The Carry-On Crackdown: Airlines Get Tough with Carry-On Baggage We all know the drill. Travelers stuff their carry-ons to the brim, hoping to avoid those pesky baggage fees. But airlines have gotten wise to the game. In 2023, they raked in a record $33 billion from baggage...
From Better Security to Greater Sustainability — 5 Travel Trends for 2023 So much has happened in the world of travel over the past couple of years. Much of it, frankly, we would much rather forget, like the Covid shutdown, the attendant massive layoffs, and then the ensuing...
Are You Real ID Ready? Let’s Find Out! You may have already heard about the Real ID Act initiated in 2005 in response to the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation. With Phase 4 officially beginning on January 22, 2018, the deadline for all travelers...
How to Protect Yourself at Theme Parks in the Era of Coronavirus It's no secret that the rules of traveling and tourism have changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Travelers now need to adopt new habits and follow new protocols to stay healthy and avoid illness. That's no...
Countdown to Real ID: Dates, Deadlines and Domestic Travel Rules You Should Know! The lines at the DMV are about to get a whole lot longer for the rest of the year. Why you might ask? Well, with the Real ID Act deadline looming above us, the roughly twenty-seven million outstanding...
Budget-Savvy, Tech-Loving Travelers Rejoice: Spirit Airlines Will Soon Offer In-Flight WiFi According to statistics from 2016, U.S. travelers embarked on 458.9 million business trips that year -- a figure that's expected to rise to 478.2 million by 2020. But whether you travel for business or...
Marketers Pay Attention: Millennial Travel – Not Just Kids Anymore The INTERNET loves to assign tropes to millennials. You may be a millennial if you still live in your parent’s basement, have loads of student debt and binge-watch Netflix. You may be a millennial if you...
The Rules for Domestic Travel Are Changing – Here’s What You Need to Know! There’s a lot of questions surrounding the new travel rules regarding identification needed for domestic travel these days. Part of that is due to the upcoming deadline for the full implementation of the...
National Cheap Flight Day 2017: 6 Destinations with the Best Deals! In case you weren’t aware, today (August 23rd) is National Cheap Flight Day. “Oh, Cool...what’s ‘National Cheap Flight Day’ again?” is what you’re probably thinking. If you’ve never heard of...
Everything You Need to Know About Disney’s Upcoming Star Wars Land! If you’re Star Wars obsessed (like we are), then you know how to be patient. Hanging in there for a new mind-blowing movie isn’t easy, but enduring the lengthy wait to hear more about Disney’s new Star...
Get the Inside Scoop: 6 Exciting Travel Trends You Can Expect to See in 2017 If you have caught the travel bug, a New Year opens up the floodgates on where you will go, what you will do and, perhaps most importantly, what you’ll experience. As we gear up for 2017, we have rounded up...
Note to Managers: How to Encourage Your Employees to Actually Check Out on Vacation My first real job out of college was at a startup nutrition company where we all wore many hats. (i.e. about six of us ran the entire place). Vacation days were offered -- about three weeks per year, but we...
Need a Trendy Place to Vacation? Here Are the Best Travel Destinations for 2017 Every year wanderlusters hold their breaths in anticipation for Lonely Planet's round-up of the world's best destinations, activities, and journeys for the upcoming year. For 2017, trends include...
Hate Long Lines at the Airport? We’ve Got Some Good News for You If you weren't aware, the Department of Homeland Security has run a preclearance program for travelers entering the U.S. from international locations since 1952. Beginning in Toronto, the program has since...