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In this article ALK UAL LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A bird flies by in the foreground as a Southwest Airlines jet comes in for a landing at McCarran International Airport on May 25, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Major U.S. airlines warned about a spike in jet-fuel

Yearning for a good night’s sleep? Join the club. Globally, more people searched about sleep this year than ever before, according to data released by Google Trends last week. People are turning to the internet to learn about bedtime routines, sleep positions and to understand — “Why am I so tired all the time?” —

They say love doesn’t cost a thing. But that certainly isn’t true of weddings. In 2022, couples in the United States spent, on average, nearly $30,000 to get married, according to a report from the wedding website The Knot. But it wasn’t always this way. In the 1950s, the “Complete Guide to Wedding Etiquette” advised

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Whenever you’re traveling somewhere by plane, you have to pack, get to the airport, go through security, find your gate and — in the last step before you can finally relax while being taken to your destination —board the aircraft. “Boarding is one of the

Working while traveling has exploded with the popularity of remote and hybrid work. If you want to take a “workcation,” Barcelona may just be the ideal destination. That’s according to IWG, a flexible workplace company, which compared 26 cities around the world, grading them on a scale of 1 to 10 for the following categories: 

The United Kingdom’s air traffic control systems have grounded thousands of flights on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Carl Court | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — A technical glitch which has caused hundreds of U.K. flights to be disrupted could take “days” to fix, causing chaos for passengers

Starting Monday, passengers flying on Korean Air may be asked to step on a scale before boarding their flight. The exercise, which will last about three weeks, is required by law and applies to all Korean flag carriers, a Korean Air representative told CNBC. The law requires airlines to weigh passengers and their carry-on luggage

Andia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Airline passengers often end up at odds over many aspects of the in-flight experience — a reclining seat in the knees, groups of travelers asking others to switch rows, and overhead cabin battles, among them. Now on many international air carrier flights there is a more civilized

In this article QAN-AU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union have asked Qantas’ CEO to resign over for “empty promises to frustrated passengers” and “announcing more tactics to silence workers and suppress wages.” Phil Noble | Reuters Australia’s flagship carrier Qantas Airways reported a record annual profit on Thursday as demand

Two and a half years after Roni Dagan’s husband died, she and her seven-year-old son, Gal, found solace in places far from home. They didn’t confine themselves to a single location. The act of traveling itself is what has brought Dagan and her child joy — something they started after that first year of grieving.

In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An American Airlines plane takes off from the Miami International Airport on May 02, 2023 in Miami, Florida.  Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines pilots approved a sweetened labor deal, making the carrier the second major U.S. airline to seal a new contract with

In this article H MAR BKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT My hotel bill from a three-night trip to New York City included 21 charges. Nine were for “destination fees.”       There were three daily fees of nearly $35 each — notwithstanding that my third night was supposed to be “free”— plus separate sales

Bleached grooved brain coral, center and left, and bleached boulder brain coral on the right. Photo taken on August 1. NOAA, coral reefs, Florida Keys, coral reefs, coral bleaching, climate change, warm oceans Coral reefs off the coast of Florida are being hit by a mass bleaching event due to record high ocean temperatures, and

An Italian train makes its way at the north entrance of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest train tunnel, on the eve of its opening ceremony on May 31, 2016 in Erstfeld. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Swiss rail authorities said repairs to the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s deepest traffic

I love Spain. So when a friend of a friend who lives on the island of Mallorca asked if I could look after her five cats in exchange for staying in her house for two weeks, I leapt at the chance. I’d never done anything like this, so I organized a video call with the

In this article EXPE 9961-HK EDR-ES BKNG TRIP HTG-DE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT According to a global survey of more than 5,700 travelers commissioned by Expedia Group, the average traveler spends more than five hours researching a trip and reviews 141 pages of content — for Americans, it’s a whopping 277 pages. And

Rome ranked second on a recent list of best travel destinations for a digital detox. Piola666 | E+ | Getty Images Despite inflation, Gen Z and millennials are determined to travel this summer, even if it means spending a bit more. While almost two-thirds, or 73%, of people are willing to pay extra fees for

Passengers try to rest and sleep after canceled and delayed flights while others wait to board flights off the island as thousands of passengers were stranded at the Kahului Airport (OGG) in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui in Kahului, Hawaii on August 9, 2023.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Airlines

Looking to splurge on your next vacation? The travel website FloridaPanhandle.com analyzed costs in 100 popular vacation spots, looking into average prices for accommodations, transportation, food and attractions. Here are 10 destinations that certainly call for big budgets. According to the analysis, the most expensive vacation destinations, excluding flight costs, are: Gustavia, St. Barts Gstaad,

Top view of Seoul in the morning in autumn 2016. Natthapol Bussai | Moment | Getty Images China lifted a ban on group tours to more than 70 locations, giving travel and airline stocks in Asia a boost. China’s culture and tourism ministry said Thursday that group tours will resume to over dozens of locations