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The World's Most and Least Expensive Campsites

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/18/2017, 8:15 AM

Camping is one of the most affordable options for spending a night on the road, and, thanks to glamping, it can be a budget-busting splurge as well. Highlighting what has to be one of the biggest price ranges in travel is a new report from Campsy, an online campsite booking service based in Berlin. The company has named the world's most and least expensive campsites, using data from 30 countries.At...

Dubrovnik Mayor Wants to Reduce the Number of Cruise Passengers in His City

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/17/2017, 8:00 PM

If the new mayor of Dubrovnik gets his way, far fewer cruise passengers will be pouring into that Croatian city on the Adriatic coast. According to media reports, Mato Frankovic, who was elected mayor earlier this summer, says he's in favor of reducing the daily limit of cruisers by half, from 8,000 to 4,000 visitors.Owing largely to its striking Old Town—a medieval walled city featured prominently...

Airbnb Now Has More Rooms Than the Top 5 Hotel Companies Combined

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/16/2017, 8:00 PM

Airbnb passed a big milestone recently.The San Francisco-based home-sharing service now has more than 4 million listings in 191 countries. That's more inventory than what the world's five biggest hotel companies have combined. Let that sink in: With all the rooms available from Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide, InterContinental Hotels Group, Wyndham Worldwide, and Hyatt Hotels Corporation, ...

Toppled Rock Formation in Malta Now a Popular Scuba Diving Site

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/15/2017, 8:00 PM

The Mediterranean nation of Malta lost one of its most recognizable—and most Instagrammable—landmarks in March, when the Azure Window, a 92-foot limestone arch(pictured above) on the island of Gozo went tumbling into the sea after heavy storms.But the natural icon didn't just vanish into thin air. It now lies in enormous boulders under the surf at depths ranging from 16 to more than 100 feet.The si...

Hurricane Season Could Be Worse Than Initially Predicted

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/14/2017, 8:00 PM

Weather watchers were already expecting the 2017 hurricane season to be unusually active in the western Atlantic, including the Caribbean region. But now researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) think the season could be even worse than initially projected. The NOAA is predicting 14 to 19 named storms, 5 to 9 of which could become hurricanes. That's up from the 11 t...

New Program Matches Travelers with Locals for Tours and Activities in Sweden

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/10/2017, 8:00 PM

We've said it a million times: One of the most rewarding ways to experience a new place is by getting to know somebody who lives there.The West Sweden Tourist Board is making that a lot easier for travelers to do with a new program called Meet the Locals. It matches visitors with residents willing to lead a variety of cultural, natural, and culinary activities in western Sweden, a region that encom...

Dramatic Drop in Airline Bumping Following United Incident

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/09/2017, 8:00 PM

U.S. airlines have dramatically reduced the number of passengers bumped from flights, according to the Department of Transportation.In the agency's latest report card on airline performance, figures show that just one out of every 19,000 customers was not allowed on a plane due to overbooking in the first half of 2017. That's the least amount of bumping since the government began tracking it in 199...

Primera to Become Latest Low-Cost Transatlantic Airline

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/08/2017, 8:00 PM

Yet another low-cost European airline has announced plans to enter the increasingly crowded transatlantic market.Danish carrier Primera Air will begin offering daily flights between Newark and the U.K.'s London Stansted Airport on April 19 of next year. Daily service from Newark to Paris and Birmingham, England will be added on May 18. By the end of June 2018, the company will also be flying betwee...

Tourist Jailed for Wearing Sandals in Asian Temple

By Jason Cochran

Posted on 08/07/2017, 12:00 AM

Taiwan's The China Post reports that a Russian tourist has been imprisoned in Myanmar for the crime of wearing sandals in the world-famous tourist site of Bagan.Wearing shoes in pagodas and other holy places is considered highly insulting to the Burmese, and multiple signs sternly warn visitors against it. It's not known whether the Russian tourist couldn't read the signs or if she simply didn't se...

Wonder Woman Roller Coaster Coming to Six Flags Fiesta Texas

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 08/03/2017, 8:00 PM

A new Wonder Woman-themed roller coaster will open next spring at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, the amusement park chain has announced.Dubbed Wonder Woman Golden Lasso after the comic book superheroine turned box office champ, the coaster is expected to offer an exceptionally smooth ride because cars will zip along a single rail instead of two, thus removing the chance of turbulence caused...

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