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Monday June 13, 2022

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Destinations

Best time to visit Turin
As one of Italy’s great unsung destinations, Turin is a good year-round destination. Here's when to make the most of…

Ireland's travel secrets: Glenelly Valley, Co. Tyrone
Glenelly Valley is the longest valley in the Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone and is regarded as one of Northern Ireland’s most idyllic and dramatic…

What You Need To Know Before Planning A Trip To Italy, According To Italians (video)
Locals explain how tourists like you and me can get the best out of an Italian visit - including tips, tricks and hacks that'll make your trip…

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Tours and Activities

Pride is back — and more expensive than ever
Cathy Renna, communications director for the National LGBTQ Task Force and a consultant who has worked with many major Prides throughout her career, says the celebrations kicking off this month will include many of the core elements…

The Greatest Road Trip I Ever Took
Our digital director recalls how she quit her job and set off on a month-long road trip across the U.S., with serendipity as her…

11 of the most important things I've learned about solo travel.
Learn about how to maximize your travel time and combat…

Why are more people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery, and what are the risks?
With border restrictions largely evaporated, health experts say plastic surgery tourism is picking up. But there are risks travelers should…

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Cruise

Disney To Launch Newest Cruise Ship - Here's What Travelers Can Expect
Disney Cruise Line is finally all set to launch its newest cruise ship, having taken receipt of the vessel during the…

I'm cruising the Atlantic on Cunard's Queen Mary 2 right now. I can't think of a safer way to travel
Passengers on a transatlantic cruise on Cunard's Queen Mary 2 are in a bubble as the ship makes no port…

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Transportation

Pilot shortages, fuel prices and Covid: US braces for travel chaos
US sees rise in travel after two years of pent-up demand but issues continue to cloud the…

The luxury train from Colorado to Utah. Here are 5 of the best parts about the trip and 6 things I thought were disappointing
The Rocky Mountaineer glass-dome train travels from Denver to Moab over two days and has great service and views but some logistics could be…

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Lodging

Inside Madrid's Most Exciting New Hotel
The Madrid Edition is the newest pearl in the Marriott luxury brand's…

Why Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt say hotel prices are only going up
Hotel room prices have surged alongside a growing demand for travel, and hotel chains see no decline in the future as travelers seem willing to pay high…

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Other and Odd

'Inundated with American travelers': End of testing rule opens summer travel floodgates
Just as summer heats up, the US is lifting its long-standing requirement for all travelers entering the country to present a negative Covid-19…

Need Help Planning a Trip? How To Find a Trustworthy Travel Agent
Consumers spend billions of dollars each year traveling. With the convenience of the internet, sometimes it's difficult to find a trustworthy third party travel…

10 Reasons I Love Traveling Full Time
Full-time travel presents an amazing lifestyle to experience. Even if you only try it for a few months, it will transform you in beautiful…

Today in History

Vancouver burns to the ground
On June 13, 1886, the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia was clearing brush out of the areas between Main and Cambie streets. A controlled burn fire was started…

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Editorial Musings

Did You Know Google Could Do These 16 Things?
by John Frenaye
Monday June 13, 2022

It happens to us all. Writer’s block. It hit me hard this week. But that changed last night after a conversation (read argument) with my girlfriend. We were at dinner talking about something and needed to Google it. Out came her phone and some frustrations about not being able to find something. I suggested putting a minus sign and an excluded word would help. She had no idea. And then it hit me.
Writer’s block is gone. I figured if she was unaware, maybe others were as well. We queried a few friends on some of the Google functions and sure enough, the majority had no idea about most of them. And with travel being very search centric, I thought I’d gather a handful of Google…

  — Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner

Stranger in a strange(r) land
by Richard Earls
Saturday June 11, 2022

I love airports, and I missed them for the last two years. I'm serious.   I still have a kid-like fascination with the very concept of an airport.  The moving walkways, the arrival and departure boards, airplanes taking off outside of the windows. You walk through a door in Seattle, and you walk out a door in Bangkok.

And still, there are people who don't believe in magic.

Calendars are a lot like airports.  You walk through one portal at the end of the year into a new adventure in the next. This year is far from over, but there is a bit of a time warp in our way, a wormhole…

  — Travel Research Online
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Mike's Monday Cup of Mo-Joe

Setting the Stage Is a Good Idea

I spotted the following in a popular e-zine I like to read.

Word count for this issue: 888

Approximate time to read: Just over 3…

  — Travel Research Online
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Transits

Travel Advisors, Take Note: Serial Cruising and Retiring at Sea Are a Thing
by Cheryl Rosen
Tuesday June 07, 2022

Holland America Cruise Ship Leaving Fort Lauderdale


Concerned about Covid quarantines on cruise ships, Jeff Farschman has fallen behind his usual schedule on Holland America, which so far includes 12 World Cruises and 6 Grand Asians. But he is sailing once again, with 246 days booked in the near term, then a Grand Africa and a World Cruise in 2024. Not a fan of long airline flights, his affinity for back-to-back cruising took root when he booked his first Grand Africa and World Cruises in the same year—and realizing there were only four or five weeks between them, asked himself the question his travel advisor loved to hear—“Why am I even going home?”

Christine Brown’s client…

  — Travel Research Online
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