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Flight Attendants Call for Halting Leisure Travel
There's a headline I never thought I'd write. But because these frontline workers feel that their lives are being put in danger, the Association of Flight Attendants, a union…
Sicily Creates Fund to Pay 50% of Vacationers' Costs
Sicily is giving vacationers an offer they can't refuse. The government of this storied Italian island has put aside €500 million (about $595 million) to pay for 50% of the cost of…
Rent a Car for a One-Way Road Trip for $20 a Day with No Drop-Off Fees
Every spring, the major rental car companies need to spread their cars from warm-weather cities, where vacationers tend to go in the winter, to locations across the country where the…
Aloha Also Means Goodbye: Hawaii Extends Stay-at-Home Order
Several U.S. states, including Florida and Georgia, have begun lifting lockdown restrictions in spite of the global pandemic. Not Hawaii, though. On Saturday, Gov. David Ige extended…
How the Major Theme Parks Might Reopen
On Monday, the respected site Theme Park Insider published a story that reportedly came from an inside tip. The site claims that Walt Disney World in Orlando is considering reopening…
Saving California's Restaurants Means Saving Its Tourism Industry
Food is central to travel. Each year I write a roundup of travel trends for Frommer's, and every time, culinary vacations play a huge role. Over the last decade, tours devoted to…
How to File an FAA or Consumer Complaint Against an Airline: A Guide to Directing Your Government Grievances
When is it time to report an airline to the Federal Aviation Administration or other Department of Transportation agency? And more importantly, how do you do it?
WATCH: Stunning Aerial Footage of Over 400 Airliners Mothballed in the Mojave
When an airline pulls an aircraft from service, pilots can't just leave it at the airport gate and pocket the keys. They have to move the plane somewhere. Various carriers use various…
Cunard Releases The Recipe for Its Famous Scones (To Make Up for Their Absence)
We love scones. There's something undeniably comforting about eating a warm one with tea and jam. So after we drop the bad news (that's coming) we'll gift you with a terrific…
United Airlines Flight Attendants Now Required to Wear Masks
Starting today, United Airlines requires all flight attendants to wear masks while on board aircraft. The company is the largest U.S. carrier to adopt that policy, which has…
Florida Beachgoers Share the Sand with the Grim Reaper
Florida-based attorney Daniel Uhlfelder recently tweeted that he planned to start traveling around his state's beaches dressed as Death to send a message. And no, that message is not…
50+ Places to Find Free, Travel-Themed Virtual Backgrounds for Video Calls
The world's big destinations and attractions have posted digital wallpapers for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other video chat platforms—and you can download them all for…
Unbelievably, American Airlines Takes This Moment to Hike Bag Fees
You run an airline. Your business is facing the most dramatic economic crisis in your lifetime. Just to stay alive, you've had to suspend international capacity by a devastating 60%…
Frank Lloyd Wright Sites Are Sharing Weekly Virtual Visits
We wouldn't mind being quarantined in a Frank Lloyd Wright house. For one thing, the famed architect was all about bringing the outdoors in, which sounds like a promising treatment for…
Venice's Gondoliers Deliver Food to Isolated Locals Now
It can be difficult, as a visitor, to step off the tourist treadmill in Venice. Until recently, it was a city besieged by tourism, with 60,000 outsiders a day filling streets and…
Vegas Mayor Wants Casinos to Reopen—No Matter What
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has kicked up her crusade to reopen the city's casinos, restaurants, shops, and other nonessential businesses in spite of the global pandemic. The…
12 Rules for Booking and Staying in Hotels Now
The global crisis has changed the way you should approach hotel stays. Learn how to navigate our newly transformed hospitality landscape.
It’s the Pits! The Cancellation of the National Cherry Festival Is Personally Saddening
About four years ago I learned that I was a failure. At cherry spitting, that is. No matter how much I tried—and I lined up four times to show off my non-skills to a judge—I couldn’t…
WATCH: The Year's First Baby Bison Appear in South Dakota
A bison would make a good mascot for social distancing. Though the woolly animals may look invitingly pettable, getting too close can have disastrous consequences for humans—as the…
Air Canada Suspends USA Flights Until May 22
Today Air Canada announced it will suspend all flights to and from the United States until May 22. The change came on the heels of the Canadian government's 30-day extension of its ban…
Do Airlines Have to Refund You for a Canceled Flight?
If I cancel a flight because I no longer wish to travel during the outbreak, don't airlines have to refund me for the ticket? I'm getting this question a lot on Twitter and on the…
A Reason to Cry in Your Beer: Germany’s Oktoberfest Canceled for 2020
This year's edition of Munich's Oktoberfest—the huge beer and folk festival that's synonymous with the Bavarian region and, in some minds, Germany as a whole—has been canceled. The…
Face Masks on Flights? They're Now Required in Some Places
Many American cities now require citizens to wear face masks in public at all times, but Canada has become the first country to require them on airlines. As of Monday, all passengers…
American Pariah: How the U.S. Infection Rate Could Sink Your Future Vacation
As of this writing, more than 80 countries around the world have sealed their borders to other nationalities. It's a logical step to protect national health security: To help…
Stranded in Peru: A Remarkable Journey Home
In March 2020, the world shut down with surprising speed. Americans who were abroad then either got home just in time, got stuck where they were, or undertook journeys that would have…