Venmo Groups: A New Tool for Managing Expenses on Group Trips
Posted on 11/17/2023, 5:15 PM
When it comes to organizing a group trip, the Type A member of your crew already has enough to do, what with booking sunrise yoga classes and laminating copies of the itinerary to distribute to everybody. That tortured soul shouldn't also have to maintain a multitab, color-coded spreadsheet showing who owes whom what for which train tickets, dinners, cocktails, cover fares, bail money, and other ...
These Northern Lights Cruises in Norway Guarantee You'll See the Aurora Borealis
Posted on 11/16/2023, 4:30 PM
Travelers who long to spot the northern lights should consider booking a trip with Hurtigruten. The company, which has been shipping cargo and passengers along the coast of Norway since 1893, makes a "Northern Lights Promise" to anyone who books a sailing of 11 days or longer "during the auroral season," defined by Hurtigruten as lasting from September 26 to March 31. If the magical phenomenon d...
Pauline Frommer Appeared on "Live with Kelly and Mark" to Discuss Couples Getaways in the United States
Posted on 11/09/2023, 5:15 PM
You don't have to travel far—or have a passport—for a vacation brimming with romance. Pauline Frommer talked with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos about five top destinations in the United States that deliver when it comes to love-enhancing travel, whether that means state-of-the-art spas, fabulous restaurants, adorable inns, or trips back in time. Which destinations did Pauline pick? The answers ar...
This Emergency Alert App Saved a Skier’s Life. Make Your Phone a Rescue Locator, Too.
Posted on 11/08/2023, 8:00 AM
On a foggy day last winter at Idaho's Soldier Mountain resort (pictured above), a skier got separated from her party and wound up lost in an out-of-bounds area where neither chairlifts nor resort buildings were visible. "When that fog sets in like that it disorients you,” explained Dale Eldredge, Soldier Mountain's patrol director, in a statement. "[The lost skier] got separated from her family i...
Colosseum Underground Tour Delves Into Restored Tunnels Below Ancient Roman Monument
Posted on 10/27/2023, 6:45 PM
Whether or not you think about the Roman Empire as often as the men of TikTok evidently do, you're likely to be intrigued by the opportunity to follow in gladiators' footsteps through the network of tunnels underneath the Colosseum in Rome. A guided tour now offers that chance in a newly restored portion of the ancient underground tunnels connecting the arena with the Ludus Magnus gladiatorial sc...
Visit Nevada Ghost Towns and Alien Sites with New Paranormal Passport
Posted on 10/26/2023, 5:00 PM
Asked to name the most ghoulish places in the United States, you might come up with Salem, Massachusetts, for its witchy goings-on, New Orleans for the aboveground cemeteries, and Washington, D.C., for the House of Representatives (shudder). But what about Nevada? The state arguably has one of the country's most formidable paranormal pedigrees, what with its many eerie ghost towns, extraterrestr...
How Much Is a Hotel Room Gonna Cost in 2024? Where Rates Are Rising Fastest
Posted on 10/23/2023, 5:30 PM
Hotel room rates in many major cities around the world are expected to continue their skyward climb in 2024—rising by double-digit percentages in many places, according to the Hotel Monitor 2024, a forecast from American Express Global Business Travel (aka Amex GBT). In considering hotel prices in more than 80 cities, analysts relied on figures from Amex GBT's "vast data lake" (which sounds like ...
Amtrak Gulf Coast Train to Restore Service (Finally!) Between New Orleans and Mobile
Posted on 10/04/2023, 7:30 AM
Amtrak rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, has been suspended since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. A long-in-the-works project to bring Amtrak trains back to the route, once known as the Gulf Coast Limited, was previously aiming for completion by the end of 2023. But Amtrak and partner organization the Southern Rail Commission now say the Gulf Coast Corridor Impr...
Norwegian Cruise Line to Add Solo Cabins to All of Its Ships by January
Posted on 10/03/2023, 5:30 PM
Norwegian Cruise Line, which led the cruise industry by designing special cabins for people traveling on their own starting in 2010, has announced that as of January 4, 2024, all of the line's 19 ships will offer staterooms specifically designated for solo travelers. The move will mean that almost 1,000 more cabins will be sold without a single supplement to cruisers who want a stateroom all to th...
How Far Ahead to Book Flights and Other Air Travel Tips from Expedia Data Analysis
Posted on 09/27/2023, 9:00 AM
Getting the timing right to save money on airfare is a perennial concern of travelers. That's why advice on when to buy and when to fly is almost as easy to find online as TikTok debates about proper plane etiquette. But while we may never get an objective ruling on whether passengers in middle seats deserve both armrests (they absolutely do), it is possible to glean some flight-timing insights f...
