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...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | International, Travel, Travel tips
Travel insurance isn’t just an add-on to try to scoop more of your money. 60 countries now require tourists to carry at least a minimum level of travel insurance, with 12 having made the rule just in the past year due to COVID-19. As borders reopen, some of them...
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...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 7, 2022 | News, Technology, Travel
Floodmapp, a safety app is helping to protect drivers in the middle of a natural disaster in flooded Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk is a city beset by water. Tucked into the confluence of the Elizabeth River and Chesapeake Bay, the low-lying city is crossed by dozens of...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 31, 2022 | Ethical Shopping, News
Snowmaking in a drought – ski resorts rely on it more and more as snow falls later and less in the mountains, but is it worth it? Snowmaking typically draws water from streams or reservoirs near ski resorts, and uses compressed air and electricity to blow the water as...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 24, 2022 | News, Politics, Travel
The federal mask mandate for air travel will continue to stand, according to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, the SCOTUS blocked President Biden’s proposed guidance which would have required all large employers in the country to mandate vaccination, or testing...
