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Tuesday October 18, 2022

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Destinations

Northern Portgual Travel Guide: Porto and the Douro Valley
Perhaps you haven’t yet heard—port is booming. Future Market Insights reports that the global port wine market is primed for a giant compound annual growth rate of 8.1 percent in the next decade. For travelers to Europe’s hottest new (but old) destination…

Little Cities That Think Big: 8 Forward-Thinking Destinations Across the U.S.
More is expected of big cities as leaders in sustainable building, the equitable treatment of neighbors, and championing diversity. But don’t underestimate the Davids. Doing a lot with fewer resources, the following small cities and towns…

Top 8 Off The Beaten Path Things To Do In Southern California
Southern California is a popular and timeless vacation destination. Featuring iconic attractions such as the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, as well as no shortage of beautiful beaches, it’s no wonder why. Here are eight off-the-beaten-path things to do…

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Tours and Activities

Wellness Travel In Brazil: Hotels, Activities & Spas
Brazil inspires visions of lively beaches to bathe on; dense, natural landscapes to explore; and a colorful nightlife to enjoy. And with all that action, certainly you'll need some rest right alongside it. So when you're visiting Brazil, it's all about finding your balance of adventure and rejuvenation. And the…

Sardinia's mysterious beehive towers
Expecting not to find much more than a pile of big stones, I followed the sign off the motorway into a little car park and there it was, rising from a flat, green landscape covered in little white flowers, with a few donkeys dotted around: Nuraghe Losa. From…

Yelling, cursing and fine food: Secrets from the world's toughest dining scene
Hong Kong is widely considered one of the most challenging cities in the world to operate a restaurant -- a roiling cauldron of changing tastes, cleaver-sharp competition and unsavory economics. Right at the heart of its culinary world, with connections to at…

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Cruise

Things I Wish I Knew Before Embarking on My First Cruise
My people are not cruise people. Between an easily seasick mother, a landlocked Midwestern childhood, and an inner circle more interested in exploring the land under their feet, the notion of cruising never really came up. I’ve been whale watching and…

Attention Cruisers — New Port Of Call For One Of The Most Popular Caribbean Destinations
Cruisers will soon be able to explore more of The Bahamas. The island is building a massive new ship port that promises endless fun for visitors. The $250 million port called Calypso Cove will be able to welcome two large cruise ships, plus mega-yachts…

The 1 thing you should never do on a cruise ship pool deck
You're on vacation, the sun is shining on the Caribbean and your only goal for the day is to stretch out on a lounge chair by your cruise ship's pool, order a pina colada and let your real-world worries slip away. You stride onto the Lido Deck like a boss ... only…

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Transportation

United Airlines Debuts Exclusive Stops From The U.S. For 2023 Summer Travel
United Airlines is going all in when it comes to international flights in 2023. The airline announced this month that it will fly to 37 cities in Europe, Africa, India, and the Middle East next summer, a number it claims equals more destinations than every other U.S.…

For Wheelchair Users, Air Travel Can Be a Nightmare—But It Doesn’t Have to Be
I tend to steel myself for the experience of getting from a curb to my airline seat, regardless of how crowded the airport may be or how long the flight is. My parents met in the travel industry and I have a multicultural family based throughout the world…

United Airlines to cut service from Hilo to LAX, the airport's last nonstop route to the mainland
Hilo International Airport (ITO), which serves the eastern side of Hawaii Island, will lose its only nonstop service to the continental United States come 2023. Over the weekend, United Airlines filed plans to discontinue the only available nonstop flight…

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Lodging

These Are Colorado's 10 Most Haunted Hotels
While the Halloween season is not some people's kind of thing, others consider it one of their annual outings to host parties and celebrations galore. There are many ways to make October 31 a memorable experience, such as encouraging the Halloween spirit…

BET Co-Founder Expands Hotel Brand Salamander in Pursuit of the New Luxury
Salamander Hotels & Resorts has added three properties in the past half-year, bringing its portfolio to seven. The luxury hospitality management company, privately owned by CEO Sheila Johnson, sees whitespace in the market to provide accessible, non…

5 Colorful Hotels to Celebrate Your Pride
Show your pride and make your stay in Greater Palm Springs splash with color. As Greater Palm Springs Pride nears with events set to take place Nov. 1–6 culminating with the Pride Parade down Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, here are some…

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Other and Odd

Here's when you should buy travel insurance
There are plenty of reasons to buy travel insurance but saving money and potential headaches are top of mind. Travel costs are continuing to climb (airline tickets, in particular) as people resume leisure travel after taking a hiatus during the height of the…

Couple Shows How They Choose Their Vacation Destination In Viral TikTok
This trip-planning method is TikTok-approved. “We each pick three places," nurse and TikToker Eva Machado explained in a September post of she and her husband's planning process. "One has to be within six hours of driving from our house, one has to…

The Best Time to Book Holiday Travel? ‘Basically Now.’
According to the travel industry, it’s time to get nervous about the holidays, specifically Thanksgiving and Christmas travel. Travel’s recovery, while good for the economy, means that reservations and rates for everything from flights to hotels, vacation rental…

Today in History

The Basel Earthquake
On this day in 1356, one of the most devastating earthquakes ever to hit northern Europe struck the small Swiss town of Basel, situated at the southern end of the Upper Rhine Graben. Basel was nearly…





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