Security tips

Packing for a trip is stressful enough—but the matter of how to pack wine in a suitcase is potentially wardrobe-ruining if you don’t take proper care and steps to ensure all that good vino (or spirits, beers, ciders, or whatever precious liquid cargo you have) stays in the bottle where it belongs. Whether you’re planning to bring home a few vintage bottles from the vineyard you toured in France or want to surprise a family member with their favorite scotch the next time you’re visiting home, we spoke to a handful of travel and culinary professionals to get their best tips on how to pack wine or liquor in a suitcase.

Before I joined TPG in early 2022, my knowledge of credit cards and the world of points and miles was limited, to say the least. Authorized users ... what are those? Free night awards? Don't know. Chase's 5/24 rule — never heard of it.

If you've been to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) since the coronavirus pandemic, odds are you've been impressed with its new terminal.

Welcome to the first installment of a year-long series where Tarah Chieffi, TPG's family travel reporter, shares her experience using various points, benefits, credits and access from her first-ever premium rewards credit card, The Platinum Card® from American Express.

Raise your hand if you're always the one whipping out your Chase Sapphire Reserve® and insisting on paying for all of your friends' meals at dinner. It's not that you're rich — you just enjoy earning 3 bonus points per dollar spent on dining and know your friends will pay you back later.

Whether you're buying a home, leasing a vehicle or applying for a new credit card, a healthy credit score has a significant impact on attaining a low interest rate or upping your approval odds. If you have poor credit or no credit history, getting a loan or line of credit may prove to be a challenging quest toward your financial goals.

Amazon's second Prime Day of the year, officially dubbed the Prime Big Deal Days, is here once more. The fall savings runs through today, October 9, with Prime Day travel deals across all major categories, including best-selling tech, comfortable clothing and shoes, luggage and bags, outdoor gear, and more. We're even seeing deals on big ticket items like noise-canceling headphones and luggage sets, as well as travel essentials like toiletry bags, packing cubes, and neck pillows. The sooner you start shopping, the better your chances are to snag popular items before they sell out. Below, we've rounded up the top Prime Day travel deals to add to your shopping carts now before it’s too late.

If you're a regular Southwest Airlines customer, you may start noticing some big changes at the airline sooner than you might expect.

Millionaires, they're just like us.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is once again expanding its TSA PreCheck program by adding two more international airlines.

Global Entry is a Truster Traveler Program that grants expedited customs clearance for preapproved, low-risk travelers entering the U.S. through dedicated security lanes at more than 75 airports.

On any given day, about a third of passengers who pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints use the TSA PreCheck lanes.

Are you tired of having to recheck your bags and clear security again for your connection after arriving in the U.S. on an international flight? Relief may be on the way — at least for some travelers.

To survive cold weather at home, you likely have a favored Big Coat. But whether it’s a flowy wool trench that grazes that ground or a bulbous puffer that makes you a dead-ringer for the Michelin Man, it’s probably unsuited for life in transit. When you’re traveling on a plane, a truly big coat can make getting yourself through security and squeezing yourself into ever-shrinking basic economy plane seats a real hassle.

According to a recent Pew Research study, 51 percent of people think their pets are not just part of the family, but also say they love them as much as the human members of their families. And when you narrow it down to two-person households with no kids — as my husband and I happily have — that number skyrockets, with 65 percent of people saying they love their pets as much as human members of their family.

Regardless of how prepared you are for navigating the airport, long queues, cumbersome security checks, and the constant fear of missing flights are almost guaranteed. And believe it or not, the TSA doesn’t like it any more than we do. Recently, the agency published a list of helpful tips to streamline the screening process just in time for the chaos of Labor Day travel, and last month, it was announced that the TSA is adding Hawai’i as the 11th state from which it will accept digital identification at certain checkpoints.

Biometric company Clear is growing its presence at several more popular airports, making it more convenient than ever for travelers to enroll in (or renew) their TSA PreCheck memberships.

The crackdown on unruly airline passengers continues.

As Apple and Google respectively expand their digital ID technologies to house state mobile driver's licenses in Apple and Google Wallet, Google has added an international travel feature to its wallet.

If you’re planning a trip to Denmark, Italy, or the United Kingdom, the U.S. State Department urges you to exercise increased caution. In September, these popular European vacation destinations had their warning levels elevated due to the risk of potential terrorist attacks.

What is not allowed in a plane carry-on can sometimes be unclear for many travelers—especially in light of the recent back-and-forth on the 100ml liquid limit in the UK and EU.