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World's best beaches for 2019 by TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor is ready to help you plan some fun in the sun with the winners of its 2019 Travelers' Choice awards for beaches. See the top 25 beaches in both the USA and the world in the slideshow above.
Don't Miss 'Firefall' at Yosemite National Park
The natural phenomenon that makes it appear that lava is flowing over a cliff at Yosemite National Park is back, but only for a few days.
Hidden city ticketing | Airlines don't want you to know
Can an airline sue a passenger for deliberately missing a flight? Because that's what Lufthansa is trying to do. The back story; a passenger looking to fly from "A" to "B" found it was cheaper to book a flight from "A" to "C" which stopped at "B" en route to "C". What said passenger did was simply exit when the aircraft stopped at "B".
Travelers use hotels' loyalty programs to get instant perks and rewards
Many travellers are members of multiple loyalty programmes, and the role of these programmes is often insignificant when choosing between different hotels, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
TourRadar Holds Travel with a Stranger Contest: All Expense Paid
There's nothing more sobering than traveling with a friend for the first time. You very quickly learn their travel "quirks" like they hate walking too much or their teeth grind when they sleep (I'm not saying I know someone who does this, but I'm also not not saying that).
Tips on How to Save Money When Travelling
How to save money on travel is one of the most common questions we get asked. It's a great question. Luckily for us, and you, we have some suggestions.
Backpacking Tips and Advice for Beginners
Backpacking is an adventure that blends hiking with backcountry camping. It lets you broaden your horizons beyond the car campground to enjoy a richer, more immersive outdoor experience.
Top 5 World's Greatest Places For Yachting
At least once in his life, every lover of adventure has dreamed to dump everything for a little while and to take an exciting sailing journey to a really charming place.
World's Best Rock Climbing Places to Explore
So, you've spent the last year at your local climbing gym and are ready to make the transition from the indoor wall to the rock face.
Warnings to Chinese tourists raised questions between New Zealand-China relationship
A warning notice on potential risks to Chinese tourists travelling to New Zealand has raised further questions about the state of the New Zealand-China relationship.
New York fashion Week 2019 Photos and Updates
Although the sun has just begun to break through the polar vortex that engulfed the U.S. this winter, the fashion world has skipped the warmer months and is already looking ahead to fall/winter 2019.
Journey inside Saudi Arabia as a woman
In 2017, Saudi Arabia announced it was going to reduce its dependence on oil and diversify its economy, placing a focus on tourism.
Top destinations to go on holiday in March
A Spring fling is best taken before the school's-out crowds of Easter. And, as luck would have it, March is when many destinations begin to bloom.
16 Beautiful Places to visit this spring
You're sick of winter and you're not alone. I think we can all agree that the winter blues have officially set in. And they've set in hard.
The travel hack airlines don't want you to use
Nobody who sold you that instant oatmeal, jar of multivitamins, bar of soap, perfume-free laundry detergent, latest best-seller, NASCAR tickets or whatever Gwyneth Paltrow sells on her website will come after you to make sure you used your purchases.
U.S. State Department Urge Citizens to avoid traveling to Haiti, Citing Violent Unrest
"Do not travel to Haiti due to crime and civil unrest," the U.S. State Department says, urging Americans to avoid the country that is wracked with violent protests against President Jovenel Moise. The State Department is pulling all nonemergency U.S. personnel and their family members from the country.
Travel hacks that will save you money
Whether it's written down in the back of your agenda, in a note on your phone or filed away in a mental cabinet to be called on by daydreams when work and life get too hectic, we all have a bucket list of places we'd love to go.
Tips for Planning Your Dream Vacation
Tips for Planning Your Dream Vacation How do you avoid having a nightmare vacation? Well, proper planning prevents poor outcomes. With due diligence, research, and planning, you can plan the vacation of your dreams.
Experience something new on your travels
Experience something new on your travels Travel is food for the soul and is something that everyone should consider at some point in their lives. Not only does travel allow you to see some of the most awe inspiring sights in the world, but it gets you out of your comfort zone, forces you to try new things and broadens your cultural awareness.
12 companies that will pay you to travel the world
You've been bit by the travel bug. But you don't have to wait for your vacation days to kick in to travel the world; you can go global with your job instead.
Travel with your toddlers to these 5 places
Take advantage of the years when you are not limited by school holidays and summer vacation. Travel with your toddlers. Here are five ideas to consider:
7 Hours of Travel, 2 Hours on the Ground: Worth It for the Rewards Points
On the shortest day of 2017, a day with less than eight hours of daylight available in my corner of the Northern Hemisphere, I squandered any opportunity I had to soak up some vitamin D, choosing instead to sit in planes and airports.
Everything You Need to Know About Plastic-Wrapping Your Luggage
If you've been in an international airport in the last, oh, 20 years, you've no doubt seen thosetravelers: the ones wheeling plastic-covered suitcases or getting them spun in several layers of the stuff at kiosks like Seal & Go, TrueStar, and Secure Wrap sprinkled throughout the terminal.
Why more consolidation is on the cards for hotels
Today's hotel operators are increasingly looking to diversify their offerings with a range of different concepts, for example serviced apartments or boutique chains alongside their established brands, as well as branching out into new countries.
Luxury Hotel Loyalty Programs Are Missing Out on Experiences
While 75 percent of luxury hotel loyalty programs offer free-night stay rewards, only 35 percent offered other experiences as rewards, according to a new report from Gartner L2that examines the state of loyalty programs for luxury hotel brands.
How to get the best hotel room
It happens to just about everyone. You make a hotel reservation sight unseen, and when you arrive, your hotel room is not what you were expecting. Maybe the location is too close to a noisy street or the room itself is the size of a closet.
Traveling with kids requires due diligence
Being inconvenienced on vacation is bad enough, but being inconvenienced with kids can turn any trip very sour, very fast. For those intrepid enough to hit the roads (and skies) with kids,
How to improve your travel literacy | Travel Wise
Now that vacation season is over, it's time to start thinking about ways to improve your travel literacy - loosely defined as your ability to get around without looking like a clueless tourist - before your next trip.
You Can Now Learn Hawaiian With Duolingo
Hawaii may still be in the United States, but it's a world away. And your trip to the 50th state will definitely be more fruitful if you can drop in something a bit more local than "Aloha."
Letter of Recommendation: YouTube Travel
When I was 13, my parents moved to Yerevan, Armenia, and lived there for two years. When I was 13, my parents moved to Yerevan, Armenia, and lived there for two years.
