No, Cruise Ships Are Not Banned from Amsterdam
Posted on 07/27/2023, 6:00 AM
Another week, another inaccurate travel headline that seems designed for clicks.In recent days, you might have read that Amsterdam's city council has outlawed cruise ships. BBC News: Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution. People: Another Major City Has Just Banned Cruise Ships.While there might be some very good reasons to eliminate cruise ship traffic from the intimate h...
Can Passengers Bring Cannabis on Cruise Ships? What to Know About Pot and Cruising
Posted on 07/18/2023, 7:00 AM
Is marijuana legal on cruises if it's legal where you board? Let's weed out the myths from the facts.
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Scam Alert: Passengers Report Fake Airline Phone Numbers Are Listed by Google
Posted on 07/17/2023, 3:45 PM
Some passengers are saying bogus customer service phone numbers are being displayed on Google, leading unsuspecting customers directly to scammers.
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Disney World Attendance Is Way Down, but Don't Blame Politics
Posted on 07/12/2023, 2:00 AM
On the Fourth of July at Walt Disney World in Central Florida—a day when crowds are usually shoulder to shoulder—the pathways were shockingly clear. Wait times for most rides were 30 minutes or less. Because the clickbait press never saw carrion it didn't want to pick over, recent news articles about the resort have been soaring with hyperbole. "Disney World Empties Out," one website crowed. "Walt ...
1 in 3 Flights Could Be Canceled This Summer, Europeans Warn
Posted on 07/07/2023, 3:15 PM
Today's Times of London published a headline that will dismay anyone who has a European vacation in the works for this year: Air traffic control strike will hit up to 1 in 3 summer flights.Sky News agreed, reporting that as many as 12,600 flights a day stand a chance of being disrupted.Proving that it's not just United Airlines that's having a hard time contending with the labor situation at airpor...
SCOOP: No, Dubrovnik Is Not Fining Tourists €265 for Using Wheeled Luggage
Posted on 07/06/2023, 9:30 AM
The story isn't true.This happens more often than any of us should accept: Scandalous "news" is published and because it's clicky, it gets spread far and wide—but nobody is actually checking to see if the story is accurate.This happened a few months ago when multiple travel publications ran with the false story that AirTag tracking devices were being banned on international carrier Lufthansa. That ...
Disney World in Advance: What You Need to Reserve Ahead, and When
Posted on 06/29/2023, 12:00 PM
The days are long gone when you could just buy a ticket as you entered the front gate and expect the full Disney experience. If you're planning a Disney World vacation nowadays, you'll need to make these reservations ahead of time....
Malaria Is Back in the United States. Here's What Travelers Should Do About It
Posted on 06/29/2023, 11:30 AM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory after cases of malaria were detected in Texas and Florida—the first locally transmitted cases of the mosquito-borne disease reported in the U.S. in decades.If there's one illness the CDC knows inside and out, it's malaria. Because the disease can easily kill if left untreated, the federal agency (originally known as the Communica...
Hate Using Disney's Genie+ Ride Reservation System? Hire a Concierge to Do It
Posted on 06/15/2023, 7:30 AM
When you hear people complain about how unpleasant and cumbersome a trip to a Disney theme park has become, one of the first things they'll complain about is Genie+.The paid ride reservation system replaced FastPass, a service that had been offered free of charge for decades. The rollout of Genie+ in late 2021 was extremely glitchy, and although some of the problems have been worked out, the core b...
Tours of Big Ben in London Reopen to Foreigners: How to Book
Posted on 06/14/2023, 10:00 AM
Big Ben is one of the most famous bells in the world, hanging in one of the most recognizable towers in the world, high above the Houses of Parliament in central London. But since 2010, the only visitors who have been permitted to tour the landmark have been British citizens. For security's sake, a regulation required Big Ben tour-seekers to write their representatives in Parliament—and of course ...
