Are you feeling jittery about taking a family vacation this summer? You’re not alone. Whether it’s your family’s safety abroad, the high cost of gasoline, or a thin bank account that has you unsettled, this might be a great time to consider a dramatic alternative: a stay-at-home vacation! You can become tourists in your own…
Vaccine Passports Beg Ethical and Practical Answers
A federal government tender notice suggests vaccine passports could arrive in Canada this summer, but questions about their implementation and ethics abound. Posted on June 7, the notice confirmed federal intentions to facilitate vaccine passports. “The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has an urgent need to secure the services of a global organization … with…
US Air Travelers Top 2 Million for First Time Since Pandemic Began
By Tony Czuczka From Bloomberg News Daily U.S. air travelers exceeded 2 million for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, reaching almost three-quarters of the volume recorded on the same day in 2019, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). TSA officials screened 2,028,961 people at airport security checkpoints on Friday, which was…
Monteverde Cloud Forest Is the Star of a Costa Rican Tour
The last 18 miles of the road leading to the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, full of ruts and potholes by design, takes more than an hour and a half to navigate, and the locals like it that way. They choose not to fix it because it would be too easy for tourists to…
Desert Beauty: A Weekend in Palm Springs
“You’re not afraid of snakes, are you?” asked Mike, our guide with Desert Adventures Eco-Tours. “We just might see some today.” I shook my head no, but kept my eyes peeled on the scene ahead. We were in a red Jeep, bumping along a dusty dirt road on Metate Ranch, an 800-acre private preserve in…
Aviation Bosses Call for Reopening of UK–US Travel
Aviation leaders have demanded that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden ease restrictions on transatlantic travel when they meet this week. Bosses from UK firms British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and Heathrow Airport joined senior figures from the United States in calling for travel to reopen between the countries.They issued the plea…
Charter a Yacht for Your Next Celebration
Yachts are the epitome of wealth, status, and privilege. But now, yachts of all sorts and sizes are more accessible for everyone to enjoy. Your next celebration might easily include a travel adventure for a few of your closest loved ones. For many, being out on the ocean is one of life’s most serenely joyful…
‘People Want to Fly Again’: Airbus CEO Expects Business Travel to Recover
VIENNA—Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury expects business air travel eventually to return to close to pre-pandemic levels and airlines are devoting the same space to business class seats as before, he said in an interview published on Sunday. Air travel remains in crisis despite accelerating vaccine rollouts in developed countries. With video calls having replaced…
Portugal Laments Removal From UK’s Travel Green List
Moving Portugal off the UK’s green list is “an overreaction,” an epidemiologist in the popular holiday destination has claimed. Professor Henrique Barros, president of Portugal’s National Health Council, said the country’s overall coronavirus situation is “relatively stable.” He made the comments after Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said positive cases had doubled in the last three…
Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail Tells a Story of Huge, Geological Proportions
I stood atop a rocky cliff looking down into the waters of the Dalles of the St. Croix, a gorge on the river that forms part of the state border between Minnesota and Wisconsin, inside the latter’s Interstate State Park. Meltwater and sudden outflows from large glacial lakes carved this channel through ancient volcanic rock…
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