Tag: Travel and Vacations
Fuel Prices Send Airfares Higher, but Travelers Seem Ready to Pay
A stunning rise in the cost of jet fuel has sent airfares soaring, and industry experts say they…
Returning to Florence With ‘the World’s Most Opinionated Guide’
Beneath Florence, ‘a sunken Rome’I have been living and teaching in Florence on and off over the past…
This Beach in Mexico Is an L.G.B.T.Q. Haven. But Can It Last?
ZIPOLITE, Mexico — When the sun starts to slip toward the ocean in this idyllic beach town on…
From the U.S. to China: A 3-Month Quarantine Horror Story
Before boarding his flight from Los Angeles to the Chinese city of Guangzhou, Xue Liangquan, a California-based lawyer,…
Descending Into Florida’s Underwater Caves
Long before theme parks began sprouting from Orlando’s swamps, Florida’s freshwater springs were among the area’s main attractions.Indigenous…
K.O.A. Goes After the Luxury Market
The other take is our property Terramor in Bar Harbor, Maine. We saw people looking for unique ways…
Spirit Airlines will weigh JetBlue’s takeover offer against its planned merger with Frontier.
Spirit Airlines said on Thursday that it would enter talks with JetBlue Airways about a bid to combine…
In Joshua Tree, Are 1,818 Airbnbs Too Many?
Tonya Hansel, 36, who has been living in the area since she was 4, shares this concern. For…
Bidding War for Spirit Could Undercut Power of Four Big Airlines
When the dust settled on a big round of airline consolidation nearly a decade ago, four large companies…
196 Sailings and Counting: The ‘Cult Cruisers’ Are Back on the Ships
“We really were homesick for our second home,” Ms. Muller said, pausing to order her dinner without glancing…
Why Europe Is Investing Heavily in Trains
The fact remains that, despite the European Union’s support for rail, the bloc’s governments continue to grant enormous…
The Transfixing Beauty of Starling Murmurations
It was a late February evening in 2020, and I was standing in the marshlands of Friesland, a…