These U.S. Airports Allow Non-travelers Beyond Security to See Loved Ones Depart

For those passionate about taking to the open road, maybe a holiday in a converted gas station is the perfect home-from-home. Or, for explorers wanting to get away from it all, an old log mill in the mountains could be the ideal retreat. With a line-up of quirky and distinctive holiday rentals, such as petrol stations and log cabins, Curated Collection x Eclectic Escapes by Marriott Bonvoy is part of the brand’s growing line-up, under its Homes & Villas umbrella. Travelers can book one of 130,000+ premium and luxury homes found across the world, including a reimagined gas station in Schulenburg Texas, and a log mill dating back to 1797 in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

The strong earthquake swarm that started this week near Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula is caused by magma forming a dike - a vertical fissure-shaped intrusion at shallow depth, which allows the magma to rise and get closer to an eruption. This now threatens one of Iceland's most important tourism regions and is home to the iconic Blue Lagoon Resort. Civil Protection just declared a Level Orange emergency, and residents of Grindavík were told to evacuate.

You might think Magic Kingdom is the be-all and end-allof the Christmas season at Disney World, with highlights including Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, holiday parades, holiday fireworks, and snow raining down on Main Street USA.

Daylight savings time has ended, marking the inescapable approach of the winter months. Some look forward to snowy days and a chill in the air, while others start searching for a way to wait them out in sunnier climes. 

It'll be even easier to escape to paradise this holiday season thanks to a returning flight route from the U.S. to the Bahamas.

Southwest Airlines currently can’t fly to or from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport – but that could change in the near future.

So much of travel marketing focuses on the transactional, with tons of airtime and budget given to selling hotels and other classic travel products. Yet a mammoth survey of 18,000 travelers underscores how experiences are rising in importance.

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday.

It's safe to say long-haul flying looks a lot different than it did some 80 or 90 years ago.

Like the turning of the leaves and pumpkin-spice everything, at this time of year there’s an annual influx of suggestions for pairing Halloween candy with wine. Like for example, Sour Patch Kids with orange wine. And I always think, why would you ruin a perfectly lovely glass of wine by sipping it while consuming a mass-produced sugar bomb. But Bertil Jean-Chronberg, the French-born sommelier and proprietor of Bonde Fine Wine Shop in Cambridge, Mass., says why not?

Astrotourism, a form of nature-based tourism specifically concerned with the viewing of celestial objects, space and the physical universe, presents a wonderful alternative to traditional vacations. Its popularity among star-seeking travelers has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last decade, and it has become a burgeoning trend among travelers seeking the beauty of the night sky. A stargazing etiquette guide for first timers is available from the Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative.

Card giant Visa sailed past estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as consumers on a post-pandemic travel rebound shrugged off worries of a looming economic slowdown and cost-of-living crisis.