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Hurricane Matthew: Airline Change Policies
With Hurricane Matthew scraping across the Southeast U.S. coast, the airlines serving the region have issued change fee waivers to help travelers get out of the way.These…
Cruise Lines Ban Galaxy Note7 Use
A few weeks ago, the FAA issued an advisory that warned airlines about a surprising tendency for newly released Galaxy Note7 phones to catch fire.The problem still isn't…
Chinese Theatre Footprints "Threatened," Backstreet's Back, and More: Frommer's' Travel Briefing
A roundup of travel news from all over
Backstreet's Back in Las Vegas Residency
Everybody! (Yeah!)The biggest boy band of all time, a group that has sold over 130 million albums, is the latest throwback act to announce a residency on the Las Vegas…
Petition: Chinese Theatre Footprints at Risk
Concerned preservationists took the TCL Chinese Theatre to task for dragging souvenir stalls over its prized collection of celebrity footprints in concrete.The furor began late…
Science: Noise Makes Airplane Food Awful
An academic named Professor Barry Smith, who founded something called the Centre for the Study of the Senses in the Philosophy department of the University of London, had an idea on…
Terrible Person Vandalizes Death Valley
Some awful human being has defaced a precious and panoramic dry lake bed in Californian’s Death Valley National Park by taking a swerving, 10-mile joyride across the thin crust of…
Alaska Cruising at a 7-Year High
Alaska is hot!Increased demand has put cruises to America's northernmost state on the boil again. This summer, reports the Associated Press, the millionth passenger cruised to…
Alaska Cruising Boom, Death Valley Vandalism, and Carnegie Deli Kicks the Knish: Frommer's' Travel Briefing
NYC Landmark Carnegie Deli to Close
New York City's world-famous Carnegie Deli survived nearly eight decades. But it won't survive its current owner.The deli, which opened its doors in 1937, had been having a…
Marriott Merger May Raise Rates, Cell Phones Invade National Parks, and More: Our Travel Briefing
Cell Phone Coverage to Invade National Parks
"It's a real drag at Artists Point," one Yellowstone National Park tour operator told the Associated Press. "While people are trying to enjoy themselves, somebody's on their phone…
Report: Marriott-Starwood Marriage Means Higher Rates
A carefully orchestrated spin campaign (including some paid partnerships with major travel bloggers) has meant that much of the news coverage surrounding the new Marriott-Starwood…
See a Guy Moonwalk Across Europe!
Just what we need on Friday this week: Something blissfully non-partisan.We give you a masterful video compression of young Travis DeRose's recent two-month, 22-city trip through…
SeaWorld Enters an Alternate Reality
SeaWorld Orlando is breathing new life into its oldest roller coaster by adding virtual reality.The Orlando Sentinel reports that starting next year on its steel Kraken…
Scientists: Disney World Helps Pass Kidney Stones
A patient suffering from kidney stones passed a stone after each of three consecutive rides on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.Word of…
Air Rage Takes Off
The International Air Transport Association, a trade group representing 83 percent of world air traffic, says incidents of air rage have shot skyward.There were 10,854 cases…
Air Rage Soars, Disney World Cures Kidney Stones, and More: Today's Travel Briefing
How to Pack 100 Items in a Carry-On, London's 24-Hour Tube Starts, and More: Our Daily Travel Briefing
Steve Wynn's $4.2B Casino Opens in Macau
Six years ago, when Las Vegas resort impresario Steve Wynn embarked on a new project in Macau, China, times were better there. But gaming income in the tiny principality have been…
London's 24-Hour Tube Finally Starts
There can be a penalty to being first: You can do it wrong. That's what happened to London's miraculous Underground system. It was the first of its kind in the world when it opened…
Senators Demand Answers from the Airlines, Chimps Prove Travel Makes You Smarter, and More: Our Daily Travel Briefing
How to Pack 100 Items in a Carry-On
Watch as this industrious former Bond Girl (Die Another Day) named Rachel Grant shows us how to neatly pack more than 100 things—including a full rail of 23 hanging outfits—into a…
Best Hotel Loyalty Programs are Named, a National Memorial to Lynching Victims, and More: Our Daily Travel Briefing
New Alabama Memorial to Racist Lynchings
It's been a long road, but the state of Alabama will receive major acknowledgment of its role in some of America's most painful historical moments. Equal Justice Initiative, a…