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Friday June 14, 2019

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Destinations

Bermuda Will Host Its First Pride Parade This Year
Bermuda will host its first gay pride parade on August 31, nine months after re-legalizing same-sex marriage. “There is an inherent value in a public celebration of our LGBTQ community in Bermuda as a reminder that we exist and that we are members of the Bermuda community,” a spokesperson for OutBermuda, one of the…

Who needs Bruges? 10 surprising travel options in Belgium
Visitors to Belgium inevitably make a beeline for Bruges. The fairy-tale city, with its canals and cobbles, is certainly pretty – but is increasingly falling victim to its own popularity. More than eight million tourists went there last year, raising concerns about the sort of overcrowding seen in cities like Venice and Barcelona.…

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Tours and Activities

Disneyland Secures Permits for the Next Expansion: Marvel Land
Disneyland may have just opened Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, but the park is already looking to the next best thing: Marvel. The theme park has officially secured the permits it needs from the city of Anaheim to continue construction on Marvel Land, The Los Angeles Times reported. According to the newspaper, the attraction…

Travel on Trial: How I found zen in the pen with lemur yoga in the Lake District
When one’s eyes are closed, other senses prickle to attention. I could smell the young green shoots of spring, hear sulky drips of rainwater as they fell from branches above, and feel damp air on my skin. I could also feel something rest its small cold hand on my knee before launching its catlike body on to one of my crossed…

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Cruise

The best immersive cultural experiences to try on an Asia cruise
Asia is full of wonderful sights, but simply seeing all of them isn’t a sure-fire way to understand its culture. There’s nothing like a little local interaction to elicit empathy and make the most vivid memories of your trip. Meditate with monks in Myanmar, pick up some shamanic dance steps in Sri Lanka, or take the pace down…

Mediterranean 'Runaway to Paradise' Cruise with Bon Jovi
Norwegian Cruise Line—in collaboration with Runaway Tours and Sixthman— has released the details of the upcoming summer “Runaway to Paradise Cruise,” headlined by superstar Jon Bon Jovi. This music-themed Mediterranean cruise will set sail out of Barcelona, Spain to Palma, Majorca on Norwegian Pearl from…

20 mistakes to avoid making on a cruise
With all-you-can-eat buffets, late-night dance parties, and beautiful ocean views, cruise vacations can be memorable experiences with something for all ages. There are some things passengers should know, however, in order to make the most of their trip. Travelers should be aware of cruise offerings that may not be worth…

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Transportation

Global air travel's biggest-ever breakthrough
Roughly 2,500 transatlantic flights soar through the skies each day, whisking passengers over the ocean in less than six hours. On super-smooth Airbus A330s and spacious Boeing 777s, passengers take travel across the Atlantic for granted, and it's easy to forget where it all began. June 15, 2019, marks 100 years since…

British Airways Looks to Artificial Intelligence to Change Air Travel
London Tech Week is finishing up this weekend and though it's not specifically aimed at travel, there's no doubt that technology is going to play a huge role in how we move around the globe in coming years. At the moment it can often feel as if technology hasn't really lived up to its promise. Airline apps are, for the most…

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Lodging

Z Hotel Bath: review
Early evening at the Z Hotel Bath and the reception and lounge are full of clinking and chatter with people guzzling wine and munching cheese. It could be a special event – a conference maybe? Except, the crowd is an unusual mix: glamorous hen parties, American tourists and young couples. Daily, between 5pm and 8pm,…

Swim-Up Pools Are What Your Next Hotel Room Needs
A big part of planning a vacation is choosing the right hotel. The quickest way to ruin your dream vacation is by booking a hotel that's more like a motel...in a straight-to-Crackle horror movie—but let me be clear, booking a hotel that doesn't have a swim-up pool is just as bad. We've all been in those predicaments where we…

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Other and Odd

Expedia fined over $300,000 for breaching U.S. sanctions with Cuba tours
Travel booking company Expedia was fined over $300,000 for breaching U.S. sanctions by selling Cuba travel tours and packages, according to a U.S. Department of the Treasury report released Thursday. Per the report, Expedia was in violation of a rule put in place in 1963 that regulates the relationship between the U.S.…

The 5 Golden Rules of Traveling Alone
I’ve traveled the world, usually without a partner. And I’ve found that this style of travel, more than any other, fosters an appreciation for place and community. Here are a few tips I’ve learned over the years to make the most of going it alone. Locals and fellow travelers can be invaluable founts of knowledge. One of the best…

Carry-on Bag Catches on Fire While Passing Through Airport Security
A passenger's bag passing through airport security at Yeager Airport in West Virginia on Wednesday ignited and caught fire, in an incident that again shows the potential danger of lithium batteries. The Associated Press reported that two lithium batteries attached to a charger in the bag were the cause of the explosion.…

Today in History

Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted a new resolution on the design of their newly forming nation's flag. The resolution stated that the flag would have 13 stripes alternating white and red, representing the original 13 colonies, and 13 stars…

Deck Plans

Avid Travel With Britton Frost – Photography Tips & Tricks

This week on Avid Travel With Britton Frost, Mike Louagie joins us to give some tips on photography – specifically while cruising.

One of the most frustrating parts of a trip can be trying to photograph every moment in order to share it with family and friends back home. Especially when you look back to your photos and they’re blurry, something is in the way, or simply put – they’re bad. The introduction of smart phones and digital cameras countered some of these problems, as we are now able to see our photos in real time, but sometimes photos seem to be lackluster.

Mike is a professional photographer with a passion for expedition travel. So I brought him on the podcast to share some of his insights on how…

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Mike's Morning Missives

Lessons From a Fabric Store

You are probably wondering if Marchev has gone off the deep end? No, I haven’t. Not yet. I want to share an observation I had while my wife Barbara and I were strolling through a fabric store looking for ideas.

After being in the store for just four-minutes I felt a migraine coming on, and I don’t get migraines! I was being introduced to the 3 C’s: The choices, the colors and the costs. I must admit, there was a lot of good-looking stuff in that store. Too much stuff. Apparently choices, options, and colors are all needed to sell tile, carpets and gizmos. (I really do not get migraines. But you can picture my chagrin.)

Here was my observation: On top of one of the counter was…

  — Travel Research Online
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