CNN — After years of traveling together, Brooke and Rick Gazer, both from Canada, were used to staying in interesting places. And as they bedded down at a guesthouse in San Miguel,…
‘Too good to be true’: Travelers score cheap first-class flights from Australia to US due to Qantas glitch
CNN — For a short period last Thursday, first-class round-trip airline tickets from Australia to the US that normally cost up to 28,000 Australian dollars (about $19,000) were available from Qantas for…
Grand Canyon’s only water pipeline fails, prompting shutdown of overnight hotel stays
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona AP — The main pipeline providing water to Grand Canyon National Park has failed after a series of breaks, leading to a sudden and sweeping shutdown of…
Traveling this Labor Day weekend? Expect record crowds and lower prices
CNN — Labor Day weekend will be busier than ever in many areas, but travelers will have at least one welcome source of relief: lower prices. Domestic travel over the 2024 Labor…
End of an era: The big change coming to European travel in November
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New Zealand is tripling its tourist tax
CNN — It will now be more expensive to visit New Zealand’s lakes, mountains, bike trails and wineries as the country is increasing its International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) from…
25 of the USA’s most underrated destinations
CNN — Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone National Park can be packed to the rafters with tourists. But there are plenty of other places across the United States that continue to fly beneath the travel…
Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country amid war in Gaza
CNN — The Maldives has announced it will ban Israeli passport holders from entering the country amid its war on Hamas in Gaza. The presidential office of the Indian Ocean island nation,…
Apple wants to help airlines find your lost luggage
CNN — It’s a forlorn scene: after a long flight, you watch as each and every passenger departs the baggage area while you stand idle, waiting for your suitcase to appear on…
Airlines cancel flights to Haiti after gunfire hits Spirit airplane over Port-au-Prince
CNN — Haiti swore in a new prime minister on Monday after a Spirit Airlines plane was hit by gunfire over the country’s capital Port-au-Prince, according to a diplomatic source in the…