The challenge of keeping our skies safe
Safety improves as airline industry expands worldwide
DATE: Aug 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Great white tourism
Shark sightings lure visitors to Cape Cod and merchants cash in
DATE: Aug 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Traveling with your teen
Seems impossible, right? These strategies can make trips fun for everyone
DATE: Jul 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
19-year-old flies 29,000 miles around globe
A South Dakota teen may have become the youngest person to fly solo around the world.
Matt Guthmiller, 19, completed the more than 29,000-mile journey in a leased single-engine ai...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
‘Sweet Home Alabama’ to welcome tourists
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Tourists traveling into Alabama on interstate highways will soon be greeted by signs strengthening the state’s official connection to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song title “Sweet ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Car rental companies rev up exotic offerings
LAS VEGAS – There’s a chance now for the middle class to feel like movie stars. Or for a movie star to feel like a movie star away from home.
In the past few years, some of the b...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Busting five myths about tipping
Tipping may be the most confusing travel behavior of all. Haven’t we all wondered about when to tip, whom to tip and how much? Let’s debunk five myths to help guide you on your next trip. ...
DATE: Jul 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Tiny Belize teems with jungle ruins, sea life
SAN IGNACIO, Belize – The same turquoise waters that lure tourists to Caribbean destinations slosh around Belize’s island chain. But tiny Belize has a major advantage in reeling in the holid...
DATE: Jul 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Scientists resume digging at La Brea Tar Pits in LA
LOS ANGELES – The public can once again get a close look at scientists working to uncover the bones of saber-toothed cats, mastodons and mammoths in the heart of Los Angeles.
Offi...
DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Fidel’s former limos reborn as taxicabs
HAVANA – In a former life they were the “comandante’s” cars: A fleet of black, boxy, Soviet-made limousines that for years were at the disposal of the presidency in Fidel Castro’s Cuba. ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
For World Cup tourists, sticker shock to kick in
RIO DE JANEIRO – World Cup visitors, welcome to Brazil, land of soccer, sun and sky-high prices.
Unlike nearby Latin American nations where a tourist’s U.S. dollar or European Uni...
DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
Mysterious Manaus
50,000 World Cup tourists expected in this rainforest city
DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Travel
