Southwest Airlines reaches $140 million settlement for December 2022...
By DAVID KOENIG | AP Airlines Writer DALLAS — Southwest Airlines will pay a $35 million fine as part of a $140 million agreement to settle a federal investigation into a debacle in December 2022 when...
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Travel Troubleshooter: Cunard canceled my cruise, but won’t give me a full...
DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: My husband and I were booked on the Queen Mary 2 sailing from Southampton, England, to New York earlier this year. The cruise line canceled the sailing just before our...
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Wish You Were Here: A boating-biking Danube adventure led to Italy
Our intrepid readers have taken jaunts around the world this last year with adventures that included bear-watching in Alaska, a safari in Kenya and island discoveries in Ireland. And they’ve shared...
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After years of delays, wait times for US passports are back to normal
By Marnie Hunter | CNN Processing times for passport applications are back to pre-pandemic levels, the US State Department announced on Monday. The return to normal wait times comes after years plagued...
View ArticleFirst look inside Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland
Walt Disney Imagineering offered the first look inside the new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure attractions coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World as the former Splash Mountain rides continue to undergo...
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The 25 worst-behaved tourists of 2023
By Julia Buckley | CNN Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a...
View ArticleHow to avoid drowsy driving during the holidays
In case you missed it (because we did!), Nov. 5 to Nov. 11 was Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, according to the National Sleep Foundation. We’re writing about this now because the topic of driving...
View ArticleUniversal Studios plans United Kingdom theme park
Universal Studios is looking to continue its recent building spree with a potential project in the heart of Europe that would transform a sleepy English countryside town into a 500-acre theme park...
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As seen on TV: LA’s iconic ‘General Hospital’ to become hotel, housing
The vision of transforming the vacant yet iconic L.A. County General Hospital building in Boyle Heights into housing and healthcare facilities for working-class and homeless residents took a giant step...
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Norwegian Cruise Line’s latest ship caters to Gen-X crowd
Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship Norwegian Viva has some serious Gen-X appeal. Cruise lines have juggled the tastes of mixed generations on board for decades, but contemporary lines like NCL cater...
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Top 10 favorite small and big cities in the U.S., according to CN Traveler
For the last 36 years, Conde Nast Traveler has invited its readers to vote for their favorite destinations and travel experiences around the world, from the best cruise lines to top resorts and...
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A travel quiz for globetrotters and armchair travelers alike
Whether you’re a full blown globetrotter or someone who just dreams of faraway places, the 20 questions in this travel quiz are sure to challenge and entertain. You’ll find all the answers — and some...
View ArticleDisneyland announces fireworks and parade lineup through summer 2024
Fans of Disneyland fireworks will get to see five different pyrotechnic shows between now and the end of summer as the Anaheim theme park rolls out a familiar and somewhat complex lineup of nighttime...
View ArticleTraveling for the holidays? Here’s how to check flu and COVID levels at your...
When you get ready to travel for the holidays, you may want to know how sick people are in destination where you are going. As of Friday, 17 states are reporting “high” or “very high” levels of...
View ArticleWhy airlines are delaying flights for hours rather than canceling
Alexandra Skores | The Dallas Morning News (TNS) DALLAS — If you’ve felt like your flights have been delayed rather than canceled altogether this year, you’re not alone. This year, airlines heavily...
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So far, so good as Bay Area airports brace for record holiday travel a year...
Jose Herrera and Eloisa Zuniga were among millions of travelers caught up in a holiday air travel meltdown a year ago, but that wasn’t enough to intimidate them from flying to the Bay Area to spend the...
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Bay Area outdoors: 10 guided State Park ‘First Day’ hikes to start off 2024
The roars of giant elephant seals against a backdrop of crashing ocean waves. Splashes from a sublime waterfall cooling hikers at the headwaters of Sonoma Creek. Armies of glistening banana slugs...
View ArticleReview: ACT’s long-running ‘Christmas Carol’ goes out with a bang, and a tear
What the Dickens! After 18 years of banishing the bah-humbugs, ACT’s current incarnation of “A Christmas Carol” is taking its final bow. To be sure the classics always get reinvented for a new...
View Article5 tips for tackling Disneyland during the busiest week of the year
Disneyland is preparing for the craziest week of the year during the busy Christmas holiday season and we’ve got a few tips to help you navigate what promises to be the Busiest Place on Earth. The...
View ArticleWill ‘revenge travel’ end in 2024?
By Sean Cudahy | NerdWallet Over the past two years, travelers have packed airports, hotels and destinations with a fervor that earned the post-pandemic trend a label: “revenge travel.” Demand from...
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