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New strategies for avoiding vacation rental 'gotchas' If you're looking for a vacation rental this holiday season, you already know about the biggest gotcha: the high price. I found that out when I looked for an apartment in Dublin recently. The rates were pushing $200 a night for a two-bedroom apartment. And on Airbnb, it

Over 200 Delta flights go without meal service following 'food safety issue' A few months after passengers were served spoiled food, a Delta Air Lines meal service facility in Detroit was shut down on Friday. The closure was due to preliminary findings of a "food safety issue" during a routine inspection by the Food and

MSC passenger and son allegedly attack senior onboard, mother arrested An MSC Cruises passenger was arrested for allegedly hitting another person onboard during a cruise earlier this month. Kelli Lyn Ryan, 49, allegedly struck the victim – who was not named – “with an open hand” at around 9:30 p.m. following a verbal altercation in

I felt safe and sociable on this expedition, as a solo female traveler To summit or not to summit?   That was the question I faced when my ship, the National Geographic Explorer, was anchored off Borgarfjörðurhöfn, a remote area in eastern Iceland known for its puffin colony. This was one of the stops on my

New Sphere venue coming to Abu Dhabi, UAE, matching capacity of Las Vegas arena The debut of Las Vegas new spectacle venue was only the beginning. A second Sphere arena will be built in the United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi, the venue's company announced Tuesday. Sphere Abu Dhabi will emulate the size of the

Delta Air Lines is updating its cabin finishes. Here's what to expect | Cruising Altitude ATLANTA − I got an exclusive sneak preview of Delta Air Lines’ new cabin finishes at its Atlanta headquarters last month, and while the fresh look isn’t in service yet, I can already tell it’s going to be a net

You can now visit Yosemite National Park without a reservation for the rest of 2024 Yosemite National Park ended the reservation season early, announcing that visitors do not need a reservation to drive through the park for the rest of 2024. As for 2025, it's still up in the air. Yosemite National Park has ended

1 tourist dead, 2 hospitalized after being swept out to sea during high surf in Hawaii Powerful surf on Oahu's North Shore swept three tourists off the beach and out to sea on Monday. The incident left two hospitalized and one dead at the scene, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. Shortly after 8

Turbulence on Air Canada flight sends food and drinks flying in the cabin Turbulence on a recent Air Canada flight was so rough it caused food and drinks to spill all over the airplane cabin aisle and splatter onto ceiling. Flight AC19 departed from Vancouver on Friday and was on its way to Singapore when

DOT fines Lufthansa $4 million for violating Jewish travelers' civil rights The Department of Transportation just issued a $4 million fine against German airline Lufthansa for violating the civil rights of a large group of Jewish passengers on May 4, 2022. According to the DOT, Lufthansa prohibited 128 Jews, "most of whom wore distinctive garb

Exclusive: A first look at Delta Air Lines' new cabin interiors. What to expect. ATLANTA – As Delta Air Lines nears its hundredth anniversary (it was incorporated as a crop dusting service, Huff Daland Dusters, in 1925 and flew its first passenger flights four years later) it has plans for a major overhaul of its

Piles of dirty towels and long lines: Hawaii hotel guests describe conditions amid strikes As over 4,000 hotel workers across the country continue to strike for better wages and working conditions, a different group took to rallying earlier this month: the hotel guests. Guests at Hawaii's biggest hotel, the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort