Travel

  • Airline perks

    15 Airline Amenities From the ‘Golden Age’ of Flying That We Want Back

    Flights keep getting more expensive, and the number of perks keeps dropping. These days, you can’t even get a free meal like you could just a few years ago. Here are a few throwback fringe benefits we wish airlines would…

  • American Airlines Policy Gate Lice

    American Airlines Tries New Boarding System That Publicly Shames ‘Gate Lice’

    Do those boarding group numbers really mean anything when you’re boarding a flight? Turns out they don’t really, at least until now. American Airlines is implementing a new system that will finally call out those “gate lice,” as some people…

  • Cruise Ship Scores for Sanitation

    The Cleanest (And Most Disgusting) Cruise Ships of 2024, According to the CDC

    Cruise ships are floating petri dishes. Germs spread like wildfire thanks to endless buffets, tons of people, and confined spaces. That’s why sanitation on a cruise ship is so important to avoid major gastrointestinal outbreaks from infections like norovirus. To…

  • Dark Hedges, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

    Spectacular and Spooky Abandoned Roads Around the World

    Roads have been a hallmark of civilization since antiquity, but even the best streets, avenues, highways, and boulevards eventually outlive their usefulness — and like all infrastructure, roads aren’t exactly easy to remove. Most commonly, they’re paved over with newer,…

  • Katz's Deli: 'When Harry Met Sally'

    21 Must-Visit Restaurants That Starred in Your Favorite Movies

    There are plenty of movies that actually set up shop (briefly) in real-life restaurants. Fun fact: though there really is a Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut, the movie about waitresses serving pies didn’t actually film there — it was too…

  • Halloween at the castle

    16 Thrilling Halloween Celebrations at Theme Parks Across America

    Theme parks come alive with extra thrills around Halloween, as winding mazes full of sinister surprises and foggy “scare zones” teeming with monsters complement the heart-pounding, gravity-defying rides. But don’t worry: For scaredy-cats and parents, there are family-friendly autumnal celebrations,…