Travel Security
by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (17 hours ago)
Franco Folini, Flickr
A man is being questioned by authorities after he claimed to have poisoned everyone traveling on United Flight 116. The flight, which was making its way from Hong Kong to Newark's Liberty Airport, landed at 1:34 p.m. today, several hours after a male ...
by Heather Poole (RSS feed) (1 day ago)
1. "The Gift of Fear," by Gavin De Becker, should be required reading for all men and women, especially for those of us who travel, particularly for women who travel alone. I've recommended this book to more flight attendants and passengers than anything thing else over the ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (13 days ago)
Flickr via Trevor Manternach
The TSA today announced that they are dropping the plan that would have permitted passengers to carry small knives and other previously banned items, like bats and golf clubs, on planes. These items have been banned since the attacks of September ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (17 days ago)
Courtesy of Romy Natalia Goldberg
Since April, I've been writing about my adventures in Paraguay. Gadling sent me there for the exact reason most of you are reading this post: because few people, especially Norte Americanos, know anything about this mysterious country. The ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (18 days ago)
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New smartphone travel apps are released every day. Keeping up with which ones work can burn time better spent on planning, dreaming or, better yet, actually going some place. Many travelers are appaholics who just can't get enough. They test, load and ...
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (21 days ago)
Neil Melville-Kenny, Flickr
The capital of Turkmenistan has been recognized by Guinness for having the highest density of white marble buildings in the world. Ashgabat boasts 543 new buildings clad with over 48 million square feet of marble, according to Guinness.
The ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (27 days ago)
Jane Starz/Flickr
Airport travel apps for smart phones and tablets are must-have items for some air travelers, much like that phone itself. But it is easy to get over-apped and have three different sources texting the fact that we have landed, that the flight is running late ...
by Megan Fernandez (RSS feed) (29 days ago)
Pmocek, Flickr
Some "suspected or known terrorists" on the TSA's No Fly list were able to board commercial flights in and over the United States for years, according to a new internal report from the Department of Justice.
The report, released this month and cited by ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (29 days ago)
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Being connected when traveling is getting easier all the time. As new technology rolls out, travelers worldwide find connecting to Wi-Fi hot spots easier than ever. Pricing is becoming more reasonable too, enabling more to enjoy constant connectivity wherever ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
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To International travelers, the name Travelex should sound familiar. They are the largest airport currency exchange operator in the world. But a recent currency exchange study comparing the cost of using Travelex, some of the largest U.S. banks and credit ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Four men who could have become strong candidates for this year's Darwin Awards have been saved by a Good Samaritan who was enjoying some coffee nearby.
The BBC reports that a customer at a cafe in Oxwich Bay, Wales, spotted four men in a dinghy clutching onto a buoy and ...
by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Have you ever reached for your phone at the end of a flight to switch it back on and check your messages only to realize you never turned it off in the first place? If so, you're in good company. Accidentally leaving your digital devices turned on while flying is quite ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
For some reason, people sometimes mistake me for a terrorist. Once I got interrogated by an air marshal for merely looking out a window, and the following year in London I totally freaked out several people on a bus.
The second incident was, I suppose, partially my fault. ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
A British court has found a man guilty of selling fake bomb detectors to Iraq and Georgia, the BBC reports. James McCormick, 56, of Langport, Somerset, was found guilty of fraud after making a fortune from detectors he knew didn't work.
He's estimated to have made some ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Why is 2013 the year to get to Asunción, Paraguay's, lovely, riverfront capital? Because this landlocked tropical nation sandwiched between Boliva, Brazil and Argentina is modernizing at warp speed. Tourism is still a rarity (expect curious looks, especially if you ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
When "Airport 24/7 Miami" took off last October, the Travel Channel show delivered to viewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of the busiest airports in the world. We watched as an army of Miami International Airport (MIA) staff moved 100,000 travelers a day ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
As the tragedy in Boston earlier this week has taught us, travel to any location can involve unexpected danger. The incident served to illustrate that travelers visiting any location should be sure that their trip planning involves basic travel precautions both standard and ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Bolivia is the least expensive destination in South America, yet it has an increasingly efficient tourism infrastructure. Going now, especially to the remote southwestern part of the country, means faster, easier, more comfortable travel than in the past (although you'll ...
by Reena Ganga (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
It's a bad day to be flying with massive closures and flight delays across the country due to a series of technical problems and security breaches.
First up, American Airlines announced that all of its flights would be grounded until at least 5 p.m. CT. An FAA ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
The Louvre temporarily closed on Wednesday due to a strike protesting trouble with violent pickpockets.
The Guardian reports more than a hundred staff walked out on Wednesday in protest over "increasingly aggressive" gangs of pickpockets that harass both visitors and ...
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