by Admin | Oct 19, 2016 | News
Travel can be hard on people, especially on senior citizens or those with medical conditions that might be harder to attend to while on the road. This is why there is a growing industry of travel companions, professionals who travel along with older travelers to make...
by Admin | Oct 17, 2016 | Art & Culture, International
Imagine, if you will, arriving in a country you’ve never been to before. Customs seem odd, and expectations seem odder yet. Although Europeans and Americans have plenty of things in common, and Europeans are not just a homogeneous mass of a single culture, there are...
by Admin | Oct 14, 2016 | Art & Culture
Unbeknownst to many, there is a trade group of businesses built around scaring people. The Haunted Attraction Association estimates that there will be about 1,500 installations around the country this October, many of which are only up for the month, or even less....
by Admin | Oct 12, 2016 | Business, International
Jamaica is a popular vacation destination, but that hasn’t helped the economy there as much as one might think. Part of the problem is that Jamaican-owned and operated businesses have a hard time competing with larger travel companies and resorts. As a result, much of...
by Admin | Oct 10, 2016 | Business, Technology
The internet has long supplanted the live travel agent, and most people use it to plan their vacations or business trips. And there’s a lot of that happening: Americans spent $814 billion on domestic travel in 2015 alone, with most of those trips being planned online....