Travel in city Washington

Destination DC will be aggressively promoting Washington’s unique attractions and experiences in a $20 million campaign set to launch Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed former United Airlines executive Michael Whitaker as the next administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

It’s a bit ironic that the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the first museum dedicated entirely to female artists and which reopens on October 21, 2023, occupies a former masonic temple once owned by the Freemasons - famous for their refusal to admit women.

It may be getting colder, but low-cost airline Norse Atlantic Airways is looking ahead to summer with a full schedule of budget-friendly flights between the United States and Europe.

"Yellowstone" might be fueling Montana's tourism boom, but not all residents of the Big Sky State are pleased with the depiction of their home on screen, according to a report from the Washington Post.

JetBlue Airways has launched its Fall Real Sale offering one-way tickets as low as $39.The three-day sale can be booked now through Thursday, October 12 and is valid for Tuesday and Wednesday travel between October 17, 2023, and February 14, 2024.  Notable discounts available this week include Newark (EWR) – Miami (MIA) from $39 and Orlando (MCO) – Washington (DCA) from $39. Other $39 flights include Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Charleston (CHS), Los Angeles (LAS) – San Francisco (SFO) and Atlanta (ATL) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL).Travelers can also fly between Boston (BOS) and Baltimore/Washington (BWI) for as low as $49; New York (JFK) and Milwaukee (MKE) for just $59 and San Juan (SJU) and Punta Cana (PUJ) in the Caribbean for as little as $89 one-way.Blackout dates include November 21-28, 2023, and December 19, 2023, to January 9, 2024.Contact your travel advisor or visit JetBlue.com to shop the Fall Real Sale.

WHY IT RATES: The appointments are noteworthy as the team works to drive visitation to its 13 member states and Washington D.C.—Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse Senior Editor

Cheaper Amtrak tickets and more time to explore your destination—Amtrak’s Night Owl fares are a win-win. Amtrak recently expanded these ultra-cheap fares (priced as low as $5) to more times and routes, making it even more convenient to travel for less.

Carved out of Washington DC’s former Riggs National Bank, in the city’s Penn Quarter, Riggs Washington DCopened in 2020 and is the first hotel in the US for the hospitality company, Lore Group. As well as paying homage to the building’s unique and grand legacy, the hotel also displays flashes of innovative design, inspired by local history and a desire to root guests in a destination. These quirky touches have become features of the group’s property portfolio, which also counts the award-winning Pulitzer Amsterdam, Sea Containers, London and a second Washington property, Lyle, which opened in 2021, under its belt.

Kia Karjalainen and her sister were vacationing in Greece when things took an unexpected turn. “We were in our hotel room, and I suddenly said to my sister, ‘It really, really smells of smoke. Is something burning?’”

Two new sauces are entering the McDonald’s lineup, offering hundreds of new ways to taste menu favorites.

Several destinations heavily dependent on tourism have been devastated recently by natural disasters, including Maui and Morocco.

Heat domes, droughts, smoky skies, tropical deluges: After a record-breaking summer of extreme weather events, dare we dream of crisp nights, cozy sweaters and the colors of fall?

Visitors often come to Portland, Maine, for the first time because they want to spend a summer weekend in a quaint city by the water, or because they’ve heard about the city’s superlative seafood (80 percent of the United States’ lobster comes from Maine). Seduced by the easy access to nature and relative affordability, many return for longer stays or even for good. Between 2020 and 2022, Maine’s population had the highest percentage increase of any New England state.

Speeding through central Florida’s flat scrubland east of Orlando is America’s next big passenger train.

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Southwest Airlines will add new flights between Washington D.C. and Phoenix next year and resume several other seasonal routes as the airline extended its flight schedule into June 2024.

It’s curious how banks – those establishments of buttoned-up seriousness – are often reimagined as glamorous hotels. In fact, some of the world’s most famous hospitality properties have been carved out of former financial institutions, including Hotel de Rome, A Rocco Forte Hotel in Berlin, The Woodward in Geneva and the recently opened Gleneagles Townhouse in Edinburgh.

Amtrak is making it cheaper to travel between Boston and New York, extending its discounted late-night fares.

A day trip to leafy Westchester in autumn offers a variety of attractions: historic sites, scenic beauty, casual dining, and special events that will appeal to adults and kids of all ages.

The Federal Aviation Administration may finally be getting a long-term leader — for the first time in nearly 18 months.