How to protect yourself from travel fakes
Travel fakes like this are on the uptick in 2025. Criminals are using artificial intelligence to create fake websites, listings and social media profiles designed to separate you from your money.
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Travelers are refusing to do these 5 things in 2025. Should you?
Travelers are refusing to accept high costs and bad service in 2025. And instead of looking for ways to beat the system, they’re just avoiding it altogether.
5 destinations you have to see in 2025
I’ve spent most of this year traveling, starting in South America and trekking through Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. But there are only five places I want to see again in 2025.
Airline seats are too small. Here’s what we need to do.
Planes don’t just feel more cramped than ever — they are more cramped. There’s also a growing realization that small seats pose a real threat to our health and safety. And while there are ways to beat the system, the ultimate fix isn’t up to passengers.
Travel shaming is an epidemic! But what’s the cure?
Although travel shaming is a practice that’s as old as travel itself, it’s been picking up some momentum lately. Here’s how to handle it.
Attention, passengers: Bratty kids aren’t the problem. Bad parents are.
What happens when bad parents take their kids on a plane? Maybe you get the bizarre incidents I saw in a Scandinavian airport a few weeks ago.
You need more vacation time in 2025. Here’s how to get it.
Here’s how to get more vacation time in 2025.
Avoiding travel fees: Here are the shocking ways people are doing it!
How far would you go to avoid a travel fee? Here are some of the ways people are sidestepping these annoying extras.
Here’s what’s missing from your hotel — and how to get it
Something is missing from your hotel — and you should know about it before your next trip. Here’s how to get what you want.
How to stay out of trouble when you travel in 2025
I should have known she was going to be trouble. I was stuck in seat 36J on a flight from Tampa to Zürich, Switzerland, and before the plane even started down the rain-slickened runway, the passenger in front of me turned to her companion and asked, “How do I recline this seat?’