by Beth Holmes | Dec 5, 2022 | International, News, Politics, Travel
World Cup fans are so inconvenienced by the championship’s setting–Doha, Qatar–that they’re taking daily flights into the city to see the games. Qatar built eight stadiums to host the 64 games of the FIFA World Cup, scattered around the capital city...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | News, Travel
The Thanksgiving travel rush was back after a few years of depressed numbers, with some new habits common among returning travelers. During the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, the Thanksgiving travel rush, one of the two big travel crunches of the year, saw a huge...
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 | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Places On Our Bucket List
Grand Canyon Caverns tourists were stranded for over a day last week after an elevator broke down. The Grand Canyon Caverns in Peach Springs Arizona are a natural wonder 210 feet below the ground. Some of the largest dry caverns in the United States, they were formed...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | Ethical Shopping, International, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Rostourism, the Russian federal agency for tourism, has been abolished on order from President Vladimir Putin. Rostourism was only created 18 years ago, also by presidential degree from President Putin. But as of October 20th, the agency has been dissolved and its...
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...
