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Luxury Travel Service Offers Chance to Meet Pope Francis—for $25,000

Pope Francis (photo: Aleteia Image Department/Flickr)There are vacation packages that come with free WiFi and water-park tickets. And then there are apparently vacation…

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Introducing the Airbnb of Camping

In recent months we've introduced you to companies aiming to be the Airbnb of RVs and the Airbnb of boats. Now we'd like to introduce you to the Airbnb of camping.Photo:…

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Woman Lives on Cruise Ship All Year Round

Recently, our own Arthur Frommer discussed the possibility of seniors ditching the retirement village and moving onto a cruise ship to live full time, 52 weeks a year.If you've…

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Nightmare Traffic at LaGuardia Airport

Traffic around the entrances and exits to LaGuardia Airport was a nightmare yesterday, resulting in major delays and in some cases missed flights.The source of the trouble: the…

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Baby Born on Flight Gets 1 Million Air Miles

A newborn named Haven just received a gift we're guessing her parents didn't register for: 1 million air miles from Philippines carrier Cebu Pacific.How come? Because last week…

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Most Limits on U.S.-Mexico Flights Have Flown Away

Yesterday was a good day for price-conscious travelers in North America. As of Sunday, nearly all of the restrictions on flights between the United States and Mexico have been…

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Sydney Opera House Getting a $202 Million Renovation

(photo by Bkamprath/Wikimedia Commons)The Sydney Opera House is unquesionably one of Australia's most iconic sights—if we're talking manmade landmarks, it probably tops the…

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Indoor Rainforest Coming to Dubai Hotel

El Yunque National Rainforest in Puerto Rico (photo: FreeImages/sue anna joe)The latest over-the-top luxury hotel planned for Dubai is for all those who have found themselves…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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There's a New Low-Cost Shuttle in Texas

There's good budget travel news in Texas, one of the tricker American states for tourists to see without a rental car.Now rolling this week: Shofur, which is serves 12 daily…

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Chimp Study: Travel Makes You Smarter

Findings published last month in the journal eLife indicate that travel broadens the mind and makes you more innovative. A seven-year experiment in the field among 70 animals in…

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Is it OK to Pee in the Pool?

And now, this.Surely your summer excursions have taken you to a swimming pool somewhere around the globe. Maybe you heard about the recent outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis, or…

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Senators Demand Answers from Delta, Southwest

In the past month alone, service on two major U.S. airlines ground to a halt because of computer glitches. Now, some Senators demand to know why the country's airlines are falling…

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Best Hotel Loyalty Programs for 2016 Are Named

How easy it is to earn a free stay from a hotel chain? U.S. News has released its annual appraisal of the best and worst hotel loyalty programs—and the previous winner has been…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…