Travel
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Airfares were already dropping. Here’s why they could go even lower in 2024
Mar 10, 2024 5:32 am - Inflation has hit most of the economy, but that’s hardly the case with airfare. Not only are airfares down 6% year-over-year based on January 2024 prices, but they’re eve...
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Ask the doctors: Eating schedule may be trick to jet lag recoveryMar 02, 2024 6:15 am - Jet lag, where your inner clock is out of sync with your destination when crossing time zones, could be managed with a strategic eating schedule.
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Coffee Break: Maggie Gerth, founder of Props Luggage, LLCFeb 25, 2024 5:00 am - Name: Maggie Gerth Title: CEO and Founder Company: Props Luggage, LLC Address: 3 Grant Square No. 158, Hinsdale Phone: (630) 248-2136 Website: Propsluggage.com Industry:...
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BBB: Don’t let spring break scammers leave you brokeFeb 22, 2024 12:00 pm - Travel experts predict that more people will travel than in 2019 for the first time since before COVID struck. That’s sure to mean that with spring break approaching, fa...
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American Airlines is raising bag fees and changing how customers earn frequent-flyer points
Feb 20, 2024 11:00 am - DALLAS — American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to ear...
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Libertyville launches tourism campaignFeb 13, 2024 10:41 pm - Libertyville has launched its first tourism campaign with a new website, www.visitlibertyville.com, and video. “Visit Libertyville” is part of a broader project that will...
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Blind travel adviser brings unique perspective to planning your vacationFeb 12, 2024 9:17 am - It might be hard to believe, but the fact that Elgin travel adviser Brandon Yaniz is the fifth-generation of his family to own a business on the 100 block of East Chicago Street is the second-most interesting part of his story. Yaniz, the owner of The Adept Traveler, also is legally blind.
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As more baby boomers consider retiring abroad, financial experts advise to look before you leapFeb 04, 2024 6:00 am - Roughly four million Baby Boomers will turn 65 this year — the largest number in United States history. While America’s so-called “gray tsunami” is surging forward, it wo...
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'Pineapple Expresses' and rising seas are battering California's piers, threatening iconic landmarks
Feb 02, 2024 1:14 pm - SAN DIEGO (AP) — More storms, rising seas and huge waves are taking their toll on California’s iconic piers that have dotted the Pacific coast since the Gold Rush, posing...
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Floating through a fairy tale: Castle viewing and wine tasting on the Rhine and Moselle riversFeb 01, 2024 6:00 am - “Oh, look, there’s another one,” cried a fellow cruise passenger. She could not contain her excitement at seeing yet another castle perched on a hillside. The Sun Deck of the Scenic Opal proved the perfect place for castle-spotting as it cruised through Germany’s Rhine River Gorge.