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Travel jitters. Now due to the delta variant

08/11/21

(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News online) This was supposed to be the summer of “revenge travel,” catch-up trips, and rescheduled family reunions — but the surge in coronavirus cases, and in particular, the highly contagious delta variant has some travelers pausing their plans. Summer 2021 has come with →

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Space Travel for us? Looking possible.

07/11/21

What can we say? Space Travel for mortals, well, rich mortals, is now much more of a reality. Thanks, Richard Branson, and your enthusiasm, for kicking it off. →

Space

What we’re watching: Museum Masterpiece Moments

04/14/21

We are getting ready to get on the road. And we are making a list of museums we want to visit and art we want to see. So we were pleased to find the “Masterpiece Moments” series of short, 5-7 minute videos that Bank of America started putting out in January. The features showcase works →

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Come Fly With Me: Book Features Celebs in Transit

04/12/21

Have you ever spotted a celebrity in the airport or on your flight during your travels? It’s a bit of a thrill, right? A new book coming out from Rizzoli called Come Fly With Me: Flying in Style, is filled with paparazzi-taken images of actors, rock stars, and others coming and going from airports around →

Celebrities

Visit France in this new Air France Safety Video

02/24/21

Right about now everything – including the safety videos we’ve seen 100 times – are among the things we miss about flying. We especially miss the fun safety videos that airlines offer up in an effort to get us to pay attention when we’re on the planes – or off. So if France on your →

Safety videos

Holiday Travel Deals to Grab Now

11/27/20

Even if you’re not traveling just yet, you can shop for future travel. (This is an updated version of a story we prepared for NBC News) A gift-season mantra the past few years has been “skip the things; give experiences and trips instead.” But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most travel adventures have been put →

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Newest airport amenity? Pre-flight COVID-19 testing.

09/29/20

Because so many countries, and some states, require arriving travelers to have proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test, airports and airlines are rushing to make those tests available at the airport. We listed some of the programs in our recent post about the new normal in air travel. Those services, many of which are →

Health

Museum exhibits worth planning a trip around in 2020

12/16/19

Planning your 2020 travel? Some museum-centric ideas If history, art and eclectic adventures are what you seek out when you travel, you’ll have plenty of excuses to pull off the road in 2020. For CNBC we put together a list of great options, from a retrospective celebrating 25 years of outsider art to fresh shrines →

Where will you go? 1500 museums are free on Museum Day

09/17/19

Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day is coming up on September 21 and we’re celebrating because on that day 1500 museums will be joining in to offer free admission to anyone who downloads a ticket. Many science centers, aquariums, zoos and gardens will be offering free admission on Museum Day as well. The free nationwide event presents →

Upscale travelers are just like us

08/20/19

Where are upscale Americans spending their travel dollars? Should you do what they do? Wealthy or not, it’s good to know where the well-do-to are vacationing and where the up-and-coming “it” destinations will be for the next few seasons. A shortcut to that intel comes from the advisors who consult with upscale Americans about their →

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