Prime Time for Whale Watching in Los Cabos
Whale watching season in Los Cabos can be a grand affair, whether you are watching from the warmth and comfort of a villa terrace or heading over the wild waters in a fast boat with an experienced whale tracker. In fact, winter is the season to be watching these behemoths of the sea play, mate, calve and feed […]
Princess Prepares Summer Sailings from L.A. to Mexico and Hawaii
As sailing makes its comebacks in the ups and downs of this current crazy era, Princess Cruises, a destination leader on the U.S. west coast, is making it that much easier for travelers to enjoy their California vacation and pack some Mexico or Hawaii time into their vacations as well. Last week Princess announced a […]
Los Cabos Rising: Q/A with Rodrigo Esponda, Los Cabos Tourism Board
Mexico, including Los Cabos, is wide open for business. At Tianguis 2021 last month held in the UNESCO-protected colonial city of Merida, the annual (save 2020) tourism industry gathering offered a window into what to watch and where to go in Mexico as the world emerges from Covid. Tourism ministers and directors mixed with the […]
Next Trip: Pandemic Wakes World to Value of Using a Travel Advisor
As the world is reopening for travel, 79% of Americans prefer working with a human travel advisor over an online travel agency when it comes to planning an important trip, according to a recent survey from Internova Travel Group. Younger generations of travelers are also looking to travel advisors to help them plan their next trips, […]
U.S. Airlines Envision Future in Commercial Aviation
The next big future in commercial aviation is closer than you think. The U.S. commercial airline industry used the pandemic to gain a flight path to the future. For United Airlines, this has been reflected in its signed agreement this month to partner up with the Denver-based aerospace company, Boom Supersonic, to add the superfast […]
International Travel Seeing Skyrocketing Interest
US-based travelers almost doubled bookings to foreign destinations last month as Americans seek to travel internationally once again, according to data released this week by CheapOair. The data shows a significant increase of 89 percent for international travel, with 7 of the top 10 destinations showing increases of more than 100 percent. In April, US […]
Is it Safe to Travel Yet? It’s Complicated
Is it safe to travel yet? People like Stephanie Wolkin want to know. Safe for her means she can see her 97-year-old mother in New Jersey without infecting her with the deadly COVID-19 virus. Safe means she can find a way to make her annual trip to France this year, to make up for the […]
Travel Booking Refunds? Not So Fast
By Christopher Elliott After JetBlue canceled Deborah Luiz’s flight from St. Maarten to Boston, her credit card promised to refund her points and airfare. The points arrive but the money is delayed. How did she solve the problem? (Spoiler alert, she did not use a travel agent to book her travel plans) Q: I need […]
Dare to Pair the Office Chair
Covid-19 last year brought the world to its knees – or more appropriately, it’s backside. The pandemic sent some 72 percent of the workforce home to pursue business on a more round-the-clock scale that many actually find more workable than the stressful central office setup of yore. In fact, a new Pew Research Center survey […]
Airlines to Passengers: Curb Your Behavior
The FAA, in the wake of recent unruly behavior on aircraft and White House-sanctioned mob violence threatening cities all around the country, is ordering airlines to enforce stricter codes of demeanor to stave further public incidents. The FAA has seen a disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent […]
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