United warns 36,000 workers they could be laid off
Airline losing about $40 million a day
DATE: Jul 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
In Russia and Ukraine, no social distance on crowded beaches
SOCHI, Russia – Tens of thousands of vacation-goers in Russia and Ukraine have descended on Black Sea beaches, paying little heed to public health measures despite the numbers of reported co...
DATE: Jul 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
The future of travel, according to guidebook writer Rick Steves
Author, TV show host says virus can put dreams on hold, but it can’t crush them
DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
EU reopens its borders to 14 nations but not to U.S. tourists
BRUSSELS – The European Union will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, and possibly China soon, the bloc announced Tuesday, but most Americans have been refused entry for at l...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home
PORTLAND, Maine
Homebound travelers desperate to venture out for the first time since the pandemic are confronting a vacation landscape this summer that may require coronavirus te...
DATE: Jun 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
U.S. citizens likely to be left out as Europe reopens borders
BRUSSELS – Americans are unlikely to be allowed into more than 30 European countries for business or tourism when the continent begins next week to open its borders to the world, because of ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Heading to these three states? Quarantine might be in the cards
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey asked Wednesday for travelers from states with high coronavirus infection rates to go into quarantine for 14 days in a bid to preserve hard-fought gains ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Theme parks hope the thrill is not gone
Carefree days giving way to virus safeguards
DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
As business trickles back, hotels compete on cleanliness
Marriott, Hilton and other big hotel companies are used to competing on price or perks. Now they are competing on cleanliness.
From masked clerks at the front desk to shuttered bu...
DATE: Jun 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
Tourist rescued after being trapped 6 days in well in Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia – A Ukrainian man who fell into an abandoned well and broke his leg while being chased by a wild dog on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was rescued after being trapped...
DATE: Jun 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
French Quarter sans tourists: ‘An old neighborhood again’
NEW ORLEANS – For Jack Greenwood, New Orleans’ COVID-19 lockdowns brought sadness, but also a revelation: He was making more acquaintances with fellow residents – people he might not have no...
DATE: Jun 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A man pets a wild bison on the head. Rescuers pull a treasure-seeker from a snowy canyon. A woman taking photos stumbles into scalding water.
Visitors to Yellowst...
DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel
