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Destinations
A travel guide to New Zealand ahead of next year's Women's World Cup
While the world’s attention is on the FIFA World Cup for men’s soccer in Qatar right now, we will be watching the Women’s World Cup next year. And while the strength of the reigning world champions, the U.S. Women’s National Team, is sure to draw many U.S. tourists down…
— Fortune
17 things you need to know before visiting Thailand
Thailand has a deserved reputation as one of the easiest places to travel in Asia. There’s an amazing amount to see, hassles are limited, English-language signs and menus are commonplace and you can get around easily, at almost any time of day or night. However…
— Lonely Planet
Tours and Activities
These 10 cideries were just voted as the best in the United States
The popularity of cider as a beer alternative has exploded in the United States in recent years. According to Statista, there were more than 800 cider makers in the country as of 2018. With so many new makers on the map, 10Best set out to find the absolute best. After a panel of…
— USA Today
We Love These 10 Bookstore-Cafes in France
Because books and coffee are a match made in heaven. If we needed further proof that coffee and books are a match made in heaven, just look to Voltaire, who reportedly drank 50 cups of coffee a day. Even in the 18th century, this caused doctors to throw up their hands in horror…
— Fodor's Travel
Cruise
New Flagship Joins the MSC Fleet
For the second time this year, MSC has taken delivery of a new ship—this time its new flagship, MSC Seascape. The second in the Seaside class, Seascape “aims to connect guests with the sea,” offering “a wealth of outdoor spaces allowing guests to enjoy the beautiful…
— Travel Research Online
Silversea christens Silver Endeavour
Silversea Expeditons' new ship Silver Endeavour was christened November 19 in Antarctica, surrounded by passengers in a flotilla of Zodiacs. Godmother Felicity Aston, the first woman to ski solo across Antarctica, christened Silver Endeavour in the Lemaire Channel with a specially…
— Cruise Critic
Transportation
The airline passengers getting 'unacceptable' treatment
As most people are excited to get back into the air, travelers with disabilities are finding things rather more difficult. Delays, snafus, even lost and damaged luggage? Welcome to the world of travelers with disabilities, who've been dealing with all this for years. "It's definitely got…
— CNN
Many travelers face higher fares on fuller planes this holiday season
Airlines’ service cuts that ramped up this summer show no sign of relenting this holiday season, leaving more travelers likely to pay higher fares for fuller planes at crowded airports. Service has been slashed in half from pre-pandemic levels at 59 small and regional U.S.…
— NBC News
U.S. Government Holds Airlines More Accountable - Here's When You Should Be Refunded
Following the last chaotic couple of years for air travel, the U.S. Government is holding airlines more accountable for their mistreatment of customers. More specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has begun tracking down and punishing every single airline that has…
— Travel Off Path
Lodging
The Latest Hotel Amenity? A Better Night's Sleep
At the Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa, a wellness resort in the Champagne region of France, when the turn-down staff preps guest rooms for the evening, sometimes they’re not just closing the blinds and placing slippers at the side of the bed (though they do that, too). For a…
— AFAR
9 Trending Airbnbs to Book Before Everyone Else Does
Your 2023 travel list is about to get a whole lot longer thanks to Airbnb. The holiday home rental site recently announced some new updates designed to make it easier for hosts to list their homes on Airbnb, as well as for guests to find their perfect stay. In addition to the new…
— Conde Nast Traveler
Other and Odd
Get ready for the most expensive holiday travel season ever
For travelers getting ready to make their first holiday trips since before the pandemic: prepare for sticker shock. Airfares are way up. US gas prices are higher than they’ve ever been at this time of year. Rates for hotel rooms and rental cars have jumped 12% and 46% respectively…
— CNN
Popular TV Shows Are Inspiring More Americans To Travel To These Destinations
Deciding where to travel for your next trip is already overwhelming. With endless countries to choose from and guides listing hundreds of top destinations to check out, how do you narrow it down? Expedia delved into a chunk of its data on upcoming travel trends and was able to…
— Travel Off Path
National Geographic Reveals 25 Amazing Places To Travel In 2023
National Geographic has unveiled its annual list of the 25 inspiring destinations for 2023. Nat Geo’s “Best of the World,” is themed around five categories: Family, Adventure, Culture, Nature, and new this year, Community. “We have experienced so many changes and…
— Travel Awaits
Today in History
Bloody Sunday
One of the seminal events in the Irish fight with the UK for independence took place on this day in 1920. The Irish Republican Army's Chief of Intelligence, Michael Collins, devised a plan for the assassination of 35…
— Travel Research Online
Editorial Musings
8 Reasons to be Thankful in 2022
by John Frenaye
Monday November 21, 2022
Where did the y ear go? No, it is not the COVID funk that has our collective sense of time all warped. It seems like yesterday it was spring, and we were all enthused with the glacial pace of the return to normalcy. I looked at the calendar and realized it was November. NOVEMBER!! I need to order my 2023 calendar and more to the point, I realized that Thanksgiving is this week! And let’s be honest, there is a lot to be thankful for!
I am thankful that I figured out it was November and there is still time to finalize my 2023 marketing and business plans in order. They’re mostly done, just need to…
— Travel Research Online
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Publishers Corner
Thanksgiving
by Richard Earls
Saturday November 19, 2022
"Remember t hat sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck." -Dalai Lama
In many ways, Thanksgiving is the greatest of holidays, a reminder of the debt of gratitude we owe to everyone and everything around us. It is always tempting to magnify our losses and minimize the ordinary, daily miracle. We long for big, outrageous fortunes and forget the small, mundane but truly astonishing gifts. One day of the year, however, is a reminder to contemplate the undeniably interdependent nature of our existence. How amazingly special is it when a client takes the time and effort to say "Thanks"? Being on the receiving or giving end of gratitude is a pretty special thing. Especially now.
Everything is connected. We don't have to look…
— Travel Research Online
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Mike's Monday Cup of Mo-Joe
Make People Glad They Know You
In order for people to feel glad they know you, you must appear to be interested in them, their lives, their stories, their experiences, and their opinions. As you leave the safe confines of your familiar environment, you are going to meet hundreds of people in the months ahead.
— Travel Research Online
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