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Exploring South Walton, Florida
Drive for 26 miles in Florida and what will you see? If you’re by the shore, the vistas will likely be a daisy chain of beaches, hotels and strip malls. Especially strip malls.…
New App is Uber for Last-Minute Homestays
A new app has been launched that helps travelers find a last-minute place to crash.It's called Overnight, and to use it, you use it to post that you're in town and what…
River Cruising Comes to Southern Africa
River cruising is huge in Europe and growing in Asia, but there's one place it hasn't made deep inroads: Southern Africa.That may be about to change. CroisiEurope, the largest…
Congress Votes On Airline Seat Sizes
Descheboard/FlickrSorry, America: No space for you!The United States Senate has voted down an amendment that would have told the airlines that they are no longer permitted…
New Issues (And Fixes) for iPhone Data Usage
It's not your imagination. Your iPhone is using more data lately.That's because in a recent update Apple quietly added a little feature that will use cellular signals rather than…
New App Turns Any Window Seat Into a Tour
Ever look out an airplane window and wonder what you're seeing way down there on the ground? What are those weird shapes in the fields? What's the name of that tiny island? Which…
Study Proves It: Museums Change Lives
Hard to believe that no one had looked into this before, but now someone has: Exposing your kids to museums will enrich them forever.A few high-powered museums, including…
Free US National Parks for a Week in April
It's the 100th birthday of the establishment of the U.S. National Park system—but this month, it's the public who'll receive the gift.National Parks in the United States are…
After Brussels: Changing Your Flight
Because of damage and tensions resulting from the bombings in Brussels, some airlines are loosening their change fee rules for travelers heading to Europe in the coming week.Even…
Amtrak Now Grants 15% Student Discount
America's under-funded national rail network is doing a little something for Millennials: It has announced a 15% discount for students aged 17 to 25, valid anytime around the…
Expiring Passports Should Be Renewed Early
On the Frommer's Travel Show, our weekly radio broadcast, we recently interviewed Brenda Sprague, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Passport Services for the U.S. State Department,…
Baby Boomers' Biggest Regret? Guess.
A new survey reveals that 1 in 5 Baby Boomers—those 65 and up—say they have the same regret in life.They didn't travel more.The survey was conducted by Censuswide for British…
Rebuild Nepal on An Affordable Everest Trek
After the April 2015 earthquake and subsequent avalanche that killed nearly 10,000 people, injured tens of thousands, and left hundreds of thousands homeless, the country is…
Santorini to Limit Cruise Visitors
As any parent knows, kids hold grudges. And my kids still bring up the day I made them hike for 45 minutes up a steep cliff path, in 95 degree heat, from where the cruise ship…
Hilton To Charge More To Let You Cancel?
Remember last fall, when Hilton started testing a mandatory $50 fee for cancellations no matter how early they were made?Yeah, well, the hotel company finally picked up on what…
$99 Deal From Los Angeles to Stockholm
Here's a blink-or-you'll-miss-it sale.Mighty SAS Airlines (which carries over 28 million passenger a year) is throwing a brief sale in celebration of its new LA to Stockhom route.…
Aeroflot: It's Not Just for Crashes Anymore
Aeroflot, the flag carrier of the Russian Federation, has a dreadful reputation for being unsafe. And it deserves it: The Aircraft Crashes Record Office, a non-government…
Climate Change to Make Flights Longer
Environmental Research Letters, a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the Earth's environment, recently came out with a study that predicts airlines are about to require…
KLM Offers Free Amsterdam Tour Guides
Right now, Icelandair will set up its customers with a buddy to show them around on their visits. Now KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the Dutch carrier, is jumping in on the "local guide"…
Three New National Monuments Named
Meet your newest National Park units.President Obama has set aside some 1.8 million acres of delicate Southern California desertland as three of the United States' newest…
Will Travel Insurance Cover Zika Cancellation?
The short answer? No, unless you’re willing to pay extra.Some travel insurance providers offer plans that will cover cancelled travel for any reason, so Zika-related cancellations…
The World's First Hybrid Plane Is Here
Introducing a new type of airplane: One that works on a hydrogen hybrid system.The new concept will be embraced by easyJet, the cheapie that operates in 27 European cities. But…
Last Chance to Take a Sleeper in Germany
Rail Journal, a train industry publication, reports that German Rail (DB), the German rail company, is doing away with its overnight sleeper carriages. That romantic travel…
A Novel Device for Sharing Wi-Fi in the Sky
You're at 1,600 feet and suddenly you feel the bile rising in your throat.It's not turbulence. It's the outrageously high cost of Wi-Fi in the sky.I wish I could tell you've we…
New York City Copter Tours Chopped
New York authorities just took a blade to the city's tourist helicopter industry: In an agreement that was jointly announced by the New York City Economic Development…