Airbnb, the very successful website that provides a platform for owners of properties to rent rooms and residences short-term, has largely grown to it's current size through word-of-mouth. The New York Times reports that the site has begun it's...
Budget Travel magazine, which hasn't been in print since late 2012, has survived online even though it's been in bankruptcy for some time. It will soon have new owners and is hopeful for the future. Originally started by Arthur Frommer, it's been...
National Geographic Traveler has posted its top destination list for 2014. U.S. must-sees on the list include New Orleans and Rocky Mountain National Park, but, as the magazine puts it, the list goes "from Argentina to Oz." Click HERE for...
Between Guilin and Yangshuo in Guangxi, China, the Li River and the classic landscape are the big attractions. Bumper to bumper tourist boats shuttle visitors among the famous karst mountains and overwhelm Yangshuo town.
The small town of Dayton, Washington, is one of those places where time seems to have stood still for a half century. Dayton is in southeastern Washington state, in the farming area known as the Palouse. Driving through the town on a...
Enough to live in it? Developers have bought a disused London tube station and plan to convert it, and the building above, to luxury apartments.
The end of the Paris- Madrid sleeper direct route is one of many sleeper trains in Europe that have dissapeared or are on the way out. Access fees, cost of sleeper cars to run ,and the competition from budget airlines have been stated as some of...
Antonio Gaudi is the most famous of the Catalan modernist architects whose work in the late 1800s and early 1900s gave Barcelona a reputation for innovation and a trove of works that, whatever their original use, are significant tourist sites...
Indian Pipe, seen above, is a flower commonly mistaken for a forest-dwelling fungus—and I was one of the believers until I got ready to post this picture, taken in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge near Wells, Maine. Turns out,...
As a World's sporting event ,there's none bigger than the FIFA World Cup .Not only is it a huge draw for tourism, the rest of world puts the country under the Spotlight. Check out this article about the 2022 World Cup preparations .Qatars going...
Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic-only U.S. carrier will lose that distinction in 2015 when it starts serving destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and South America from Houston's Love Field, its homebase, where flight restrictions will end in...
Another Half-Week Wonder: Member JohnT grabbed the honors on WITW #5. So, here we go with another puzzle. I hope it lasts until Tuesday morning, when the answer, with details, will be revealed. Post your guesses as comments below. You...
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
On my first visit to Portland, Oregon I drove east of the city one day to have a look at the much-celebrated scenery of the Columbia River. Pulling off at a view point I saw this group also admiring the view and, having recently returned from a visit to Burma, I knew a monk when I saw one.
Emerging from its recently approved merger with US Air, American Airlines placed a huge multibillion dollar order for 220 regional jets (Bombadier and Embraer). The new planes are to replace its aging American Eagle planes and will offer...