From Hawaii to the Caribbean and Beyond, These Are the Most Affordable Destinations to Fly to in 2025

It seems we heard more about turbulence in 2024 than ever before.

Booking a Caribbean or Mexican getaway just got cheaper. Frontier Airlines recently announced a special promotion that drops the number of miles for a one-way flight to international destinations from the United States to only 100 miles, whereas it usually is 15,000 miles. Best of all, the discounted mile redemptions also extend to select domestic routes, with one-way flights available at 2,500 miles versus the regular 10,000 miles.  The promotion runs through January 24, 2025, giving travelers extra time to plan the ultimate vacation to the Caribbean or Mexico. Travelers can book the deal on Frontier’s website.  Frontier offers service to a variety of Caribbean destinations including:

With a rise in climate-related disasters — from hurricanes and storms to the recent wildfires in Los Angeles — one thing is clear: Safety is no longer limited to living in a crime-free neighborhood.

I've spent 140 hours traveling nearly 4,000 miles on overnight trains in the US and Europe.

If your New Year resolves to become a better and smarter traveler there are some simple steps you can take in 2025.

If the total solar eclipse in April 2024 sparked a newfound enthusiasm for astrotourism, you can look forward to another banner year for celestial activity. In addition to annual occurrences like meteor showers and supermoons, in 2025, you can also look forward to rarer events like total lunar eclipses (aka blood moons) and a solar maximum leading to particularly striking northern lights.

According to the United Nations, global tourism is expected to have surpassed prepandemic levels in 2024. In fact, last year saw the 10 busiest air travel days of all time. And considering that the International Air Transport Association is forecasting a nearly 5 percent increase in departures in 2025, air travel is only going to become more crowded and congested.

Air New Zealand was once again named the safest full-service airline in the world for 2025, holding on to the title for a second straight year.

Aviation may be one of the safest forms of transportation, but unexpected turbulence can be an uncomfortable or even dangerous experience for airline passengers. While most routes will experience some form of turbulence, a new report reveals that some routes may be more prone to it than others.  Within the United States, flights from Albuquerque, NM to Denver, CO reported the highest average turbulence rate. For international flights, travelers from Mendoza, Argentina to Santiago, Chile experienced it the worst. These results and more were part of a study from turbulence tracking company Turbli, which publishes maps and historical data on airline turbulence. The rest of the top ten of their «Most Turbulent Flight Routes» in the U.S. includes:

If you want to know just how loathed Vail Resorts is, just look at the lyrics of Grammy-nominated artist Noah Kahan's "Paul Revere."

Singapore has the most powerful passport in the world for 2025, claiming the top spot with more easy access than any other country.

Last year, open water swimmer Amy Appelhans Gubser became the first person to swim from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, a craggy, mostly uninhabited archipelago off the Pacific coast that is known for its frigid, shark-infested waters. The 55-year-old fetal cardiology nurse coordinator from Pacifica, California, completed the 29.6-mile distance in 17 hours, three minutes. “It was so foggy that I only knew when it was daylight because the sky was a lighter gray,” she says.