This New Long-Distance Bus Service Has a Bed for Each Passenger
Posted on 06/01/2022, 9:00 AM
A new luxury coach service wants to make buses with beds a viable alternative to air travel. Known as Napaway Coach, the start-up offers passengers rides on a bus equipped with 18 "private suites," each with two seats that can be converted into one lie-flat bed (pictured above) measuring 6.5-feet long and 40 inches wide. You also get a memory foam mattress pad, bedding, pillows, and other sleep...
How to Skip Long TSA Lines for Free—Without TSA PreCheck
Posted on 05/31/2022, 4:00 PM
Last Sunday, more than 1,000 passengers missed flights at Ireland's Dublin Airport because of epic security lines caused by staffing shortages. Anyone who has waited in one of the seemingly endless TSA queues that have emerged on this side of the pond lately can easily imagine the same type of scenario happening in the U.S. Fortunately, there's a way around the lines. And I don't mean TSA PreC...
New Airline Selling Incredibly Low-Cost Fares Between New York and London
Posted on 05/31/2022, 10:00 AM
Bargains on airfare are few and far between this year, but a start-up European airline is bucking the trend—and on one of the world's most popular transatlantic routes. Norse Atlantic Airways, a Norway-based low-cost carrier that debuted last year, began selling tickets on Friday for its new transatlantic service between New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and London's Gat...
This (Possibly Cursed) Presidential Palace Just Opened to the Public for the First Time
Posted on 05/24/2022, 5:15 PM
South Korea's hottest attraction right now is an empty house that's said to have bad feng shui. Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House for the thousands of blue tiles decorating its roof, served as the presidential palace in Seoul starting in 1948. But as one of his first acts in office, new South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential base earlier this month to the country'...
WATCH: The Neck Pillow Hack That Saves Luggage Space—and Money
Posted on 05/24/2022, 7:45 AM
A TikTok user appears to have achieved the rare travel-hack trifecta, devising a trick that could save money, save space in a carry-on, and improve comfort levels on an airplane, all at the same time. In a video viewed more than 10 million times (click here if you don't see the video below), Atlanta-based TikTokker Kristen Black shows herself making a DIY neck pillow out of some clothes she's trav...
Celebrity Cruises Is Running a Jaw-Dropping Sale—but Not for Long
Posted on 05/20/2022, 5:00 PM
Inflation seems to be driving up prices for all types of travel but one: cruises. Case in point: Celebrity Cruises is selling weeklong Alaskan and Caribbean sailings starting at just $399. That rate isn't limited to cruises in the near future, either. Passengers who book before June 2 can snag staterooms at the discounted price for voyages through the end of April 2023. The cost for Celebrity'...
What's the Most LGBTQ+-Friendly Country in Europe? This Ranking Declares a Clear Winner
Posted on 05/16/2022, 2:00 PM
Travelers concerned with visiting places that protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people might want to circle Malta on the map. The Mediterranean island nation received the highest score in this year's Rainbow Europe report, an annual ranking of European countries by how close they've come to achieving full LGBTQ+ equality. Released each year since 2009 by the advocacy group ILGA-Europe (International ...
$27 for One Beer?! Officials Vow to Clamp Down on Out-of-Control Airport Prices
Posted on 05/13/2022, 3:00 PM
Charging $5 for a bottle of water or nearly $11 for a side of fries is bad enough. But $27 for a single beer is outrageous even by airport standards. When a passenger at New York City's LaGuardia Airport encountered that princely sum for suds last summer, the traveler's social media post, and ensuing outrage online, helped prompt a government audit of concessions prices at airports overseen by t...
European Union Dropping Mask Requirement for Air Travel
Posted on 05/11/2022, 10:00 AM
UPDATE, May 18: As explained below, the European Union has dropped its requirement that air travelers wear masks on planes and in airports across the 27-nation bloc. However, individual member states may choose to keep their mask mandates on planes anyway. In fact, 13 EU countries, including several tourism heavy hitters, will reportedly continue enforcing mask-wearing in the skies for now. Those...
Venice Really Is Finally Adding an Entry Fee—Here’s How It Will Work
Posted on 05/05/2022, 9:00 AM
UPDATE, May 31: Officials in Venice have reportedly decided to postpone the implementation of the city's entry fee for day-trippers described below. Though the program's trial run was initially set to begin this summer, the booking and payment system will now launch on January 16, 2023. As Venice braces for the return of summer tourism at what is expected to be pre-pandemic levels, officials in...
