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How to View Sea Turtles in Florida—Without Disturbing Them

Spring is the season when sea turtles start showing up on Florida beaches to nest and lay eggs at night—an annual ritual that carries into the fall. Baby turtles hatch after 60 days…

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Sea Turtles in Florida, In-Flight Phone Calls, and Spirit Leaving Cuba: Monday's Travel Briefing

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Britney Spears Ending Vegas Run

After four years almost to the day, pop star Britney Spears will end her show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.Launched in December 2013, Britney: Piece of Me features more than…

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VIDEO: United Passenger Forcibly Removed from Overbooked Flight

What started as a routine flight overbooking turned ugly on Sunday, when United Airlines sought four volunteers to give up their seats in order to accommodate crew members who needed…

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After a Quiet Winter, the World of Travel Has Suddenly Erupted with Distinctive Developments

Arthur Frommer assesses how Trump's policies, European terror attacks, budget cuts, and a new kind of hostel could affect U.S. travelers.

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VIDEO: Europe's Fastest Roller Coaster Debuts at Ferrari Land in Spain

Ferrari Land, a theme park dedicated to celebrating the iconic Italian sports car, has opened within the larger PortAventura World in northeastern Spain.Visitors can get behind…

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Europe's Fastest Roller Coaster, United's PR Disaster, and Britney's Leaving Vegas: Today's Travel Briefing

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Hamilton Tours at Thomas Jefferson's House

Thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical, Alexander Hamilton has stolen the spotlight from his fellow Founding Fathers. Now the ten-dollar Federalist is even making…

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Grand Canyon Celebrates 6 Million Visitors—Then Takes It Back

Back in December, officials at the Grand Canyon in Arizona honored a family of four from Las Vegas as the national park's record-breaking 6 millionth guests of the year.How can…

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Parts of California's Highway 1 Remain Closed Following Landslides

Significant portions of California's Highway 1 between Monterey and San Simeon—a stretch that recently made our list of the country's most scenic drives for the way it showcases Big…

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Grand Canyon Visitor Numbers, California Highway 1 Closures, Hamilton Tours at Monticello: Today's Travel Briefing

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Qatar Airways Loaning Out Laptops for Free in Business Class

The Trump administration won't let airline passengers carry their own laptops onto flights from Qatar to the United States, so Qatar Airways has begun loaning out free laptops to…

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Bob Dylan Archive Opens in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Fans of music legend and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan will soon have another pilgrimage site to visit, alongside Hibbing, Minnesota, where he grew up; New York City's Greenwich Village,…

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Foreign Students Are Now Among the Groups Reducing Plans to Visit the U.S. in Reaction to Trump's Hostility

Because of Pres. Trump's policies, are foreign students becoming wary of U.S. universities? Arthur Frommer considers how that could damage the travel industry and the U.S. economy…

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Free Laptops on Qatar Airways, Rewards for Seat Volunteers, and Bob Dylan's Archive: Today's Travel Briefing

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How to Find a Seder if You're Traveling During Passover

The Jewish holiday of Passover starts at sundown on April 10 and continues for eight days. If you happen to be traveling during that time, you should be able to find a Seder near…

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Delta Air Lines Most Likely to Pay Volunteers on Oversold Flights

For many airline passengers, an oversold flight creates anxiety over the potential for delays, a hectic boarding process, or even—worst-case scenario—getting bumped to a later…

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Shredding the Slopes in Nicaragua: The Thrill of Volcano Boarding

In Nicaragua, you can go surfing or sledding down the side of an active volcano at 40 miles per hour. We had to try it out. 

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Royal Caribbean Launches Tour-Booking Site for Cruisers and Landlubbers Alike

Cruise companies have been organizing shore excursions for decades in scores of locations across the globe. Now one of those lines is offering tours and activities to everybody—not…

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Interest in Travel to U.S. Down Overall—but Up in Asia

The overall number of international travelers planning to visit the United States has declined slightly over the past year as a result of the political climate, according to an…

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Trump's Impact on Travel, Royal Caribbean's New Tour Site, and Passover on the Road: Today's Travel Briefing

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Alaska Airlines Is Doing Away with Virgin America

The highly regarded, much-beloved Virgin America is getting the ax.Alaska Airlines, which acquired the carrier in a $2.6-billion merger in December, has announced plans to fully…

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Airline Rules on Checked Bags and Wheelchairs Delayed

If you've ever been separated from your checked luggage—or worse, your checked wheelchair—you might wish the government would do something about the problem.Last year, the…

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Tips for Exploring Brooklyn from Someone Who Walked Every Block in New York City

A Q&A with the author of The Brooklyn Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide, on what he discovered while walking all of Brooklyn's 44 neighborhoods, block by block

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Underwater Tours of Titanic Shipwreck Coming in 2018

Underwater tours of the Titanic shipwreck site will begin heading beneath the waves in May 2018. And just like a first-class ticket aboard the doomed ship's first and only sailing in…