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Summer's over. What are your top vacation regrets? Flying a budget airline. Staying at a bad hotel. Traveling with the wrong people. Vacation regrets: you may have a few for the summer of 2024. More than a few, actually.  I do. I didn't plan in advance and I way overpaid for my airfare. ($630 for

Critical safety alert: Boeing 737 rudder malfunction linked to cold conditions, NTSB warns This story was updated to include new information. The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent warning to airlines that fly the Boeing 737, saying a failure first seen on a United Airlines flight in February could cause problems on other

Spend the summer at sea: Virgin brings back season cruise pass for 2025 If you’re already thinking about next year’s summer travel plans Virgin Voyages can help make it easy. The adults-only cruise line is again offering its Summer Season Pass aimed at remote workers in 2025, enabling guests to cruise for weeks at a

Booking a last-minute fall trip? Here's where travelers are heading this year. Fall may have already arrived, but you still have time to book an autumn getaway – likely at a good price. The shoulder season that follows the summer travel rush can be a prime time to take trips without blowing your budget. “It's

Thousands more US hotel workers continue to strike: What travelers can expect Thousands more hotel workers in the U.S. have gone on strike this week as negotiations between the UNITE HERE labor union and major hotel chains over pandemic-related cuts remain very far apart. Approximately 2,000 workers at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu –

A false bomb threat on a Carnival cruise ship got this man indicted A man was indicted for an alleged bomb hoax on a Carnival Cruise Line ship. Joshua Darrell Lowe II is charged with making a false bomb threat, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan said Wednesday. The cruise line

Mexico travel changes: Accommodations for flight, cruise disruptions Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in the U.S. as a Category 3 storm on Thursday, but the storm is already disrupting travel. “Hurricane and tropical storm conditions are expected over northeastern portions of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico today where Tropical Storm and Hurricane Warnings

Stinky seat neighbor on a plane? Here's what you can do | Cruising Altitude For many travelers it’s a nightmare scenario: you board a plane for an hours-long flight and when your seat neighbor arrives they are, for lack of a better word, stinky.  Courtney Enright, an associate director for Ernst & Young, was so

Will Disney World, Universal Orlando close for Helene? What to know before landfall. (This story was updated to add new information.) There's a hurricane coming, and that undoubtedly means these questions come up: Where is it headed, and will the state's theme parks close? Helene was declared a hurricane on Wednesday morning, with the National Hurricane

Two United Airlines passengers injured as flight descends into San Francisco Two passengers were injured Thursday when a United Airlines flight abruptly altered its course as it descended into San Francisco. "United flight 2428 was descending to SFO on Sept. 19 with the seatbelt sign on when it slowed its descent to account for another

Airlines begin canceling flights, offering rebooking ahead of Hurricane Helene (This story has been updated with new information.) As Hurricane Helene continues its steady churn toward the U.S., airlines are starting to cancel flights ahead of its arrival. Already, more than 450 U.S. flights are canceled for Thursday, including most flights in and out of

This European airline will no longer offer free in-flight meals in new trial Flying on Air France next year? You may want to pack extra snacks. The French airline announced it is testing out a new initiative to remove free in-flight meals for economy class passengers in lieu of a "Buy on Board" system on