What Travelers Should Know About Oropouche Virus, an “Emerging” Global Threat
Posted on 08/23/2024, 7:45 PM
Public health officials have revealed yet another reason to pack your bug spray when you travel. An "emerging" threat known as Oropouche virus, spread through the bites of mosquitoes and midges, is on the rise in the Americas and beyond. From the start of 2024 to Aug. 1, more than 8,000 cases of the virus have been reported, primarily in Brazil, where two people have died from the disease. The ...
When Delta's Free Wi-Fi Will Be Available on All International Flights
Posted on 08/15/2024, 7:00 AM
Delta Air Lines has begun rolling out free Wi-Fi on international flights, with most routes to Europe expected to have the service by the end of September, the carrier announced this week. Most of Delta's flights within the United States got free Wi-Fi in 2023. According to the company, more than 90% of the airline's mainline domestic fleet now offers free Wi-Fi from T-Mobile (you do not have to ...
Cheap Flights on National Cheap Flight Day: Airfare’s Money-Saving Season Is Here
Posted on 08/13/2024, 6:15 PM
You might not have celebrated National Best Friends Day on June 8, National Piña Colada Day on July 10, or National Nude Day on July 14 (do you hate fun?), but there's at least one more quasi-holiday this summer you won't want to miss. Friday, Aug. 23, is National Cheap Flight Day. This sacred event, which has been unofficially marked since 2015, commemorates the glorious season when airfare pric...
On This New Barefoot Hiking Trail, You Can Forget About Lacing Up Your Boots
Posted on 08/06/2024, 3:00 PM
A new outdoor attraction in Arizona is being billed as the first "grounding park" in the United States. Grounding, in this context, simply means walking barefoot on natural surfaces. Proponents of the practice, which is also called "earthing" and can also involve lying in the grass or otherwise connecting your body to the ground, believe that touching earth taps into its natural energy. The benefi...
When Is Oktoberfest in Germany in 2024? Dates, Best Cities, and Other Info to Know
Posted on 08/05/2024, 1:45 PM
This post, originally published June 28, 2024, has been updated with new information. In a typical year, around 6 million people descend on Munich for Oktoberfest, Germany's two-and-a-half-week-long annual celebration of beer and all things Bavarian (pretzels, lederhosen, oompah bands, the Chicken Dance) at the city's Theresienwiese fairgrounds. Because the event is so popular, there's no such...
New UNESCO World Heritage Sites for 2024 in Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, More
Posted on 08/02/2024, 7:00 AM
UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has added 24 cultural and natural wonders to its esteemed World Heritage List of sites the organization deems worthy of preservation due to "outstanding universal value." The globe-spanning crop of newly inscribed World Heritage Sites was announced this week following the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, hel...
New RV Sites Amid Canyons and Adoptable Pets at Utah’s Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
Posted on 07/31/2024, 5:30 PM
The self-described largest no-kill animal shelter in the United States occupies an enviable location amid the red rock canyons of southern Utah, where 1,600 dogs, cats, birds, bunnies, pigs, goats, and other creatures receive care while awaiting adoption. The nonprofit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary draws a lot of human visitors, too, receiving 35,000 annual stopovers, according to Best Friends of...
The Notorious 'Titanic' Door Is On Display in Real Life. Is There Room for Two?
Posted on 07/29/2024, 7:00 AM
A new permanent display of movie memorabilia from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic features a projection of a famous line uttered by Kate Winslet's Rose: "I'll never let go." But the exhibit's focal point evokes the line's unspoken addendum: Nor will I scoot over. The item in question is an 8-foot-long chunk of elaborately carved balsa wood that now resides at eastern Tennessee's Titanic Museum Attra...
A Cinque Terre Trail Famed for Romance Reopens After More Than a Decade
Posted on 07/25/2024, 7:00 AM
After a long dry spell, the Path of Love is reopening. We're not trying to be poetic here. The actual walkway known as the Path of Love—or Via dell'Amore in Italian—is finally becoming fully accessible again to visitors in the Cinque Terre, which is the string of colorful villages clinging dramatically to cliffs along a stretch of northwestern Italy's Ligurian coast. The seaside route connects...
All About USA’s Newest National Park: Texas' Blackwell School National Historic Site
Posted on 07/24/2024, 7:00 AM
A former school that was built in west Texas for Mexican and Mexican American students during the era of "separate but equal" education has become the newest addition to the U.S. National Park System. Located in the desert town–turned–unlikely arts hub of Marfa (about 50 miles east of the Mexico border), the Blackwell School National Historic Site was formally established last week by the Biden ad...
