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Destinations
Sri Lanka, an Island Nation That Is Best Savored Slowly
It’s common while traveling to be approached by locals trying to make a few a bucks by offering to show you around. I typically respond with a polite “no,” but on this particular morning in Kandy, a small city in the center of Sri Lanka, I was looking for someone to take me on a tour of the sights. Santha, a small, middle-aged man with a…
— New York Times
10 of the best places to go on a solo trip
There's nothing like a well-earned sabbatical to escape the demands of life's everyday stresses. But, what if you have the perfect trip in mind and no one to go with? Go alone. Solo trips are growing in popularity each year. According to a May 2018 report from The Telegraph, one in nine vacationers…
— Insider
Tours and Activities
10 of the best cognac distillers, tours and tastings, France
Cognac is one of France’s most iconic products, yet little of it is consumed at home: 98% is exported. Authentic cognac can only be produced from a specific region but this vast vineyard stretches from the grand town of Cognac itself inland across the Charente region and over to the Atlantic coast.…
— The Guardian
The Best Copenhagen Travel Tips From Our Readers
Get hygge with it! Has anyone crocheted that into an afghan yet? The trendy Danish word for coziness is pronounced “hoo-guh” but we do not care! This week Hack Your City covered Denmark’s coastal capital Copenhagen. Here’s what we learned from our…
— Lifehacker
Cruise
The 20 Best Cruises To Take In 2019
Cruising has never been hotter. According to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), 30 million people are expected to sail the high seas in 2019 — that's up from 17.8 million in 2009. And a whopping 21 ships are launching in 2019, adding to an already crowded marketplace. The good news is that you…
— Forbes
Most Romantic Cruises from Florida
Set sail for romance this Valentine’s Day with these easy to reach cruises from Florida that are all made for romance with an ocean’s worth of special treats for…
— Reader's Digest
Transportation
Polar vortex causes another lousy travel day for fliers, over 3,500 flights canceled
Apologies to anyone trying to fly out of Chicago. The bitter polar vortex caused hordes of flights to be canceled across the country on Wednesday, with almost 2,000 flights canceled at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports alone. In total, with a mass of extremely cold air freezing out the Midwest and…
— USA Today
How much luggage you can bring on every US domestic flight and how much it will cost you
Everyone loves a good bargain, and travelers are no exception. Although budget airlines offer cheaper plane tickets, they often charge extra for luggage. To find out the extent to which baggage fees factor into travel costs, INSIDER researched and compared various US airlines' policies. As a note, these are the…
— Insider
The Most Exciting New Flight Routes Coming This Spring
Stop thinking about the winter weather and start thinking about the fun you're going to have this spring. These recently-announced airline routes could be just the ticket if you’re headed to Atlanta for the Super Bowl showdown, to Traverse City, MI for July’s National Cherry Festival or just poking around for a hip and happening destination for that spring…
— Travel+Leisure
Lodging
The best hotels in North America and the Caribbean
Once home to Pearl's Brewhouse, a 19th-century building on the San Antonio waterfront now houses one of the city's most elegant hotels. Hotel Emma, built in 1894, has a beautiful lobby, stunning library, luxurious rooms and and rooftop pool. Now it also has a AAA's Five Diamond rating, one of only 10 new properties…
— CNN
Hotel guests are baffled by after-the-fact damage charges. Here’s what’s going on.
After Doris Weller checked out of the Hampton Inn Parsippany, she assumed that she’d settled her bill. But the New Jersey hotel had a final surprise: a mysterious $250 charge to her Discover card. A manager claimed that she’d damaged her bed, but offered no…
— The Washington Post
Other and Odd
Soundwaves Uses Spotify To Recommend Your Holiday Destination
The Yacht Week, a unique floating festival and travel experience, has launched Soundwaves, an app that analyses a user’s Spotify listening habits to recommend a destination and activities they would enjoy, then provides a personalized "Sounds To Sail To" playlist. Be it Croatia (multiple routes, including an Ultra Europe…
— EDM.com
Growing Travel and Tourism Industry is Creating Millions of Jobs across Asia Pacific
With the digital transitioning into the core of every business and every industry, the disruption in the employment landscape of the Asia Pacific is well underway. The present job market has come a long way from what it actually had been a decade ago as it is no longer a bit similar to what it had been earlier.…
— Entrepreneur
Today in History
Guy Fawkes is Hanged
The infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was an attempt by a group of conspirators to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the House of Lords by blowing up the Palace of Westminster during the State Opening of Parliament. Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, supporters of a Catholic England, rented a cellar room underneath the House of Lords and filled it with more than 1,800 pounds of gunpowder.…
— Travel Research Online
Mike's Morning Missives
I Had a Dream!
 WARNING! The message in my dream could spell the difference between success and failure for your business in 2019.
I did not have a wish or a hope…not that kind of dream. I had a dream-dream that had me tossing and turning in bed.
I was driving to college in mid-August ready to begin another football season for the University of Massachusetts. I was in my fifth year, and knew a lot more than I did as a freshman. A few broken bones destroyed any chance for the NFL Draft, but since I enjoyed the game so much that I pressed on without the hope of having my name embroidered on the back of a NY Giant uniform…
— Travel Research Online
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