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Courtesy of the Watergate Hotel There are few Washington, D.C, hotels as iconic as the Watergate, which underwent a $125 million renovation completed in 2016. The retro-sleek property is now one of the newest hot spots in the nation’s capital with a swanky restaurant, dynamic whisky bar, and a rooftop lounge, the latter of which…
Smart luggage — with features like plugs to charge your devices on-the-go, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and GPS capabilities to track valuables — is designed to make your journey easier and more effortless, but now the high-tech bags are being banned on select airlines. Effective January 15, 2018, American Airlines will prohibit passengers from checking…
For those of you who are dreading the stress of holiday travel, you might not have to deal with it at all. An American Airlines computer glitch has allowed pilots to put up their OOO at the same time, leaving thousands of flights without a sufficient crew during one of the busiest travel weeks of…
“Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” features scenes that have gone on to play a prominent role in pop culture long after the film’s 1992 debut — the pizza-filled limo ride, the pigeon lady encounter, and of course, the cameo appearance from Donald Trump at The Plaza hotel. Now, to celebrate the film’s 25th…
Five months ago, President Trump pledged to reverse relations between Cuba and the United States, which the Obama administration thawed in 2015. Now, it seems like he’s following through. On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that it’s imposing new travel and trade restrictions on Cuba. So what do these tight new regulations mean for travelers?…
For years, Venetians have petitioned and protested mass tourism in their city. Authorities have banned new hotels from opening in the historic center, limited the number of kebab and other fast-food outlets to preserve the city’s character, and even toyed with the idea of placing a daily cap on the number of tourists allowed to…
Courtesy of Virgin Voyages He’s tackled airplanes, trains, music, cell phones, and even outer space, but business magnate Sir Richard Branson hasn’t hit the high seas — until now. At a celebration at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa, Italy, where the first ship has had its keel laid, Branson teased his new cruise line, Virgin…
Hotel Krafft Basel/Oyster With about 40 museums, a (relatively) tiny population of 168,000 people, and a lovely historic city center set next to the Rhine River, there’s a lot of reasons to visit Basel, Switzerland. However, this October, the city council voted to raise their tourist tax from 3.50 CHF to 4.00 CHF in 2018.…
Screenshot from Terry McBride’s video. If you’ve ever flown on a commercial plane, you’ve likely seen members of ground services guiding planes away from their gates with their signature orange batons. Most folks simply walk aside the plane to usher them out onto the taxiway, but Kyran Ashford of the Greater Rochester International Airport is…
With 350 days of sun and an average temperature of 78 degrees, it comes as no surprise that Los Cabos welcomes more than two million international visitors each year. That’s not to say the desirable climate is the only thing the destination, which sits on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, has going for…