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The Senate is racing against a Friday deadline to pass legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration at a moment of intense uncertainty and disruption in the air travel system, but a host of policy disputes and unrelated issues are threatening to prolong the debate.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Federal Aviation Authority reauthorization bill on Wednesday and sent the bill to President Joe Biden's desk following last week's bipartisan passage in the Senate.

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month – and if there is anything that travelers are seeking nowadays, it’s wellness. Let’s face it – health is the new wealth – and following on the most recent travel trends of sleep tourism and quiet luxury – people in general are seeking ways to travel in order to combat stress, depression, fatigue, burnout, and trauma.

Automatic refunds for significant flight disruptions, fee-free family seating and accessibility improvements.

OK, we’ll admit it. Danish isn’t the easiest language to learn – pronouncing certain words involves some invigorating tongue gymnastics and a talent for gulping down glottal stops. With just 6 million native speakers, Danish hardly matches widely spoken Mandarin (941 million speakers) or Spanish (486 million speakers) either.

Building on efforts in 2022 to increase the minimum stay length to 90 days at non-resort-area short-term rentals in Honolulu, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed a bill into law clarifying the countiesʻ authority to regulate transient accommodations.

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Hawaii is imposing more regulations on short-term rentals, allowing each county to set their own rules when it comes to these homes.

Peering up at the snow-laced peaks hemming in the mountain town of Crested Butte, Colorado, it's hard to believe more than 1,400 people once crowded into this long narrow valley 8,885 feet up in the Colorado Rockies in the mid-1800s, weathering the winter in tents and shanties.

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Munich, Germany’s third-largest metropolis, is a city of tankards and tech, artworks and eccentricity. It's generally a safe place to visit, and few travelers have problems.

The House and Senate have reached an agreement on an oft-delayed FAA reauthorization bill that would provide $105 billion in funding through September 2028.

Begun in 2009, London’s Tweed Run, a quietly extraordinary fashion-and-cycling event, is billed with only a wee bit of hyperbole by its organizers as “world renowned for being the most sartorially impeccable event ever to take place on two wheels.” And it just may be that. The 13th annual event, held on April 27, event lived up to its billing.

A new bill in California is attempting to ban the biometric security company Clear in the state over protests it creates an unfair advantage for travelers who can afford the service.

A Florida man returned from a trip to Switzerland with his wife last September to discover he was facing an unexpectedly massive phone bill, Tampa's ABC Action News reported.

Could a crackdown on Clear be brewing in the nation's most populous state?

Everything started out as normal. I went to Miami for a conference and stayed in a perfectly adequate hotel. It did not offer coffee makers in the room, so the staff lent me a kettle to make my evening cup of tea. I attended the Wednesday morning sunrise yoga class on the hotel's rooftop terrace ("free" with my daily $35 — plus tax! — resort fee). I scanned the printed bill at checkout and everything looked fine.

A common adage among frequent flyers and points and miles fans is “earn ’em and burn ’em.” This philosophy centers around the fact that these currencies rarely appreciate in value the way traditional investments might. Instead, they almost always diminish in value as airline loyalty programs raise the price of awards over time—so you might as well spend them right off the bat.

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After almost 20 years in court, the two largest credit card issuers have reached an agreement with retailers and merchants to lower interchange fees.

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