by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | News, Technology, Travel
Southwest apologizes for their Christmas disruptions, but only to those who plan to keep using them. Between December 22 and 30, Southwest Airlines canceled over 15,000 flights. The trouble began with the massive winter storm that crossed most of the country, but...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 19, 2022 | International, News, Politics, Technology
The travel tracing app will shut down as China relaxes their strict ‘zero-COVID’ policies amid outbreaks and protests. The travel tracing app was part of a package of apps required for all Chinese citizens, one that traced a user’s location relative...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 12, 2022 | Ethical Shopping, International, Politics, Travel, Travel tips
Domestic flights may be banned soon in France, after the European Commission has approved the move. Friday, it was announced that the EU would allow France to go through with their plan of banning short-distance domestic flights and severely restricting private...
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...
