by Beth Holmes | Apr 1, 2022 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
Air New Zealand is now offering direct flights between Auckland and New York City, one of the longest nonstop flights in the world. The flagship airline of New Zealand intended to begin the route, which shuttles between Auckland and JFK International Airport, in 2020,...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 21, 2022 | Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
Mount Washington may get its first new summit hotel in over 100 years. Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S. at a modest 6288 feet, and is famous for its extreme weather. A windy day there in 1934 clocked the blow at 231 miles an hour, still...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 14, 2022 | Business, News, Politics, Travel
Fuel prices break $4 a gallon on average in the U.S. for the first time since the 2008 recession. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th. Within a week, the average price of regular gas rose by over 40 cents, according to data collected by the AAA motor club....
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | News, Technology, Travel
Alice, the world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft, is just weeks away from her first flight. Air travel is far from environmentally friendly, as a way to travel. Strictly talking about fuel, the industry average is approximately 51 gallons of fuel per...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 28, 2022 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
Australia is open again, with the last of its pandemic-related travel restrictions removed on Monday. Australia closed its borders entirely to tourists and nearly entirely to residents in March 2020, with some of the strictest pandemic measures in the world. While...
