Travel to Myanmar: State of Contradictions
Travel to Myanmar, a tough place to visit by any stretch, just got a little tougher. Travel to Myanmar (Burma) is hot in any situation but a mass forced exodus of an entire minority population of Muslim nationals known as the Rohingya people is attracting a lot of attention and causing trip cancellations.
Barcelona: Stay the Course and Grab the Pass
Barcelona ranks high on most bucket lists as a must-see place at any age. And the response from the traveling community and the saner heads that walk this earth, especially in light of last month’s terrorist rampage on the crowded streets of Barcelona’s Las Ramblas, has been simply this: keep on traveling. Don’t let them […]
Paris for a Song? $138 RT and Iceland is Free
WOW Air’s entrance into the US market in recent years has been quite wowing with its regular too-good-to-be-true deals on flights to Europe from major U.S. gateways. That latest promo offers $69 one-way fares (based on a roundtrip purchase) for flights through November heading to Brussels, Stockholm, Dublin, Berlin, Paris, London, Copenhagen and Edinburgh from […]
Sweet Virginia Sojourns: Rovings from Roanoke
Within easy reach of the nation’s capital is another America steeped in history and bootstrap ethics, and welcoming to visitors who take the time to go slow. Radiating out from Roanoke, a mere three- to four-hour amble southwestward from Washington D.C., and well west of the I-95 corridor, are little towns with names like Floyd, […]
Africa the Easy Way
Addis Ababa: $888 Round Trip, all taxes and fees, 3rd bag free. 800-591-4353
Dinner and a View: U.S. Top Spots
Where to find the best eye candy for a memorable dinner out? This quest was put to the test recently in a study by OpenTable, a leading provider of online restaurant reservations and part of The Priceline Group. Travelers in search of awe-inspiring views have a bountious list to consider as some 100 view-worthing dining […]
Greece, Pray, Love for Spirited Discovery
One of the most rapidly growing sectors of the travel industry is spiritual tourism, with approximately 300 million travelers annually investing in this genre of travel. The U.S. Travel Association (USTA) reports that 25% of U.S. travelers are interested in some sort of faith-based trip, and the market in this $18 billion industry is expected to double […]
Ten Most Popular American Tours
Americans love to travel but much of that travel takes place right within our borders. There are plenty of sights and attractions that cater to this crowd and creating worthy tours to take right in our own backyard. According to the attraction booking numbers through @TripAdvisor, here are America’s top ten day tours.
Shanghai Sides: Suzhou Sojourns
In a country so deeply steeped in future forward industrialization, China’s few preserved pathways to the past are to be treasured. And so it is with Suzhou, just over an hour from Shanghai but so mired in the Song Dynasty that time must be taken to meditate on the marvels of its 69 preserved gardens […]
A New Urgency for Visiting Vanishing Destinations
As the current U.S. president decimates all progress made over the past decade in climate change prevention and policies promoting environmental sustainability, U.S. adults who have traveled during the past year are beginning to sound the alarm that travel to “vanishing destinations” is more important than ever, to be done now before it is too late.
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