Real ID Requirement Finally Comes to U.S. Airports
The signs inside Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport told the story on Wednesday morning: “Real ID, Enhanced, Passport” with an arrow pointing to the right, and “All Others” with an arrow pointing to the left. After years of warnings and postponements, “all others” are no longer enough to make it past airport security checkpoints. Travelers […]
Where to Hike and Eat on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu
Hawaii’s Oahu island is the kind of place where it seems you never meet a visitor who’s been there just once. People visit, then they visit again. Pretty soon Oahu has baked itself into your travel routines. In the process, those of us who end up loving it — a big number, considering total air […]
How the U.S. State Department’s Travel Advisory System Works
Level 1, labeled Exercise Normal Precautions, means the destination is generally considered safe. Travelers should still be careful, just as they would at home, because there’s always some risk when traveling abroad. As of May, countries such as Canada, Grenada, Zambia and Fiji were in this group. Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution, considers the country […]
2 United Airlines Jets Clip Wings at San Francisco Airport
A United Airlines Boeing 777 jet clipped the wingtip of another United plane while it was pushing back from the gate early Tuesday morning at San Francisco International Airport, prompting the cancellation of two trans-Pacific flights that had been carrying more than 500 passengers between them, officials said. No one was injured during the mishap, […]
Where to Hike and Eat on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu.
Hawaii’s Oahu island is the kind of place where it seems you never meet a visitor who’s been there just once. People visit, then they visit again. Pretty soon Oahu has baked itself into your travel routines. In the process, those of us who end up loving it — a big number, considering total air […]
How the State Department’s Travel Advisory System Works
Level 1, labeled Exercise Normal Precautions, means the destination is generally considered safe. Travelers should still be careful, just as they would at home, because there’s always some risk when traveling abroad. As of May, countries such as Canada, Grenada, Zambia and Fiji were in this group. Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution, considers the country […]
Newark Airport Delays Continue Amid Second Week of Chaos
Air traffic controllers temporarily lost communication with planes at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, according to the workers’ union, a revelation that came as travel disruptions there extended into a second week. Galen Munroe, a spokesman for the union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said that on April 28, controllers in a Philadelphia […]
A Grand Comeback for a Grand Seaside Hotel
To the people who know it, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is not a page of history — it’s a chapter. Opened in 1888 by Elisha Babcock and Hampton Story, it was then the largest hotel in the world. The owners set out to create a resort that would “be the talk of […]
Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Flight Delays. What’s Causing Them?
Flying into or out of Newark Liberty International Airport has brought plenty of misery in the last week, with cancellations, delays stretching well past five hours and flight diversions that have stranded travelers far from their destinations. Passengers are reporting on social media that they have missed flights and spent hours stuck on the tarmac […]
6 Remote Places for a Volunteer Vacation
Instead of soaking in the sun poolside or lounging around a luxurious hotel, more travelers are spending their vacations creating trails in the Faroe Islands, digging into the earth of Patagonia or maintaining rugged paths in the mountains of Eastern Europe. They are trading relaxation for a sense of purpose. Volunteer tourism generated $848 million […]