by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | International, Places On Our Bucket List, Travel, Travel tips
French Polynesia is looking to cap the number of annual tourists allowed to come, encouraging ‘slow tourism’ instead of packed and damaged beaches. A five-year plan called Farira’s Manihini 2027 is being enacted to protect some of the most popular...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 14, 2022 | Business, Politics, Travel
Bar Harbor, a seaside town on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine, sees a lot of cruise ship traffic. In 2019, the last year cruise travel was at its normal levels, 157 cruise ships visited the little town. Those ships funneled more than a quarter of a million...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | Business, Technology, Travel, Travel tips
Brightline will begin testing high speed trains along the Florida coast this week, earlier than expected. Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity railroad in the United States, running from Miami to West Palm Beach. Opened in 2012, they are close...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 17, 2022 | Ethical Shopping, Technology, Travel
Electric planes may be the future of United Airlines, as the company plans to use them for short hops in the near future. United Airlines has been working on future-proofing their fleet in the last few years, with major investments towards net-zero carbon emissions in...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 10, 2022 | Travel
Cabin crew will get more rest between shifts, under new FAA requirements concerning crew readiness. Previously, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required that flight attendants, who perform many of the safety-related duties of a flight, to get at least 9...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 3, 2022 | International, Travel, Travel tips
Canada will be dropping all COVID-19-related travel restrictions on October 1, according to officials. For most of a year, Canada has required masks on airplanes, COVID screenings of travelers, and pre-registration of health information on their wildly unpopular...
