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Dorey Poder and Damir Konjicija didn’t have a vision for their wedding, because they didn’t think they’d be lucky enough to have one: Damir fled war in Bosnia as a child and grew up in a refugee camp in the Czech Republic, and then the southern United States (Kentucky), while Dorey was raised in a very conservative town in California. “We didn’t know if we would ever get married in our lifetime, so when the time actually came, we looked at each other like, do we want to have a wedding? Or is this just an ‘us’ thing?” says Dorey of the brief consideration to get hitched at city hall.

Whether you're a fan of the traditional, handheld soft taco or enjoy modernist interpretations with different types of meats, veggies, and sauces, there's a taqueria in every US state to suit your tastes.

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Southwest Airlines' new assigned seating model — complete with its first-ever extra-legroom seats — is set for takeoff in early 2026.

We released an updated version of our Ask Skift answer engine earlier today. We think it’s a big improvement over the previous iteration, which rolled out in the early days of publishers’ experimentations with generative artificial intelligence. 

A growing number of travelers have shown a preference for spending more money on experiences than possessions, and the travel industry has paid close attention to that shift. Skift Research’s Venture Investment Trends in Travel 2024 report revealed the experiences sector was one of the few in travel to see an increase in venture capital investment.

Since its inception in 2009, Azul has had a remarkable journey. In the past 15 years, Azul has challenged the dominance of GOL-LATAM’s duopoly in Brazil's domestic market, effectively taking control of one-third of the market and overtaking GOL as the second-largest carrier.

When Daniel Walsh left a 20-year career as an English teacher and administrator for the New York Education Department, he was looking for the same thing many people are: a little excitement.

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A consultant who worked on Saudi Arabia's Neom megaproject says its centerpiece called The Line will be more of a resort than a functioning city.

American Airlines is launching its annual donation push in partnership with Stand Up to Cancer — and it's offering a significant deal-sweetener for American Airlines AAdvantage members who donate.

Tourists are flocking to Costa Rica, with visitors trying to get a taste of the Blue Zone lifestyle that promises better-than-average health and longevity.

Embedded in a lush slope of jungle, my villa peered over the glimmering bay below, the whole scene animated by butterflies, bird songs, and the treetop rustling of monkeys. As I floated in my private plunge pool, reminding myself to take it all in, I reflexively grabbed my phone to check the weather app. I placed it back down on the towel, scolding myself for the lapse in mindfulness. Within seconds I grabbed my phone to check it again before remembering I just did.

If you've been in the credit card world for any length of time, you've probably heard the saying: "Don't ever close your first credit card." Since the length of your credit history is an important part of your credit score, closing one of your earliest credit cards can ding your score by a noticeable amount.

Scientists have developed a new way of tracking polar bears and it could help us better understand how they cope with disappearing sea ice.

With more than 1,300 boulangeries and a profound baking culture, Paris has always been an awesome place for your morning pain au chocolat or baguette. But the lovable boulangerie de quartier might rely on additives and premixes. After a recent monthlong stay in Paris researching a book on bread, I found that a new generation of artisanal bakers across the city is replacing commercial yeasts with carefully nurtured sourdough starters, sourcing heirloom wheats stone-ground by small mills, and embracing creative techniques and cross-cultural flavors. Their creations are worth traveling for, as I happily discovered.

As the velocity of change increases and we are on the cusp of a new era of technology and human connection, the future of travel seems bright with both new opportunities and heightened challenges. 

When Hurricane Beryl intensified into a Category 5 storm last week, it broke records and left a trail of damage across the Caribbean. The first named hurricane of the season, Beryl is the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, and also the first Category 4 hurricane to form in the Atlantic in the month of June — a portent of what experts say is a hurricane season that will be much more intense than usual. It was also abnormal because of where it formed, farther south and east than is typical for storms of this magnitude.

SITE launches a research project “Incentive Travel & Motivational Events,” revealing new trends and essential insights in incentive travel, supported by Hilton.

The assignment was clear: Test how well artificial intelligence could plan a trip to Norway, a place I’d never been. So I did none of my usual obsessive online research and instead asked three A.I. planners to create a four-day itinerary. None of them, alas, mentioned the saunas or the salmon.

I don’t know about you, but every time I went on holiday as a kid, I heard endless myths about the impact of air travel. “Did you know that planes dump waste from the toilet mid-flight?” I remember someone telling me. “You lose a third of your tan on the flight home,” someone else warned—a particularly horrifying concept for my teenage self.