by Beth Holmes | May 3, 2021 | News, Politics, Travel
Transatlantic tourism has been virtually nonexistent for over a year now, for obvious, pandemic-related reasons. And it hasn’t opened up yet, even though vaccination numbers are climbing and infection numbers are falling in both the United States and the...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 26, 2021 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
Thirty-five years after the disaster, the name Chernobyl still evokes desolation. Everyone has seen images of the nearby city of Pripyat, abandoned one spring day in 1986 and never lived in again. But the reality is not nearly so isolated. Pripyat and the Chernobyl...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel, Uncategorized
When most of the features of Coney Island closed in the fall of 2019 for the usual winter closure, vendors had every expectation of opening again in February, once the snow melts. They do it every year. But in February 2020, no one got to welcome a New York spring by...
by Admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Media, Travel
Travel is important to you. Whether you’re a well-seasoned jet-setter or a homebody with big plans you’ve yet to actualize, the past year and change have been enough to make anyone feel confined. But maybe some vicarious travel reading will scratch that itch. Here is...
by Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Travel
Hawaii needs tourism. In 2019, an average of 30,000 people per day flew into the island state, funding an $18 billion tourism industry that made up over a fifth of the state’s economy. During 2020, trying to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from ravaging the state,...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | International, News
Mount Everest has been closed for a year, due to the global pandemic that’s closed pretty much everything else. It may seem like outdoor sports ought to have been spared, but locals don’t climb Everest for themselves, so everyone who comes to do so has to travel....
by Admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Art & Culture, Business, International
In 2005, Auckland businessman John Bedogni wanted somewhere to ride his horse, shoot a six-shooter, throw his cowboy hat in the air, and ride into the sunset of Western fantasy. Instead of booking an experience vacation in Colorado like most people would, Bedogni...
