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Venmo Groups: A New Tool for Managing Expenses on Group Trips

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/17/2023, 5:15 PM

When it comes to organizing a group trip, the Type A member of your crew already has enough to do, what with booking sunrise yoga classes and laminating copies of the itinerary to distribute to everybody. That tortured soul shouldn't also have to maintain a multitab, color-coded spreadsheet showing who owes whom what for which train tickets, dinners, cocktails, cover fares, bail money, and other ...

These Northern Lights Cruises in Norway Guarantee You'll See the Aurora Borealis

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/16/2023, 4:30 PM

Travelers who long to spot the northern lights should consider booking a trip with Hurtigruten. The company, which has been shipping cargo and passengers along the coast of Norway since 1893, makes a "Northern Lights Promise" to anyone who books a sailing of 11 days or longer "during the auroral season," defined by Hurtigruten as lasting from September 26 to March 31. If the magical phenomenon d...

American Airlines Flight Attendants Were Reportedly Reminded to Stop Lessening Your Misery

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/13/2023, 3:00 PM

You know how flying with a commercial airline is terrible? The seats are cramped, the fees are outrageous, and the other passengers are always brawling or screaming about how their seatmate isn't real or showing off their bare feet or belting out their new gospel single. One of the few things that can make the whole stress- and thrombosis-inducing ordeal slightly less torturous is the rare moment ...

Report: 2024 Travel Trends to Include Destination Dupes, Dry Tripping, Set-Jetting and More

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/09/2023, 8:00 AM

"Destination dupes," "tour tourism," "dry tripping," "go-ccasions"—these are among the top travel trends we can expect will inspire vacationers in 2024, according to a new forecast from Expedia Group. At least none of those terms are as hideous as "bleisure," long may it languish wherever lifestyle-section trend pieces go to retire. To crown 2024's batch of buzzwords, Expedia relied on its own d...

This Emergency Alert App Saved a Skier’s Life. Make Your Phone a Rescue Locator, Too.

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/08/2023, 8:00 AM

On a foggy day last winter at Idaho's Soldier Mountain resort (pictured above), a skier got separated from her party and wound up lost in an out-of-bounds area where neither chairlifts nor resort buildings were visible. "When that fog sets in like that it disorients you,” explained Dale Eldredge, Soldier Mountain's patrol director, in a statement. "[The lost skier] got separated from her family i...

Charges for Gratuities on Royal Caribbean Going Up—as the Company Reports Huge Profits

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 11/01/2023, 6:00 PM

Royal Caribbean quietly increased its automatic gratuity charge this week. Starting November 11, the cruise line's service charge added to each passenger's bill will be $18 per day for guests in most staterooms. People staying in suites will be automatically charged an extra $20.50 per day for tips for crew members. It's not a dramatic jump from Royal Caribbean's current auto gratuity of $16 (or...

“If It Is Not Closed, It Will Collapse”: Converted Hagia Sophia Is Now Crowded and Crumbling

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 10/31/2023, 5:45 PM

The Hagia Sophia, Istanbul's iconic cathedral-turned-mosque-turned-museum-turned-mosque, will begin charging foreign tourists an entrance fee starting January 15, 2024, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced this week. The 1,500-year-old structure—easily one of the world's most significant architectural landmarks—has been free to enter since 2020, when the government ...

Colosseum Underground Tour Delves Into Restored Tunnels Below Ancient Roman Monument

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 10/27/2023, 6:45 PM

Whether or not you think about the Roman Empire as often as the men of TikTok evidently do, you're likely to be intrigued by the opportunity to follow in gladiators' footsteps through the network of tunnels underneath the Colosseum in Rome. A guided tour now offers that chance in a newly restored portion of the ancient underground tunnels connecting the arena with the Ludus Magnus gladiatorial sc...

Visit Nevada Ghost Towns and Alien Sites with New Paranormal Passport

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 10/26/2023, 5:00 PM

Asked to name the most ghoulish places in the United States, you might come up with Salem, Massachusetts, for its witchy goings-on, New Orleans for the aboveground cemeteries, and Washington, D.C., for the House of Representatives (shudder). But what about Nevada? The state arguably has one of the country's most formidable paranormal pedigrees, what with its many eerie ghost towns, extraterrestr...

How Much Is a Hotel Room Gonna Cost in 2024? Where Rates Are Rising Fastest

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 10/23/2023, 5:30 PM

Hotel room rates in many major cities around the world are expected to continue their skyward climb in 2024—rising by double-digit percentages in many places, according to the Hotel Monitor 2024, a forecast from American Express Global Business Travel (aka Amex GBT). In considering hotel prices in more than 80 cities, analysts relied on figures from Amex GBT's "vast data lake" (which sounds like ...

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