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Hawaii volcano eruption costs tourism industry millions

PAHOA, Hawaii – People nixing vacations to Hawaii’s Big island has cost the tourism industry millions of dollars as the top attraction, Kilauea volcano, keeps spewing lava. Cancel...

DATE: May 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Record 72 million tourists came to Orlando last year

ORLANDO, Fla. – Even though Hurricane Irma forced the closures of its theme parks and airports and filled its hotels with displaced evacuees, a record-setting 72 million tourists still flock...

DATE: May 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Travel expert Johnny Jet shares his tips for summer trips

Are you starting to think about summer vacation? John DiScala, better known as the air travel expert Johnny Jet, recently talked with The Associated Press travel podcast “Get Outta Here!” ab...

DATE: May 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Should you book your vacation rental through a third-party site?

If you’re like most travelers, you book your vacation rental online through a third-party website. Of the top 100 vacation-rental sites, 76 percent are third-party sites – Bookin...

DATE: May 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

More tourists seek out volcanic adventures

Below the craggy rim of Erta Ale, Ethiopia’s most active volcano, a lava lake boils. Beneath the gassy haze, ruby-red, molten rock thickens and rises up, swelling like a tidal wave topped of...

DATE: May 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Royal wedding: At hotels, $50K packages, Union Jack condoms

NEW YORK – Hotels are getting in on royal wedding mania, offering $50,000 packages fit for a queen, handing out condoms decorated with the Union Jack and hosting Champagne parties where the ...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Take a grand tour of New England - by bike

Everything we love about New England is better by bike. When you’re on two wheels, the air is crisper, the small towns lovelier, the coast a bit more like heaven, and the wild blueberries ma...

DATE: May 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Kilauea volcano claims more than two dozen homes in Hawaii

PAHOA, Hawaii – Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has destroyed 26 homes since it began spewing lava hundreds of feet into the air last week, and residents who evacuated don’t know how long they migh...

DATE: May 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Planning to visit Pikes Peak? Changes are afoot

City renovating visitors center at the summit

DATE: May 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

For summer vacationers, RV sharing is revving up

John Flynn and his family won’t check into a hotel on their next vacation. Instead, they’ll roll to their destination in a Fleetwood Jamboree, a 31-foot recreational vehicle that sleeps six....

DATE: May 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Backcountry skiing thrives in New England

Thousands turn out for spring ascents, descents

DATE: May 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Quakes, lava and gas: Hawaii residents flee volcanic threats

PAHOA, Hawaii – Many rural residents living on an erupting volcano in Hawaii fled the threat of lava that spewed into the air in bursts of fire and pushed up steam from cracks in roadways Fr...

DATE: May 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

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