Weekly Travel News and Funnies

A look at some funny, education and interesting travel news stories across the web this week:

• Check out this complaint letter to a hotel of why a guest did not enjoy her stay.

• How to hit a $15,000 spending bonus for free

• The dirtiest parts of an airplane.

• Researchers find Uber leads to a decrease in DUI deaths

“Although the results of this investigation cannot speak to public welfare losses which may result from improper vehicle handling or safety on the part of consumers (although our results do not indicate an effect on sober deaths),” the authors wrote, “they provide important insights into the potential benefits of the sharing economy and inform licensed livery services of the necessary steps which need to be taken to compete with firms like Uber.”

• Check out these 1-star YELP reviews for National Parks. You’ll get a kick out of these!

• Will Gallia has created this fascinating animation of over 500,000 tube journeys from TfL Oyster data. Each point represents a person and their movement over the course of a day, viewed on the map we’re all so familiar with.