Category: Travel

Travel Chaos: Who Is to Blame for Thousands of Canceled Flights?

Airlines canceled thousands of flights this week, blaming staffing shortages, as Americans return to traveling in droves this summer. But airlines and the federal government are at odds over which staffing shortages are the fundamental cause. More than 1,400 flights were canceled in the United States yesterday, and more than 5,800 were significantly delayed. Airlines…


Touring French Polynesia’s Austral Islands via Cargo Ship? This Setup Really Works

By Scott Laird From TravelPulse It almost felt like a scene out of the movie musical South Pacific. Our landing craft — a WWII vintage front-loader — alighted onto the sugar-sand beach with a soft thump, and we stepped off into the crowd of musicians and women with armfuls of flower leis. “Bienvenue a Raivavae,”…


No Room at the Inn

Say that you arrive at a hotel where you have a firm reservation — maybe even prepaid — only to have the desk clerk tell you the hotel is full and can’t honor your reservation. This can happen for several reasons, generally because the hotel overbooked, some guests stayed longer than expected, or somebody bought…


Reasons to Be Thankful for Family Travel

By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com More than ever, the freedom to explore the world around us is something to savor. Here are five reasons to be grateful for family travel: 1.Travel Breeds Understanding Whether you travel to the next county or circle the globe, moving out of your current comfort zone can enhance your…


This Little Havana Tour Named One of the Best in the US by Tripadvisor

By Connie Ogle From Miami Herald   Tripadvisor has released the latest installment of its popular Travelers’ Choice Awards, and we have learned an important lesson: In the U.S., the Tripadvisor community prefers a stroll around Little Havana to just about anything else. On the 2022 Best of the Best Things to Do list, which…


7 Things to Know About San Diego’s Stunning New Music Venue

By Christopher Reynolds  From Los Angeles Times   This just in: San Diego does things differently than Los Angeles. Its downtown sits at water’s edge. It neighbors a foreign country. Its people support fewer major sports teams (one versus nine, countywide) and more military bases (nine versus three). And instead of tucking its sleek new…


A Post-Covid-19 Cruise Through the Panama Canal

America’s emergence from pandemic restrictions has resulted in record levels of interest in travel in general and cruising in particular. But many travelers continue to worry about the potential health risks in this unpredictable post-COVID-19 period. Perhaps an account of the 15-day Panama Canal Cruise my wife, Sharen, and I recently took with Holland America…


Big Attractions Await Visitors to Small Parks

In 1948 the city of Portland, Oregon, intended to erect a flagpole in a downtown median. When the plan failed, a journalist whose office overlooked the tiny site planted flowers there and named it “Mill Ends,” after the column he wrote for the Oregon Journal. This was a reference to pieces of wood left over…


This Colorado Park Ranks Among the 10 Best Attractions in the World

By Ryan Biller From The Denver Post Denver—The famous Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs is the ninth-best attraction worldwide and second-best attraction in the U.S., according to Tripadvisor’s 2022 awards released Tuesday. Tripadvisor released its “Best of the Best Things to Do,” a part of their annual Traveler’s Choice Awards. The ranked list…


Berlin’s Reichstag: Teary-Eyed Germans and a Big Glass Dome

Years ago, when I got my history degree, I said to myself, “I’d better get a business degree, too, so I have something useful.” But I’ve learned over the years that if more people knew more about history, our world would be a better place. History is constantly speaking to us. Travelers enjoy a privileged…