by Beth Holmes | May 9, 2022 | News, Places On Our Bucket List, Technology, Travel
Voyager Station: Is a luxury space hotel in orbit really only 5 years away? No one would call the International Space Station a hotel, or luxurious in any way. Only a little larger than a six-bedroom house, it’s been plenty for the 3-6 people who have been up...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 4, 2022 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
23 days to circumnavigate the globe in a private jet – the new over the top private tour available to the very wealthy. The “Cultural Treasures” tour, put on by luxury tour company Abercrombie and Kent, will begin in Seattle on May 5th. 48 guests aboard a custom...
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 | 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...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 14, 2022 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel
Angkor Wat is a trip of a lifetime – definitely not a stopover on your way to anywhere else. In November 2021, after more than a year and a half of closed borders, Cambodia reopened to tourism. The southeast Asian country has one of the best vaccination rates in the...
