I retired at 48 and decided to travel for six months with my husband. Two decades later, we are still traveling.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, June 21, 2024, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

According to official reports, last year shared airport transfers exceeded 2 million in top destinations such as Cancun, Riviera Maya, Paris, Orlando, the Balearic Islands, Greek Islands, Miami, and Phuket. Servantrip, the world’s leading B2B tours, activities and transfer platform, announces that this summer the trend will continue to rise, underscoring the growing popularity and demand for shared transfer services among travellers.

Jun 13, 2024 • 13 min read

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, June 13, 2024. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Have you been to Amsterdam? If so, there’s a good chance you’ve flown on a plane without knowing it. The company, better known by its catchier acronym KLM, is the flag carrier of the Netherlands and the world’s oldest airline operating under its original name.

Connecting in a major international airport is a careful balance between leaving enough time to make the next flight and not wasting hours waiting. In most places, 45 minutes is not nearly enough. But Iceland isn’t most places.

Summer is here and that means one thing: summer road trips. And luckily, gas prices have been dropping just in time to plan an epic cross-country adventure.

While it might seem like Dad can work endlessly, he also needs rest, relaxation and occasional pampering. This Father's Day, hotels and resorts from the Finger Lakes to Rome and around the world are offering experiences and packages for every interest. A vacation will mean much more than a material present for an often difficult-to-buy-for dad.

Last October, my extended family spent a week in Todos Santos, in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, for a wedding. All went well, but when I got back, I noticed an unusual charge on my credit card: $1,500.49, made on the day we flew home to the United States from San José del Cabo. The merchant appeared to be a restaurant in Mexico City. I recalled that when we went to fill up the rental car at a Chevron station near the airport, the attendant placed the card in a hand-held machine and then told me it had been rejected, requiring me to use a second card. Nothing else unusual happened that day, and reviews on Google for this gas station contain eerily similar accusations of fraudulent charges from other tourists. I disputed the charge, but Wells Fargo repeatedly denied my claim, even when I asked the Better Business Bureau to intercede. Can you help?

A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fifth time in three months.

The shortlist for this year’s world’s best aerial photography has been chosen, featuring five nominees in each of the nine categories. The winners of the Drone Photo Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Siena, Italy on 28 September 2024. The annual competition is open to professional and amateur photographers and is judged by a jury of five international professional photographers, filmmakers and curators.

Emirates customers can travel onwards from Mexico City to 21 new domestic points and a further 7 routes between Mexico and US cities operated by Viva Aerobus.