The Titanic Awards

Read Doug Lansky's posts on the Penguin Blog.. In a nutshell the Titanic Awards are the Darwin Awards for travel- only nobody dies. -Los Angeles Times . Everyone who's ever checked (and lost) their luggage or discovered that their hotel misplaced their reservation knows there are few perfect vacations. The Titanic Awards takes a different approach to these often spectacular travel underachievements: celebrating them. . From worst airport layout to most confusing subway system to the most overrated tourist attraction Lansky looks at these flawed travel destinations with a gimlet eye and a sense of the absurd.