Tagged: cuba

Starting Now, Solo Travel to Cuba Will Be Explicitly Legal for Americans

The news out of Cuba is coming fast and furious. Not only are a number of airlines close to being able to offer direct service from various U.S. gateways to the Caribbean island, but…

The Current Prices Charged for a Trip to Cuba Show that Neither the U.S. Tour Industry Nor the Cuban Government Has Yet Gotten Serious About American Travel to That Island

Tours to Cuba, offered by the nation's best-known tour operators, continue to be priced at outrageous levels, confirming that both the Cuban authorities and the U.S. tour operators,…

Herewith: A Number of Additional Observations on Important, Current Opportunities in Travel

Galleria Vittoria Emanuele, Milan, ItalyIf you haven't yet made your summer/fall vacation plans, you might want to note that a sort of world's fair will continue operating…

Carnival Cruises Announces It Will Be the First Major Cruise Line to Head from the United States to Cuba

Though I'm not sure how pleased I am that Cubans first up-close view of contemporary American culture will be the sight of a gaudy Carnival Cruise Ship floating into their harbor,…

The Latest Travel News about Smartwatches, Hotel Apps, Airfares to Asia and Cuba, Low-Priced European River Cruises, and Healthy Vacations. Whew!

One of CroisiEurope's recently refurbished vessels in Lyon, FranceIn the vast outpouring of comment about Apple's new Apple Watch (a computer in the size and form of a…

Can a Florida Congressman Put the Brakes on American Travel To Cuba?

The vast majority of Americans favor travel without restriction to Cuba. Heck, in a recent poll the overwhelming majority of Cuban Americans answered that they wanted to end the…

How Exactly Do You Make a Trip to Cuba? Here's An Attempt to Explain a Several-Step Process

The recent loosening of restrictions on the right to travel to Cuba has permitted almost any American to go there.  You no longer have to apply to the Treasury…

Hey Yank, Want to Go to Cuba? You Can Now Get Travel Insurance and a Bed More Easily If You Go

And another piece—no, make that two—has fallen into place for Americans with a yen to visit the long-forbidden Cuba. Today, massive online lodging company AirBnB (it serves as a…

Planning a Quick Trip to Havana? The "Casa Particular" May be the Answer to Your Housing Needs

The new and greatly broadened rules that permit Americans to make trips to Cuba have just gone into effect, and a great many of our fellow citizens are now…

In a Momentous Development, Regulations Have Just Been Announced That Will Greatly Expand the Number of Americans Able to Visit Cuba

The floodgates have opened.  Starting now, any determined American will be able to travel, without hindrance, to Cuba.  That’s the meaning of the regulations just…

Some End-of-the-Year Musings on Current Developments—And Bitter Controversies—in Travel

As we move into 2015, a number of important travel issues seem unresolved and the subject of fierce controversy. Since both travelers and legislators are being asked to resolve…

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…

Frontier Imitating Spirit, Cuba, Airbnb, and Priceline: Four Important Developments or Opportunities

Although the rumor that Spirit Airlines has recently acquired Frontier Airlines is false (Frontier was actually bought by an independent, private equity firm headed by a…

That's Ridiculous! Car Rental Absurdities I'd Change If I Could

Not a day seems to go by that I don't hear from an angry car rental customer -- customers like Craig Solomon, who rented a car in England from Avis for two weeks recently. "Toward the…

Traveler's Ski Report: Winter Park Resort, Colorado

Colorado's Winter Park Resort is where many Denver denizens learned to ski, but it's not just a local's hill: It's a full-blown destination resort where the emphasis is squarely on…

The Maine Windjammers: 75 Years Young and Ready for a Party

Come in my time machine back to 1936. The Great Depression is finally coming to an end, but in Maine, so is something else: the era of the sailing ship. Not many years before, coastal…

Disneyland Paris: Top Tips from the Experts

Getting the most out of your Disneyland Paris experience is a science. It's an art as well, sure, but if you want lots of fun rather than sore feet, tears before lunchtime, and a head…

How to Do Charity in the Caribbean: Don't Send Money, Bring Crayons

Melody Wren rarely goes on a trip these days without stuffing scores of diapers, books, crayons, and Teddy bears into her luggage. Wren, a Canadian travel journalist, hand-delivers…

Greenland: Living on an Ice Cap

Everyone's worried about the shrinking ice cap in Greenland. While there, I was told that "everyone in Greenland" is worried about it, too. And yet, locals seem as confident about the…

Photo Slideshow: Singles Vacations in Stunning Destinations

Click to view slideshowLooking for someone who shares your passion for travel? Look no further than a singles vacation.

7 Places to Eat: Get in Line for São Paolo's Best

The carioca culture of Rio de Janiero is great for music, barhopping, and beach going, but when Brazilian gourmets want to indulge themselves, where do they head? Easy: São Paolo. In…

3 Awesome Vistas Fit for the Family

500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up highlights 29 hiking, biking and riding trips throughout the world. These picks below are located in three of the most beautiful parks…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Fiji

Fiji remains peaceful under the "interim" government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and casual visitors continue to experience few consequences of the military coup he led in 2006.…

From Great Museums to the Great Outdoors

Museums are marvelous mind-benders. Exposed to new and interesting stuff, kids are like sponges -- including the ability to become over-saturated. Before that happens, make like…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Virginia

Long a reliably Republican conservative bastion, Virginia could be a swing state in the 2008 presidential elections. Democrats took control of the state senate in 2007 for the first…