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Destinations
You No Longer Need a Reservation to Visit Yosemite National Park
Spontaneous travelers can now add Yosemite National Park back to their list of destination options. While reservations to enter the park had been required since May 21, 2021, they're no longer necessary…
— MSN.com
Vietnam to fully reopen by June 2022
Vietnam is planning to reopen key tourist destinations to vaccinated visitors from countries deemed a low COVID-19 risk from December, the government said on Wednesday, October 6, ahead of a full resumption targeted for June next…
— CNN
Overseas visitors urged to embrace 'slow travel' in new campaign to bring them back to Scotland
Scotland has kick-started efforts to woo international visitors back with the launch of a campaign aimed at persuading them to embrace "slow…
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Tours and Activities
How to Plan the Perfect Road Trip
Plan your next road trip with this step-by-step guide, including road trip ideas around the world, packing tips, entertainment suggestions, and…
— AFAR
Mysterious ancient ruins that captivate the imagination
Discover some of the world's most mysterious places on Earth, including the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge, and beyond, and learn why these ruins still puzzle…
— MSN.com
Cruise
Carnival cruises from Charleston returning in January
The Carnival Sunshine is one of the latest ship restarts the company has announced it its plan to return its full fleet sailing from U.S. homeports by the spring of…
— Live5News
Planning a Cruise? Here's What You Need to Know
Cruise ships have returned to the Port of San Diego. As passengers board once again, they may notice some changes on their…
— NBC San Diego
Transportation
CLEAR is one of the best ways to skip airport lines, and it's easier to sign up than TSA PreCheck
Here's everything to know about how CLEAR airport security works, how much it costs, where it's available, our review, and deals on free…
— BusinessInsider.com
Airlines warn erratic global COVID-19 rules could delay recovery
Global airlines on Tuesday wrapped up their first meeting since COVID-19 brought their industry to its knees, voicing optimism about pent-up demand but desperate for governments to harmonize disjointed border rules to avoid slipping back into…
— Reuters
Lodging
5 Easy Ways to Get Free Hotel Rooms
The majority of people would love to travel more, but the cost of travel often holds them back. Hotel rooms can be a major travel expense, so it pays to learn how to get free hotel rooms or secure significant discounts. Here are some of our favorite tips to get free hotel rooms for your…
— MSN.com
The Best Hotels in the World: 2021 Readers' Choice Awards
These are the 50 best hotels in the world, as voted by you, our readers, in this year's Readers' Choice…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Other and Odd
How Travel Empowers Women: Travelers and Locals!
When you travel on a learning program, you enrich your life. But did you know that you can also support and empower local…
— Sixty and Me
They gave her $100,000 for Disney World, Caribbean vacations. She never paid them back.
During this time, prosecutors say, Lisa Stevens took approximately $111,000 from those victims who used her as their travel agent only to be…
— PressConnects
Today in History
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Founded
Founded on October 7, 1919, was the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the oldest airline in the world operating under its original name…
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— Travel Research Online
The Incessant Traveler
Longwoods: The Bad News and the Good
by David Cogswell
Thursday September 30, 2021
Ever true, trie d and trusty, Longwoods International continues to monitor the changes in demand for travel with its latest survey, COVID-19 Travel Sentiment Study - Wave 46, published last week. The snapshot, taken a year and a half into a grisly pandemic, indicated that consumers have now settled into a “new normal” in regard to travel.
The study was conducted Sept.15. Longwoods surveyed a national sample randomly drawn from a consumer panel of 1,000 adults, ages 18 and over. The sample was tailored to match Census targets for age, gender, and region to make the survey representative of the US population.
About the best thing you could say about the results is that “it could have been worse.” And it certainly could have been. Just recall how…
— Travel Research Online
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