Travel

Hong Kong (CNN) — Amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, people around the world are wondering when life will return to “normal.” The word normal is, of course, relative, but a spate of domestic flight routes slowly opening up in Asia and the Pacific give clues into what the aviation industry could look like in the

(CNN) — Right now, most of us can only explore the pyramids and archaeological wonders of Egypt online, but excavations and explorations into the country’s ancient past remain ongoing. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the unearthing of five limestone sarcophagi and four wooden coffins containing human mummies. These incredible archaeological finds were

(CNN) — Somewhere on that 7 a.m. Greyhound bus journey between Port Authority and Albany, I started crying. Being stranded by a blizzard in New York had been fun at first: crunching through piled-high sidewalks was a Christmas movie come true. But the record-breaking snowfall in the Eastern United States from December 16 to 20,

(CNN) — As journeys home go, it was a particularly long and unusual one. The Covid-19 pandemic forced a group of 24 Dutch teenagers to sail the Atlantic to return to the Netherlands, arriving safely in the port of Harlingen on Sunday after more than five weeks at sea. The students, aged between 14 and

(CNN) — Anyone currently whiling away the long hours of lockdown with when-this-is-all-over dreams of a fresh start in life, should heed this as a cautionary tale. In 2011, at the age of 44, I had my own mid-life-crisis career swerve, ditching journalism to start a new life as the owner of a waterfront hotel,

(CNN) — The last Hippo Creek Safari was cut short — in mid-March, the veteran tour operator’s guest flew out of Botswana several days early once news of impending lockdowns hit. She never made it to Rwanda. Covid-19 had arrived in Africa, restricting travel in and out of the continent. The restrictions spell trouble for

(CNN) — Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen is on a mission to visit every country in the world in a single journey, without taking a single flight. After roughly six and a half years on the road and a budget of US$20 a day, Pedersen is just nine countries away from reaching this goal. There’s only one

(CNN) — In a spot of good news, several koalas who were injured in bushfires in Australia in 2019 have been re-released into the wild. One of the most famous of the group is Anwen, a female whose photos went viral due to the severe nature of her burns — they covered 90% of her

(CNN) — Famed restaurateur and founder of Le Cirque, Sirio Maccioni, has passed away at the age of 88, according to his son. Le Cirque was a hot spot for the likes of Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Frank Sinatra, according to Marco Maccioni. Maccioni passed away in his hometown of Montecatini, Italy, on Monday

The man wrote “Steve & Lacy” on rocks, a well and other historic structures throughout Death Valley National Park in January 2019 and January 2020. He left graffiti in Echo Canyon, Butte Valley, Homestake Dry Camp, and Crankshaft Junction, the release said. His notes included “Steve & Lacy Camped Here” and “Steve & Lacy Were

(CNN) — What happens when you’re nearly three years into the middle of a 8,700 mile hike, you’ve given up your home, you have no money — and then coronavirus stops the world in its tracks? That was the dilemma facing Christian Lewis when his quest to walk every twist and turn of the British

(CNN) — From offering tickets at the cost of a vegetable to multi-seat discounts, Chinese airlines are rolling out a series of deals to attract travelers in the run-up to Labor Day — the first major holiday since the nation came to a standstill due to Covid-19. Recording a loss of RMB39.8 billion ($5.6 billion)

(CNN) — Earlier this month, a Boeing 747 freighter took off from Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain, bound for Chicago and laden with urgent medical supplies. It had arrived at this little out-of-the-way airport, some 150 miles west of Barcelona, a couple of months earlier. Its operator, New York’s Atlas Air, had parked it there due

(CNN) — It’s been a little over a month since the celebrated Las Vegas Strip went dark. The move, like much of the business practices surrounding Covid-19, was unprecedented. But now, in what appears to be another unprecedented move, the CEO of Wynn Resorts — not the Nevada government — is calling for parts of

(CNN) — The glamorous black and white photos appear to be straight from a golden age of travel. The postwar era of streamlined airplanes, stylish bathing suits, swish hotels, empty country roads and cool cars. In these snapshots, Englishwoman Mavis Johnston is the apparent embodiment of the sophisticated, jet-set traveler. And in many ways she

(CNN) — While millions of people around the world are cutting their own hair and inventing new recipes amid the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of the world’s commercial airplanes are also getting much-needed rest. John Walker, the airline’s Melbourne-based Head of Line and Intermediate Maintenance Operations, shared that the planes are getting plenty of TLC while

(CNN) — Proposals to create a Hyperloop network that would carry passengers from Amsterdam to Paris in less than 90 minutes are under discussion in the Netherlands after a study that says the hi-tech link could be economically viable. Hyperloop is a proposed transport mode that involves traveling in a sleek, pod-like capsule that’s propelled

The scene at Jacksonville Beach wasn’t one of caution in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. Crowds cheered and flooded the beach when police took the barriers down. People were seen swimming, biking, surfing, running and fishing. Social distancing seemed to be the last thing on anyone’s mind Friday. Some residents told CNN not being

(CNN) — Budget airline EasyJet is considering leaving airplane middle seats empty once Covid-19 restrictions ease and travelers return to the skies. The carrier, which has one of Europe’s largest commercial aircraft fleets, said the measure would be temporary and would form part of a package of strategies for safeguarding travelers. “Based on our discussions

(CNN) — Oh, remember the good old days of travel? The ease of picking dates and booking flights, hotels and home rentals? Well, those days are gone, for now. The Covid-19 pandemic has put all but essential travel on hold, and no one can yet answer when we’ll be free to go away again. But