HeyJaredChristopher Elliott
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- Jul 13, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for seattletimes.com
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Do I still need to take photos of my rental car? (opens the original)
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Matt Murray, a real estate agent from Westport, Conn., wants to know if he should still take pictures of his rental car before he drives it off the lot. The answer is complicated. The question came up when he rented an Audi A4 in Tampa, Fla., recently. “The car rental company had at least four cameras recording as the car left the gate,” remembers Murray. He told the attendant he preferred to take his own photos to document any possible damage, but an attendant assured him he didn’t need to. (He
Self-service fatigue hits travel: Why are we having a DIY backlash? (opens the original)
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Judy Williams’ recent flight from Seattle to Billings, Mont., was a painful lesson in self-service fatigue. She stood in two lines at the airport to drop a single checked bag. Then the machine rejected it — again and again. The insult wasn’t the glitchy kiosk. It was the three employees nearby who ignored her. “They were engaged in a personal conversation and hugging,” says Williams, an attorney from Billings. That’s the reality of DIY travel: You do the unpaid work. When the system fails, you’r
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