Lacey Pfalz travel tips

EF Go Ahead Tours, a leader in experiential and educational travel, has launched a President’s Day Flash Sale offering up to $1,000 in savings for trips during late spring and summer 2024.

Marriott shared its 2024 predictions for the first quarter and the full year on February 13 during an earnings review conference call, noting its strong trend in development growth should continue through 2024 and expecting to return $4.1 to $4.3 billion to shareholders this year. 

Road trips have always been an American pastime, but the nation set a new annual record for road trips in 2023, with Americans driving 3.263 trillion miles. 

President Joe Biden released a tweet from his official X account (formerly known as Twitter) on February 5, sharing how “It’s time all airlines offered fee-free family seating.” 

The Walt Disney Company published its first-quarter earnings statement this week, and its experiences group, which comprises the domestic and international Disney parks, along with Disney Cruise Line, has seen sustained popularity that will grow as the company seeks to invest $60 billion into new projects over the next decade. 

The volcano on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula is causing more trouble for the residents of the nearby town, Grindavík, as well as the country’s popular tourist hotspot, the Blue Lagoon. 

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Marriott International, Inc. saw a record year of global signings in 2023, with 52 percent more rooms signed from 2022 and a net room growth of 4.7 percent, signaling the pandemic’s trend of slow development is at its end. 

In 2023, Hilton opened 132 hotels with around 24,000 rooms between October and December 2023, the largest number of new rooms opened during any quarter in the hotel giant’s history, and it expects to continue that positive growth into 2024. 

Are you considering planning a trip to South America? Home to incredible natural wonders, including some of the oldest rainforests, the largest waterfall and the driest desert in the world, along with glaciers and the biodiverse Galapagos Islands, this continent has an allure all its own. 

TTC Tour Brands’ various tour operators are offering up to 25 percent savings on a variety of trips around the world with its annual 2024 Big Tour Sale, going on now through February 15, 2024, and available on each tour operator's website.

Crystal, the luxury cruise line owned by A&K Travel Group, has become a preferred supplier of the travel agency consortium, Ensemble, which has travel agents in both the U.S. and Canada. 

The Mediterranean has long been a region of ancient history, incredible cultures and delicious cuisines. The countries surrounding the sea from which the region gets its name offers diverse opportunities for exploration, for every type of travel style. 

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“Once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned..." — Taylor Swift

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An estimated one to four million people will travel to see next year’s total solar eclipse, according to a report made by Great American Eclipse. 

Virtuoso, the global network specializing in luxury and experiential travel, recently published the findings from its 2024 Luxe Reports, a survey that found 46 percent of the network’s travel advisors found their travelers are concerned about climate change during their travel planning process. 

Marriott Bonvoy will begin offering new interactive programming in partnership with the family experience company CAMP, debuting at the upcoming Marriott Cancun, an All-Inclusive Resort slated to open this spring. 

Tour operators are offering great deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.