“While waiting to board, an agent announced that a passenger had a nut allergy and we should refrain from using or eating any nut products on the flight,” says Winsett,…
Learning to pay attention and trust your gut
Explore Britain’s southern coast carefully enough and you can still find relics of the dark years when the country awaited Nazi invasion: abandoned radar stations; tank-traps lost in farmers’ fields;…
Yellow cabs make their way across 42nd Street outside Grand Central Terminal in New York. The City Council approved a package of bills that included a one-year moratorium on new…
The discovery which includes a mummification workshop and a shaft, used as a communal burial place, is located at the Saqqara necropolis of Memphis, the first capital of ancient Egypt.…
Buyers can cancel a timeshare purchase if they do so within the “recission period,” which varies by state and ranges from three to 15 days. After that, for most owners…
Tourists walk the beach of Maya Bay, Phi Phi Leh island in Krabi province, Thailand. The American Society of Travel Agents is starting to refer to agents as ‘travel advisers’…
In a grocery store parking lot, my son accidentally knocked my new Pixel 2 phone out of my hand, sending it flying onto the hot pavement. The case failed to…
Four years earlier, Johnson had won re-election in one of the greatest landslides in U.S. history and passed a slew of bills ensuring civil rights, fighting poverty and expanding educational…
The three new books out this summer are “Cruise Ports Alaska,” ‘’Cruise Ports Caribbean” and “Cruise Ports Scandinavia & Northern Europe.” The books include color maps, reviews, recommendations for activities…
It is unclear how advanced the proposal is and whether it will ever be adopted. Still, aviation-security experts reacted with alarm, saying that dropping security at smaller airports could make…
Tourists walk along a ridge at Death Valley National Park, Calif. Preliminary data show that Death Valley set the world record for hottest month in July 2018. National Weather Service…
Officials in Gallup, New Mexico, say the city has seen a 7 to 10 percent increase in visitation over last year, mostly thanks to foreign tourists, the Gallup Independent reports…
In this image made from video, surfer Koa Smith rides a wave off the coast of Namibia, on the Western shore of Africa. Smith rode for nearly a mile over…
If a trip is interrupted by unforeseen emergencies like weather, travel insurance may cover your losses as well as expenses incurred because of the disruption, like rebooking fees for flights…
It is true that as one gets older, time moves faster. I know that for our kids, our year in Spain feels like an eternity. Our youngest is trying to…
They’re disappearing from some hotel rooms lately. Guests such as Jon Martin want to know why. “There seem to be fewer and fewer trash cans in rooms,” says Martin, who…
Hotel? Not exactly. It’s actually a campground of high-end tents on New York City’s Governors Island, the latest outpost for glamping, or glamorous camping. Rates that can run more than…
Canada accounts for largest number of international visitors
River Martinez, 10, breaks camp at the Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on July 25, 2018. Martinez’s family, visiting from Los Angeles, had to cut their stay…
Archaeologist David Givens uses a precise survey to tool to map remains that scientists are working to identify.Timothy C. Wright/The Washington Post The arms, legs and ribs were largely intact.…
Damage to the roof of a tour boat after an explosion sent lava flying through the roof off the Big Island of Hawaii, Monday, July 16, 2018, injuring at least…
David Allgood uses a trail adapted for persons with disabilities to view a scenic overlook of the Green River at Mammoth Cave National Park in Cave City, Ky. National Park…
Rowan, who is a diabetic, needs to carry hypodermic needles with her for medical reasons. So she struck a deal with the Chilean airport officials: The chief purser would hold…
In New York, elsewhere, slumber parties are a hit
Just a few hours earlier, I had been portaging on an ankle-deep muddy trail with that 55-pound canoe balanced over my head, shielding me from a chilly downpour. That contrast…
A glow from the eruption of the Kilauea volcano is seen over Pahoa, Hawaii. The small, rural town of Pahoa is the gateway to the eruption pouring rivers of lava…
The newly built, two-lane stretch of road in Big Sur opened two days ahead of schedule, the California Department of Transportation said. Big Sur, with miles of rugged coast, cliffs…
Thursday’s statement by the Antiquities Ministry says the workshop is situated close to the Nile River in Aswan province in southern Egypt. It says the workshop, the oldest pottery workshop…
This Friday, July 13, 2018, photo by Chad Moore shows 23-year-old Angela Hernandez of Portland, Ore., after she survived a 250-foot car plunge off a cliff and a week stranded…
