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World's Best Museums Ban Selfie Sticks
Leave the selfie stick at home. Attractions across the world are banishing the selfie stick for being so awful.Britain's Telegraph reports that institutions everywhere are…
Hot Deals On Flights to Europe From the U.S. (And One Is For Business Class!)
Not only is the U.S. Dollar continuing to crush the Euro, airfares across the pond are now a better value, per mile, than flights within the continental United States. Three…
Exellent Trips on a Lean Budget? Say YES to Mooching
Mooching can be an art. Sure, it’s lacking in dignity, but it can be quite effective, as anyone with, well, relatives knows. Travel mooches can be a particularly canny way of not…
Marriott Gives Up Trying to Block Your Wi-Fi—Other Hotels Better Not Try, Either
Marriott tried very hard to get the government to allow it to block your Wi-Fi signal. The hotel brand attempted to justify the act as a "security" measure, but in practice, doing so…
Bad News, Anglophiles: Hershey's Bars British Cadbury
British Cadbury bars are officially something you can only buy on vacation.Those of us who got a taste for British chocolate on our trips to the U.K. have enjoyed the ability to…
Newscast Blows the Lid off Fake Online Reviews
Do you trust the reviews you find online? You shouldn't. Watch as PBS' NewsHour exposes user-generated review sites—that is, sites where you primarily find reviews written by past…
The World's First Drone Film Festival is Actually a Travel Film Festival
Everyone talks about drones—those small unmanned flying robot cameras—as if they're predominately a technology story. But when you look at the sort of footage that comes out of them,…
Cuba Opens to Travel (Eventually)!
Some wonderful news for travelers today: U.S. President Obama has announced that for the first time since 1961, relations with the Caribbean nation will move toward normalization. As…
Adorable Hotel Brand Kimpton Sells Out
Travel can fill you with wonder or it can break your heart. Yesterday we learned that Kimpton, one of our favorite boutique hotel brands, has sold out.It now melts into the…
Now You Can Stay the Night at Downton Abbey
A few years ago, the condition of the English mansion Highclere Castle grew so dire—after years of benign neglect from Earls who were more interested in horses or exploring—that…
Volunteer Your Time and Get a Free Hostel Stay For Yourself and 9 Friends
Hostelling International USA announced this week that it will be doing a good deed for those who, well, do good deeds. For the months of January and February, it will be giving away…
A 12-Day Tour of India, Including Airfare, For Just $1499? Yes!
The one-time China specialist China Spree changed its name last year, but not its raison d'etre. And that seems to be to put out travel deals that make even the most cynical…
This Incredible Piece of Luggage Earned $1.3 Million in a Month: Want One, Too?
Check this out: A newly invented piece of luggage just collected an astounding $1.36 million in a little over a month on crowdfunding site Indiegogo—and when you hear what it can do,…
The World's Most Obscene Hotel Wi-Fi Charge
What would you do if you signed on to the Wi-Fi in your hotel room and saw a bill for €300 (US $391) the next morning?According to the Telegraph, that's what guests of the…
India Eases Its Visa Rules, While Russia May Be Closing Its Doors to Many Visitors
As per usual the news out of Russia is puzzling. Instead of easing restrictions on travelers and thus helping their sanction-damaged economy, the Russian government may be making…
The Airlines Made HOW Much on Fees?
Remember when the airlines put extra fees in place and told us that it was because fuel costs had spiked?Yeah, they lied. Fuel costs went back into line, but the extra fees…
Sneak Peek of the New World Trade Center's Observation Deck
The final tourist amenity at the new World Trade Center site, which some visitors still call Ground Zero, has announced what it'll offer tourists when it opens in the spring.The…
New Scanner Debuts: You May Fly with Fluids Soon
A new machine being tested in 65 of Europe's 550 airports could mean you can bring full bottles of liquid on flights again in Europe as soon as January 2016.The Cobalt Light…
Passenger Detained by FBI for Wearing a Speedo: Watch
Jerome Jarre is a celebrity of sorts. Some 7.5 million people follow his mini-videos on the app called Vine, where he has made a name by gallivanting around city streets doing wacky…
Air New Zealand's Hobbit-Themed Safety Video is Another Viral Smash: Watch It
Kaboom! That's the sound of yet another volley in the ongoing Wacky Safety Video Wars.This time, it's Air New Zealand that has launched another salvo. Because the final film of…
U.S. Workers Hand Their Bosses $52.4 Billion a Year in Unused Vacation Time
Most employers have a "use it or lose it" policy for vacation days, and a new study using information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has calculated just how much money…
Are Venice's Gondolas Endangered by Rising Water?
The curling iron comb of the gondola's stern is no longer practical for Venetians.Venice's gondolas cut an iconic profile: slender hull, swooping shape, swan-like stern…
World's Highest Observation Deck Opens, Shatters Height and Price Records
The world's highest observation deck has opened on the 148th floor of the 2,717-foot-tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. That makes the deck 1,821 feet above street level, or a…
Ellis Island's Haunting Hospital Ward Now Open
After years of begging from Americana buffs and urban explorers, the spooky and historically crucial Hospital Complex of New York harbor's Ellis Island is now open for guided…
London Now Charges £10 to Attend New Year's
New Year's Eve on Lambeth Bridge, LondonWant to go to London to hear Big Ben bong in the new year and watch the fireworks? Pony up!Last month, London mayor Boris Johnson…