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Before Molly Last traveled to Greece to volunteer at a cat sanctuary, she ran the numbers for her phone. Should she get a SIM card or an international roaming plan? A calling plan for her iPhone...
DATE: Nov. 9, 2019 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
HONOLULU – Airbnb Inc. has agreed to provide Hawaii with records of many of its island hosts as the state tries to track down vacation rental operators who haven’t been paying their taxes. Airbnb...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
I’ve just endured the world’s newest longest flight – the 10,100-mile, nonstop, ultra-marathon from New York to Sydney. It took about 19½ hours and was almost as demanding as that sounds. The...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Two bundled-up figures riding Honda scooters loaded with gear arrive at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park. Fed up with the fast-paced, cynical world, videographers Michael Reid, a climbing...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Ten years ago, the this column quietly embarked on a mission to offer readers practical travel advice. The lack of fanfare was no coincidence. America was emerging from the Great Recession, and...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2019 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
ULURU, Australia – Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the...
DATE: Nov. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
WASHINGTON – Washington, D.C., has dangled hotel discounts tied to the Chinese Lunar New Year. Arizona has promoted its outdoor attractions to draw visitors during another popular Chinese holiday....
DATE: Oct. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
LOS ANGELES – A woman who vanished on a visit to Sequoia National Park in California was spotted by a low-flying aircraft rescue crew after she spelled S-O-S with rocks in a forest clearing,...
DATE: Oct. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
PHOENIX – A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by a flight attendant alleges pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline’s...
DATE: Oct. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
CHERRY LOG, Ga. – Along a bustling four-lane highway that winds through the north Georgia mountains, an unassuming wooden structure breaks the monotony of churches, billboards and stores selling...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Water standards vary around the world. About 71% of the global population uses a safely managed drinking water service, according to the World Health Organization. But 785 million people lack...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2019 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
NEW YORK – Thrill-seeking visitors at New York’s Hudson Yards will be able to catch expansive views from a 100-story-high outdoor observation deck early next year. Hudson Yards Experiences...
DATE: Oct. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel
Fort Lewis College is updating about a dozen panels at the Clock Tower in the center of campus to better recognize the past, "in a way that's fully inclusive of our Native American community on campus and the families directly affected by Indian boarding schools."
