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Ellen Creager

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  1. Penny Styles sterilizes a hotel headboard with a UV wand. She is executive assistant housekeeper at the Best Western Sterling Inn in Sterling Heights. ELLEN CREAGER/Detroit Free Press

    Ellen Creager: Hotels put UV scanners to work on germs

    Yes, hotel guests want chic rooms and free Wi-Fi. But most of all, we want the room to be clean. Clean, like you could eat off the floor. Clean, like your Aunt Bertha could do the white-glove test and smile. Clean, like Mr. Clean could unpack his T-shirts and stay overnight.

    • Jul. 7, 2012
  2. Talk to airline to ease handicapped passenger's trip

    Dear Travel Diva: My husband and I and my 35-year-old son will be traveling to Brussels in July. My son has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair all the time. We will drive to Chicago and then take a nonstop on Brussels Airlines from O'Hare.

    • Jun. 24, 2012
  3. Passengers could have their pictures taken hundreds of times during a cruise. The Carnival Valor has a giant photo processing lab. ELLEN CREAGER/Detroit Free Press

    Ellen Creager: Cruise ship staffers capture your happiness over and over

    You don't need a camera on a cruise ship, though you will need your wallet. The staff will be happy to snap your picture for you -- again, and again, and again.

    • Jun. 16, 2012
  4. Ellen Creager: Hotels with day rates let travelers nap between planes

    Dear Travel Diva: Do hotels still have day rates? Instead of spending 10 hours at the airport between connections, I want to go to a hotel for the day when my flight gets in at 7 a.m., sleep, then go back to the airport at 5 p.m. to make my next flight. --So Tired

    • Jun. 9, 2012
  5. Delta flies nonstop from Metro to many places. Carlos Osorio/Associated Press

    Ellen Creager: Airlines at Detroit Metro Airport have plenty of nonstop flights

    Detroiters may moan about airfares and flying hassles, but in many ways, we're lucky -- we can fly nonstop to 20 international and 115 domestic destinations. Unlike a lot of small airports, Detroit Metro Airport has 11 passenger airlines vying for your business.

    • May. 26, 2012

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