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Harry Potter Play Price Hits $10,768, the Hotel in Two Countries at Once, and More: Our Daily Travel Briefing
A roundup of news from all over
This Hotel is in Two Countries at Once
The Hotel Arbez in the European village of La Cure is, bizarrely, located in two countries at once. Originally a grocery/pub, the building was bureaucratically cleaved in two when an…
Rare Michael Jackson Icons Move to Vegas
Michael Jackson may be gone, but he has found new live as a tourist attraction. The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas has convinced the estate of Michael Jackson to loan it…
Ticket to New Harry Potter Play Costs $10,768
London's newest tourist attraction is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a two-part sequel to the Harry Potter books. Bizarrely for the most popular character franchise of all time,…
$7,500 Fine for Using a Phone on a Plane, Transgender Tourist Detained in Dubai, and More: Today's Travel Briefing
A roundup of travel news from all over
Booking.com Pulls Plug on Last-Minute App
After only a year and half on the market, Booking.com is euthanizing Booking Now, its app specifically designed for last-minute hotel deals.When it was released in January…
Using a Mobile Phone in Flight? That'll Be $7,500
China's not putting up with any more monkey business, do you hear?A draft amendment to the country's Civil Aviation Law calls for fines of up to 50,000 yuan (USD $7,535) for…
Dubai Detains Tourist for Being Transgender
Canadian transgender YouTube personality Gigi Gorgeous says she was detained in Dubai's airport, interrogated for five hours, and summarily denied entry to the United Arab…
Of the Many Popular Tourist Destinations, Only a Tiny Handful Deserve to be Regarded as So Possibly Unsafe as to Warrant Your Avoiding Them
One of the oddities in financial matters is that a large number of successful Wall Street types make their money by betting on those stocks whose prospects are bad. After all, the…
Significant New Travel Developments in London and Orlando Will Have an Impact on Your Own Forthcoming Vacation There
What's new in London? Probably the most important development is the completion of a ten-story tower atop the Tate Modern museum. Not only has the exhibition space…
The International Summer Program at Cambridge University is Apparently the Largest of the Learning Vacations, But Requires Early Applications
It's obviously too late to sign up for a summer vacation stay at one of the great English-language universities that open their classrooms and residence halls each July and August to…
Amtrak Passengers Often Forfeit a Great Deal of Money by Failing to Inquire About the Price of Earlier or Later Trains
A rule of train travel, too often overlooked, is that successive Amtrak departures to the same destination are often priced differently. By failing to inquire about the…
Free TV on American Airlines, Booze Ban in Bali, and More: Today's Travel Briefing
American Airlines Makes In-Flight TV Free
Looks like JetBlue and Virgin America have finally forced the monolithic major carriers to up their games. A few months ago, Delta finally recognized one of the things passengers…
Hotel for People with Autism to Open
Not so long ago, the Elephant on the Tyne was one of the most dreadful hotel-restaurants in England."Stay away from this place if you can help it," moaned one typical online…
Bali Tourism Could Collapse with Alcohol Ban
Tourism leaders are sounding the alarm in Indonesia, where two Islamist parties have jointly presented a bill to ban the sale of alcohol throughout the nation of…
Hacking into Airport Lounges, the Flintstones' Bedrock For Sale, and More: Today's Travel Briefing
Perilous Glass Cliff Walk Opens in China
Terror has a new name: Zhangjiajie.This destination in China’s Hunan province was previously known for its stunning mountains. But now, with this week’s opening of the…
30-Acre Re-Creation of The Flintstones' Bedrock Can Be Yours
It’s a real estate opportunity that comes along once in a Stone Age: You can be the proud owner of a full-scale, real-life version of Bedrock from the classic animated sitcom “The…
App Lets Anyone Sneak into Airport Lounges
Ever gazed longingly at the door of an airline business class lounge when you were only carrying a pathetic economy-class ticket? Polish computer security expert Przemek Jaroszewski…
Britain's Tourism Boost, New Hotel at Elvis's Graceland, and More: Today's Travel Briefing
Delta Still Recovering from Computer Crash
Delta Air Lines remains in damage-control mode following a computer glitch that grounded all of the carrier's flights for six hours on Monday.The company's CEO issued an apology…
UK Tourism Boom Following Brexit and Falling Pound
Looks like Brexit has given a short-term boost to tourism in the United Kingdom.Flight bookings to the UK have surged since June, following a sharp drop in the pound after…
New Hotel Set to Open Steps from Elvis Presley's Graceland
Elvis Presley fans will soon get the chance to rent rooms mere steps from Graceland, the King of Rock 'n' Roll's former home turned museum and showcase for 1970s interior design in…
Delta's Computer Glitch, Mayhem at Museums, and More: Today's Travel Briefing