Experts tips

So far in 2024, several in-flight medical emergencies have made headlines around the world. In early January, a passenger on a Jet2 flight from Tenerife, Spain, to Manchester, England, died after being found unresponsive in the lavatory. Passengers on a Munich-bound Lufthansa flight in early February described the “absolute horror” onboard when a man began gushing “liters” of blood from his nose and mouth; the flight returned to Bangkok for an emergency landing, but the passenger died on the plane. A third incident occurred on a flight from Punta Cana to Charlotte in late February when a 41-year-old female passenger began convulsing; the flight was diverted, but she later died at a hospital.

It's been just about a year since Koru, Jeff Bezos' $500 million megayacht, set sail from the Oceanco shipyard in the Netherlands, capturing the attention of yachting insiders and land dwellers alike.

In recent weeks, United Airlines aircraft have experienced at least 10 maintenance and flight diversion issues, some more dramatic than others. While United CEO Scott Kirby issued a statement this week saying the issues were “all unrelated” and “have our attention and have sharpened our focus,” nervous fliers may be wondering if this “focus” is enough.

The World’s Best Female Chef Award recognizes an individual who has impressed critics and gourmets from around the World, and it is part of the World’s 50 Best’s mission to highlight female role models within the culinary industry. The prestigious honor is voted for by 1,080 independent restaurant industry experts and gourmets from across the World.

Earlier this month, Skift published a list of top U.S. cities that offer the potential to profit from short-term rental arbitrage. 

It’s a catch-22 that so many travelers bemoan: Summer is the most convenient time to travel thanks to good weather and plenty of federal holidays to extend that vacation. But summer holidays—like Memorial Day Weekend, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, and Labor Day Weekend—are among the most expensive days of the year to fly, leading many would-be-tourists to just stay home.

It’s a not-so-hidden secret that traveling during shoulder season—when prices are cheaper, crowds are thinner, and weather is cooler—can lead to a much more enjoyable trip. But for many families with school-aged children, travel is often limited to major holidays, spring break, and summer vacation; times when prices and crowds can reach a fever pitch.

If witnessing the mesmerizing magic of the northern lights is on your bucket list, Yellowknife, in Canada's Northwest Territories, should be your destination of choice. A new report produced by odds experts, AceOdds, has just revealed the top cities in Canada where people will have the greatest chance of seeing the incredible Northern Lights in 2024.

Why compromise between your love for travel and your passion for golf when you can indulge in both in one luxurious package?

With the Global Wellness Institute valuing the global wellness economy at $5.6 trillion in 2022, and predicting it will reach $8.47 trillion by 2027, the art of wellbeing has never been so ‘under the microscope’... or so forward-thinking.

Few things at a hotel are as luxurious as access to your own private pool. 

On April 8, parts of Indiana will experience its first total solar eclipse since August 7, 1869, and its last until September 14, 2099. Up to 600,000 eclipse chasers could arrive on April 8, many of them heading to cities like Indianapolis, Bloomington, Muncie, Richmond & Wayne County and Terre Haute.

This spring, grab your binoculars and join The BC Bird Trail in celebrating the start of another amazing birdwatching season. As millions of migratory birds return to British Columbia, bird enthusiasts of all ages and experience levels have the incredible opportunity to observe these remarkable creatures complete another annual migration.

From 5 to 7 March at the LGBTQ+ Tourism Pavilion in Hall 4.1, LGBTQ+ tourism experts and interested parties can look forward to big-name exhibitors including the city of Valencia in Spain, the organiser of the Gay Games 2026, the LGBTQ+ cruise operator Vacaya, and Choose Chicago. Networking events and forward-looking lectures on the ITB segment’s own stage and at the ITB Berlin Convention round off events.

In addition to the Holy Land, ETS offers faith based cruises following the Journeys of Paul, marriage and women’s retreats at sea, Fellowship cruises, European tours, river cruises and more.

All hotels are eligible for a category award at the TUI Global Hotel Awards 2024.

The beauty of Omakase, I have to admit, is in handing over power to someone else. In any other walk of life–politics, government, literature, art–the idea of yielding to autocracy would be impossible to even consider. But when it comes to nigiri, and the expert sushi chefs who let their creativity loose behind a sushi bar, I happily yield.

Thanks in large part to the 2022 World Cup, Qatar’s capital city continues to rise higher in the collective imagination of global travelers and in the sky itself, with the opening of new luxury hotel towers. The editors of Forbes Travel Guide have named Doha’s best hotels—based on the stays of its incognito inspectors—including several Five-Star properties such as Raffles Doha as well as the Four Seasons Doha and Mandarin Oriental Doha.

Scamming is on the rise. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), people lost $10 billion to scams in 2023—a $1 billion jump over 2022 and the highest amount ever recorded.

Earlier this month, the IRS issued a press release saying it was targeting private jet owners for impermissible reductions. It said that based on the results of dozens of initial audits, it could expand its focus on aircraft owners in its search for extra tax revenues. While the industry’s trade group, the National Business Aviation Association, rebuked the agency for using private jets as a focal point to trigger audits of large companies and UHNWs, everyone agrees the subject is complicated.

Ask any frequent traveler their rules for a trip, and you’ll likely hear the same advice: Never check a bag. Carry-on only. But fitting everything you need, especially for a longer stay, into one small suitcase and one handbag or backpack requires some ingenuity: The maximum dimensions for luggage going into most overhead bins are 22 by 14 by 9 inches, and though the majority of domestic flights don’t have — or at least don’t enforce — weight limits, some international and trans-Pacific flights do (certain Delta flights to Asia, for example, have a limit of 22 pounds, while Hawaiian Airlines’s maximum is 25 pounds). The payoff, if you do get it right: quicker airport experiences that don’t involve the risk of lost luggage and, upon arrival, fewer decisions about what to wear. Here, tried-and-true tips from a few experts.