by Beth Holmes | Aug 2, 2021 | News, Travel
Unruly passengers are on the rise as the airline industry bounces back from pandemic lows, according to a survey of flight attendants. The Association of Flight Attendants, one of the largest unions of flight attendants in the U.S., surveyed its members about their...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2021 | International, News, Travel
The US-Canada border is about to reopen, but not for everyone. On July 19, 2021, the Canadian government announced that the land border between the U.S. and Canada would be open to vaccinated American citizens. No other factor will be taken into account – negative...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 12, 2021 | International, News
Most Olympic athletes heading to the 2021 summer games in Tokyo are doing so in first class. Airlines typically donate the seats, or trip over each other to offer upgrades in exchange for photo ops. Things are a little different for athletes from the Pacific Islands,...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 5, 2021 | International, News, Travel
To celebrate the end of university entrance exams in Spain, hundreds of students, most of them teenagers from Andalucia and Madrid, traveled to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca during the week of June 15, 2021. They mingled at a beach concert, at street parties,...
by Beth Holmes | May 10, 2021 | International, News, Travel
On Tuesday May 4th, the United States put strict restrictions on travel from India into U.S. airports, joining the rest of the world in holding the country at arm’s length. India is currently suffering from an extremely heavy surge of coronavirus infections....
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...
