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Tokyo Cafe’s Robot Waiters Operated Remotely by Staffers with Disabilities

We usually think of robots as taking jobs away from humans, but the opposite is true at a new cafe in Tokyo. Opened June 22 in the city's Nihonbashi area, Dawn Avatar Robot Cafe uses…

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Find International Travel Restrictions in One Click with This Online Tool

Keeping up with changing travel regulations has become a game of Whack-a-Mole in 2021. Fortunately, there's an online tool that can help considerably (no mallets required). Travel…

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TSA Is Training Fight Attendants to Take Down Unruly Passengers

Coffee, tea, or a clock-cleaning? That'll be the new menu aboard the major U.S. airlines soon. Following a spate of antisocial behavior by passengers, the Transportation Security…

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Hawaii Sets a Date for Allowing Vaccinated Travelers—No Testing Required

After months of strict and sometimes labyrinthine Covid regulations, it's finally getting easier to travel to Hawaii. Starting Thursday, July 8, fully vaccinated travelers entering…

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The World’s Most and Least Expensive Cities for Expats in 2021

Interested in living abroad? Turns out you're likely to blow your budget fastest in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, according to a well-regarded annual ranking of the world's most expensive…

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PHOTOS: Inside a Royal Palace Turned Luxury Hotel in Historic Budapest

A onetime royal palace situated near the Danube River in Budapest has been turned into a swanky hotel. The 130-room Matild Palace, the latest outpost in Marriott International's Luxury…

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8 Great Condo-style Resorts for Families in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Mexico

A condo-style resort goes a long way toward making a family vacation successful. Self-contained lodgings—also marketed as apartments, villas, or residences—grant more space and…

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What Travelers Need to Know About American Airlines' Service Meltdown

We've been warning for weeks that the return to travel this summer would be bumpy. But I don't think any of us could have predicted just how ugly things could get this week. Over the…

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A Favorite Hike Through California Redwoods Is Back After More Than a Decade

For the first time in 13 years, hikers can once again hit the spectacular Pfeiffer Falls Trail in California's ridiculously scenic Big Sur area on the state's central coast. The…

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This European Country Now Denies Entry to Americans From 10 States

Malta wants its American visitors back—but only some of them. In a telling move, one that shows just how closely the rest of the world is watching the United States' fractured approach…

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Royal Caribbean Will Charge Unvaccinated Cruisers More And Bar Them From Some Activities

Update, July 1: What follows now applies to Celebrity Cruises as well as its sister line Royal Caribbean. Celebrity has announced that for sailings from Florida, passengers who fail to…

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How to Survive the USA's Crazy-Busy National Parks This Summer

America is entering a summer of pent-up travel energy following more than a year of homebound life. And as long as most international countries remain unready to fling open their doors…

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Learn the History of the Black Panthers at a Mini Museum in the Group’s Hometown

A "mini museum" dedicated to chronicling the history of the Black Panther Party is opening in the same California city where the Black Power political organization was…

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These Spine-Tingling Mountaineering Photos Were Just Named the World’s Best

The majesty, adventure, and heart-pounding, knuckle-whitening dangers of mountain climbing have been captured in all their dizzying glory by the winners of an annual photography…

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Italy’s Alcatraz: Abandoned Island Prison to Become Tourist Attraction

Italy has plans to convert a deserted island that once housed a brutal prison into a tourist attraction similar to San Francisco Bay's Alcatraz, according to news reports. A tiny…

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Southwest Airlines' 50th Birthday Sale Is Big—and Won't Last Long

For Southwest Airlines, it's been a week of good news and bad news so far. On Monday, technical issues led to the grounding of flights nationwide. Then, a separate computer network…

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Christo's Team Will Wrap Paris' Arc de Triomphe This Autumn

Not even death could stop Christo from creating new works of colossal public art. The famed artist passed away in May 2020 with two massive and ambitious projects still left…

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ICYMI: These Big Names in Travel Couldn't Survive 2020 and 2021

We don't have to tell you that Covid-19 has changed the world. In fact, there's so much in our shifting lives that requires attention you might have missed word of the final chapters…

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Curacao To Give One Night Free After Every Three Booked—We Think

Last week, headlines trumpeted the news that hotels on Curaçao are giving visitors a big incentive to visit: four nights for the price of three. The deal, the equivalent of 25% off the…

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Enter Dozens of Wild, Immersive Artworks at a New Museum North of Milwaukee

A new museum in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is the world's first institution of its kind dedicated entirely to displaying and caring for "art environments." Curators at the soon-to-open Art…

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How to Protect Your Car from Insect Damage and Remove Bug Guts from the Windshield

Get your car ready for drives through buggy areas and remove splats from windshields and paint jobs with these helpful pointers.

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The EU’s Digital Covid Certificate: Can American Travelers Get One?

Non-European citizens will soon be able to obtain QR codes to allow travel through Europe without Covid-19 restrictions.

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This Summer, Travel Isn't Working Like It Used To, So Bring Your Patience

As a society, we're still coping with a once-in-a-century trauma—and several of us aren't handling the stress well. Some travelers are snapping, losing their marbles in the worst…

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We’re in Danger of Losing These Historic American Places

The islands in Boston Harbor, 19th-century railway tunnels in California's mountains, a Navajo trading post in Utah, and several important remnants of the Jim Crow era are among the…

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Amtrak Nearly Halves the Price of Its USA Rail Pass for Summer Vacationers

And it's time for another impressive sale from Amtrak. Over the last six months, the national railway has rolled out one discount after another, but this one should be particularly…