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Florida among the least friendly states in America, travel website reports
Florida is among the least friendly states in America, a travel website reported. Big 7 Travel ranked Florida as the 42nd most friendly state in America in 2019. They said that "Florida has its work cut out for it. Cities such as Orlando and its tourist-friendly initiatives are helping the state big time, but overall its reputation has some catching up to do." New York was ranked last, with the website stating that the…
— Fox News
Why It's Time To Return to Puerto Rico
If there is one overarching effect of hurricanes Irma and Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, it is that Puerto Ricans are different now. “We’ve changed since the hurricanes,” my friend, a photographer who lives in San Juan, told me. “We’re not putting up with any b.s. any longer.” After months without electricity, the loss of 3,000 lives, the continuing sting of $90 billion in damage, government negligence…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Black Travel Vibes: Get Into The Sky High Views Of Singapore
Secret gardens, multicultural cuisine, and futuristic vibes are only some of the reasons why Singapore has long been a hotspot amongst Black travelers. Though the island city-state off southern Malaysia isn’t as backpacker friendly as some of its popular cousins like Thailand and Vietnam, its Crazy Rich Asians vibes keep people coming back for more. The biggest draw of Singapore? The chance to take in sky-high views…
— Essence
Tours and Activities
These Are the World's Best Restaurants: Asia, Australia, and Europe
For the first time ever, Travel + Leisure and Food & Wine have partnered on an ambitious and exciting new platform — curated by one anonymous critic, who journeyed around the world to discover the best restaurants that travelers must visit right now. As much about the destinations as it is about the food, this list aims to reflect the most vibrant aspects of each location it represents, capturing…
— Travel+Leisure
Star Wars Land in Orlando: Details about Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios
The time Star Wars fans has been waiting for is upon us. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge officially opens Aug. 29 at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. If you’re planning to visit Batuu, the fictional planet depicted in Galaxy’s Edge, here are some tips to help get the most out of your visit. May the Force be with you! Book a room at a Disney resort and get more time exploring the galaxy far far away.…
— Florida Today
10 of the UK’s best open-top bus rides
The Purbeck Breezers have great year-round open-top routes. Breezer 50 came third last year in a UK poll of scenic bus routes (beaten only by routes through the North York Moors and Scottish Highlands). Usually, the 50’s USP is crossing over to sandy Studland Bay on the chain ferry but this summer the ferry is out of action so the bus has to go the long way round. It follows a similar route to the Breezer 40 –…
— The Guardian
Cruise
Carnival Cruise Line honors men who saved wheelchair-bound passenger who rolled off dock in St. Thomas
The Carnival Cruise Line has joined with government officials of the U.S Virgin Islands in honoring the two brave men who saved a wheelchair-bound girl from drowning last Monday morning. Carnival recently hosted a ceremony for Randolph Donovan and Kashief Hamilton, who were working at the West Indian Company Dock in St. Thomas when they observed the girl, who was not identified, roll off the…
— Fox Travel News
Cruise Down the Danube on This Eight-day Trip With a VIP Stop at Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, draws 6 million people from all over the world — and everyone’s there to do one thing: drink. As you’d imagine, things can get a little crazy. This is only half the appeal of U River Cruises Oktoberfest experience, which promises the calm and quiet of your home on the water when Munich’s festivities get to be too much. Aboard U River Cruises’ The Danube Flow…
— Travel+Leisure
Transportation
Record 17.5 million passengers expected to travel on US airlines over Labor Day
The top group for U.S. airlines predicts that a record 17.5 million passengers will travel on U.S. airlines globally over the upcoming Labor Day travel period. That total represents 4 percent more people from 2018 during the same travel period, according to Airlines for America, and comes as airlines continue to cope with the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max planes. “We do expect this to be an all-time high,” Airlines…
— The Hill
Beginning today, you won't be able to buy plastic bottles of water at San Francisco International Airport
