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Destinations
The Four Biggest Travel Trends For 2020
2020. A new decade. From increased connectivity internationally to the advent of responsible tourism, the world of travel has changed dramatically in the past ten years. People are talking about green travel and with the rise of carbon offsets for flying or hotels eschewing miniature bottles, it seems like the corporations have caught on. We’re seeing social…
— Forbes
Izamal: Mexico's magical 'Yellow City'
No matter which direction you travel from, there's a ramp-up of vivid blue, yellow and even orange hues on buildings and structures before you actually enter the town of Izamal, Mexico. But you will know that you have arrived when you're surrounded with golden-yellow walls on every building on every street. Nicknamed "La Ciudad Amarilla" (or "The…
— CNN
Why Alys Beach, Florida Should Be Your Next Warm-Weather Destination
If you were transported, blindfolded, to the middle of Alys Beach, then opened your eyes sans-silk eye mask (just go with us here), you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d been transported to Santorini. With its white stucco buildings, cobblestone streets, and Moorish-inflected architecture, the serene town feels worlds away from its Florida Panhandle location on…
— Town & Country
Tours and Activities
A Photographic Tour of Abandoned Cold War Sites
The Cold War, or the “war that wasn’t,” lasted from 1947 to 1991. The two main powers, the United States and the USSR, never actually attacked each other—instead, they flexed their muscles to intimidate one another, causing events like the arms race and the space race, and spurring proxy wars like the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Nevertheless, the…
— Smithsonian Magazine
Hawaii helicopter crash: Here are questions consumers should ask before booking a tour
A tour helicopter that crashed in Hawaii last week may have been doomed by rugged terrain and rapidly changing weather conditions, a pilot and aviation attorney said. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating Thursday's crash, in a remote part of the island of Kauai. The pilot and six passengers were killed and recovery efforts have been…
— USA Today
Cruise
The New Cruise Ship Reinventing Expedition Travel
The specter of seasickness keeps many would-be travelers from exploring an Antarctica cruise, as well as more adventurous ocean voyages. We’re not talking about the occasional bumpy ride on your next cruise to the Bahamas or some strong winds on your river cruise up the Rhone—those are child’s play compared to the infamous Drake Passage, that…
— Conde Nast Traveler
New cruise ships will begin sailing from Florida in 2020
New cruise ships will be calling Florida home in 2020, and the number of cruise lines calling at Port Tampa Bay will rise from three this year to six next year. Currently Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian offer cruises from Tampa, but in the coming year they are scheduled to be joined by MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises and Holland America. In September,…
— Tampa Bay Times
Transportation
7 Ways Air Travel Will Change in 2020
In 2019 promises of seamless air travel and stress-free flying seemed more elusive than ever. Airport delays escalated over the summer as the prolonged grounding of the Boeing 737 Max and air industry labor disputes took their toll. But some relief may be coming in 2020 as the industry and U.S. government move to modernize a creaky air traffic control…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Japan Airlines Is Giving Away 50,000 Free Round-trip Flights to Celebrate the 2020 Olympics (Video)
Japan Airlines will give away 50,000 free round-trip tickets to international visitors next summer. But the lucky winners won’t be jetting off to the country's capital. In an effort to diversify tourism outside the capital during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan Airlines is giving away trips to lesser-visited cities — but the winners won’t get to choose their…
— Travel+Leisure
Lodging
Inside Trout Point Lodge Canada’s Leading Small Luxury Hotel
If you went back to China after five years it would be completely different, but if you returned to Trout Point Lodge it would be exactly the same. Set on the edge of the world - or so it might seem to some - this luxury eco-lodge in Nova Scotia, Canada sits alongside 100 acres of swaying beeches, birches and maples. The pale blue Tusket and Napier Rivers…
— Forbes
Get the Hotel Breakfast
Traveling is often delightful and stressful in equal proportions. The promise of seeing, eating, and drinking new things outweighs the bustle of airports (or trains), difficulty of language barriers, and effects of jet lag. Though eating well might be the best reason to travel the world, I’m going to suggest one easy way to feel grounded every morning while…
— Eater
Other and Odd
A Look at All of Sir Richard Branson’s Businesses That'll Have You Itching to Travel
He vacations with celebrities, has been knighted for services to entrepreneurship, run the London Marathon dressed as a butterfly, been a guest on “Shark Tank,” and appeared in the Guinness Book of Records several times (including for the most people to ride a kitesurfing board). He’s also started 12 companies that reached a billion dollars — it’s no wonder…
— Travel+Leisure
Women over 55 traveling solo for vacation is on the rise
Solo travel is on the rise for women over 55. Sixty-eight percent of travelers who booked a trip alone in 2017 were women, and that number increased to 73 percent, according to the most recent data from New York City-based luxury vacation booking platform Black Tomato. Some of the most popular destinations for solo travel in 2019 were Tuscany and the…
— Fox News
'Difficult or impossible travel': Winter storm wreaks havoc from Midwest to Northeast
A sprawling winter storm continued to deliver snow, ice and wind to portions of the Midwest and Northeast on Monday, wreaking havoc with holiday travelers from the Dakotas to Maine. Strong wind gusts, blowing, drifting snow and icy conditions might make travel "difficult or impossible" in many areas, the Weather Channel said. In all, almost 20…
— USA Today
Today in History
The Richest Year Of The Gold Rush
At the end of the year 1852, the California Gold Rush had produced over $81 million in wealth from prospecting claims. The Rush began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his land. News spread quickly, and soon prospectors from Oregon,…
— Travel Research Online
Mike's Morning Missives
And That's a Wrap
 2019 is just about yesterday’s news. I don’t want to use a beat up worn-torn saying but I will: “Where has the time gone?” I also refuse to suggest that you have a Happy New Year. I’d rather remind you that time waits for nobody, and whether your New Year will be happy or not is entirely up to you.
As I look down the barrel of another year I see an empty slate. Yesterday’s news is exactly that… yesterday’s news. Not a single evening news program goes by without reminding us how precious life is, and that all the work and effort we put in can come to a screeching halt without much notice. Why we put off the things we put off remains a…
— Travel Research Online
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