any other common unadvertised services that exist on airplanes?


SOLUTION:
Are there any common, secret services offered by airlines to passengers onboard?