Air travelers to and from the City by the Bay will now experience water in new ways. Starting Tuesday, those wishing to hydrate at San Francisco International Airport will have to drink from a water fountain, bring their own reusable bottle or prepare to buy an airport-approved glass or aluminum water bottle. The airport is adding plastic water bottles to its list of restricted food service items as part of an effort…
— CNN
Yikes! 15-inch-long snake left behind at TSA checkpoint at New Jersey airport
Your belt? Understandable. Your wallet? It stinks, but it happens. But your pet snake? That may be a new one. The Transportation Security Administration says it appears a traveler forgot their ring-neck snake at a checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday night, reports the Asbury Park Press, which is a part of the USA TODAY Network. The 15-inch-long reptile was spotted by a young girl, who the…
— USA Today
Lodging
You Can Rent This Pirate Ship on Airbnb
Ready the cannons, set sail and brace yourself for some swashbucklin’ fun as you live out ye buccaneer fantasies on a real-life pirate ship sitting along the Mississippi River. Say “ahoy” to this 65-foot long ship with two berths that you can rent on Airbnb, just minutes from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (voted one of the top 10 best domestic airports this year by Travel + Leisure readers). Board…
— Travel+Leisure
The Gabriel Miami
The Gabriel’s downtown location is prime for cultural travellers, placing them directly across the street from Museum Park, which is home to the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Frost Science, and within a few short blocks to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and the American Airlines Arena. The neighbourhood is quickly gaining steam as an up-and-coming destination for dining and nightlife,…
— Telegraph (London)
Other and Odd
The New Nomads Are Here—Here's How They Travel
In 2020, 2 billion people will travel to islands, deserts, jungles, glaciers, and volcanoes at the far corners of our planet. A few may even see its fragile beauty from space. Our earth is still a wonder, all the more so now that the clock ticks on its preservation. But the way we—the nomads born of a peripatetic generation—journey upon it is ever evolving. The digital age, globalization, immigration, and technology…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Venice fines architect $86K for tourist-unfriendly bridge
Venice has spent the last few years trying to curb the overtourism that has plagued it. But now Italy's famed city of canals has taken action against a bridge that isn't capable of handling the tourists they already have. Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has been fined €78,000 ($86,000) for what the city deemed design flaws on the Constitution Bridge that spans the Grand Canal. The decision was handed down…
— CNN
Is the Rise of Micro-cations Among Working Millennials Changing the Way Companies Value Vacation Time?
This new era requires new ways to work, think and live and Millennials are opting to take more, but shorter, vacations then previous generations. A "micro-cation" is defined as a leisure trip that is less than five nights. The majority (57 percent) of Americans did not take a leisure trip longer than four nights in the last year, with Millennials leading this "micro-cation" trend, according to the 2019…
— Forbes
Today in History
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
On August 21, 1911 a patron of the Louvre Museum in Paris walked into the Salon Carré where Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa was on display for all to see. On this day, however, the famous painting was not on the wall where it had hung for the past five years. A search of the museum turned over no clues - the painting…
— Travel Research Online
Press Releases of Interest
Collette Launches Journey Through Egypt and Jordan Tour
Pawtucket, RI (August 20, 2019) – Collette, global tour operator, launches their Journey Through Egypt and Jordan tour. Guests will visit the famous Pyramids of Giza and the stoic Sphinx and then unwind on a 3-night cruise on the Nile. They will take in Petra, the “Rose Red City” that appears as if it emerged straight from…
— Travel Research Online
Mike's Morning Missives
You vs Me. I vs You.
 I can hear many of you now, “It has taken a number of daily messages, but Marchev has finally lost his mind.” Not so fast! I still have plenty of mind left. Today’s headline says exactly what I want it to say.
I recently received a letter from a person who asked me to give her written document the old once over. If I have learned anything since leaving The University of Massachusetts, it is that editing the written word is more important than you might think at first.
When the writer is not a professional writer, there is a dyed-in-the-wool tendency to wax eloquent about oneself at the expense of making a living selling…
— Travel Research Online
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