Travel

With Thanksgiving holiday travel well underway, many have reached their destinations — but for everyone else, a storm tracking from the Rockies to the Midwest and Northeast into Thursday will bring rain and snow, likely impacting flights and packed roads. Just shy of 3 million people were expected to be …

Seven foreign tourists were hospitalized in Fiji in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning at a luxury resort, Fijian and Australian officials said Monday. The guests, who, according to local media, included an American, were hospitalized after they drank cocktails at a bar at the five-star Warwick resort near the town of …

China said Tuesday it was expanding its visa-free transit policy, allowing Americans and other eligible foreign travelers to stay in parts of the country as long as 240 hours, or 10 days, as officials try to attract more overseas visitors. China’s National Immigration Agency announced the measure, which is effective …

Women are increasingly planning leisure trips just for themselves. Nearly 40% of female travelers voiced interest in setting out solo in 2025, the tourism market research firm Future Partners found in a recent survey — up 8 percentage points from a year earlier. While men are more likely to travel …

Boeing said Friday that it had hit several internal targets on safety and quality control despite a series of deadly crashes, near catastrophes and embarrassing incidents that has seen its share price plunge and airlines around the world pull some of its planes. The company said in a news release …

Spirit Airlines customers have to don unprovocative clothes that do not expose “breasts, buttocks, or other private parts” when aboard the low-cost carrier, according to new standards posted this week. The Florida-based airline updated its “contract of carriage” terms on Wednesday with updated language covering the appearance of passengers. A customer …

Consumers are looking for ways to travel on tighter budgets. Many are ditching first-choice options like flights for cheaper ones, like long-haul bus rides. Others are just staying home. Travel demand fell in the second half of last year, when even high-income households spent less on hotel rooms, Morning Consult …

Patricka Hogue’s friends were already calling her “the nomad.” While she had visited dozens of countries (at the latest count, at least 60), by 2012 she yearned for a community of Black fellow travelers she could share her traveling experiences with. That was when she stumbled upon the Nomadness Travel …

More than 90 passengers and crew members on a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship which set sail from Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 1 for a weeklong cruise came down with a gastrointestinal illness, causing vomiting and diarrhea. According to CruiseMapper, the ship returned Saturday after making stops in Cozumel, Roatan …

A New Zealand government tourism campaign titled “Everyone Must Go” is drawing derision and mockery from residents who have criticized it as tone-deaf, especially at a time when New Zealanders themselves are leaving the country in droves. In an announcement Sunday, officials said they were spending 500,000 New Zealand dollars …