Travel

Forty-eight percent of respondents told Kind Traveler their greatest challenge in traveling sustainably is finding accommodations that are both “sustainable and socially conscious.” Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty Images Everyone likes a bargain when it comes to booking travel, but many also want the money they spend to do some good where they’re headed,

(CNN) — Just as passengers were feeling safe to get back in the virus-filled water, a new problem has struck the cruise industry — in this case, literally, with a 164,000-ton ship running aground in the Dominican Republic. Norwegian Escape, a 2015-built megaship which can accommodate over 4,000 passengers, hit the seabed as it pulled

(CNN) — When ice cream maker Adrienne Borlongan first experimented with a White Rabbit flavor, she thought it tasted like “cheap vanilla.” A few weeks after adding it to the rotating lineup at her Los Angeles shop, Wanderlust Creamery, visitors were about as meh on it as she was. But when Borlongan posted a photo

American Airlines planes at LaGuardia Airport Leslie Josephs | CNBC Travel demand has bounced back faster than expected, airlines said Tuesday, a welcome trend for the industry as carriers grapple with how much of a fuel-price surge they can pass along to customers. Delta Air Lines said ahead of an investor presentation that it expects

(CNN) — Face coverings have become a staple of air travel over the past couple years. For some passengers, they’ve proven divisive — mask non-compliance has been blamed for the majority of US disruptive inflight incidents so far in 2022. Now they’re starting to vanish from the skies altogether. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are

Singapore wants to eventually allow all travelers to skip quarantine in the country as long as they are vaccinated, Transport Minister S. Iswaran said. In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, he said: “With greater vaccination and boosting of populations, and also better testing and safe management protocols, I think we have now been able

Elizabeth Smith was stunned after she saw how much a roundtrip ticket from Spokane, Washington, to Orlando, Florida, cost for this year’s spring break — just six years after her family’s first trip to Disney World. “In 2016, the same seven of us went, and we paid $350 for airfare round-trip per person. Currently the

Aeroflot Russian Airlines civil jet aircraft produced by Airbus at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport. Leonid Faerberg | Lightrocket | Getty Images Foreign aircraft lessors seeking to recover some $10 billion worth of planes from Russia were dealt another blow Monday when President Vladimir Putin signed a law clearing the country’s airlines to fly the planes domestically.

Chuyn | Istock | Getty Images The business of selling citizenships to the world’s wealthy has grown into a $20 billion industry. Now “golden passport” programs are under fire as a result of the crackdown on Russian oligarchs. Russian billionaires have been among the world’s largest buyers of multiple citizenships, using alternate passports to help

Sevdha Thompson, digital producer of marketing for Coalition Technologies, spent a few weeks working in Costa Rica last year. Courtesy: Sevdha Thompson Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting their employees’ needs in areas like remote work, flexible hours,

(CNN) — Small, intimate and well-placed, a good boutique hotel offers far more than just a place to lay your head. The best, especially those in the charm-filled cities of Europe, exhibit local flavor, distinctive character and a strong connection to the community. While the pandemic may have put paid to many travel plans over

Commuters on a train in Hong Kong on March 2, 2022, amid the Covid pandemic. Dale De La Rey | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices plunged, travel came to a halt and unemployment rates spiked when the coronavirus hit in early 2020. Then, signs of recovery emerged. Stock markets rebounded and quickly surpassed 2019

(CNN) — So you’ve always wanted a destination wedding. Italy, maybe. In the Eternal City, perhaps. Or one of those hilltop towns — think of the wedding photos! There’s just one problem — weddings are expensive at the best of times, destination weddings involve even more expense, and these aren’t the best of times. Step

In this article UAL A United Airlines 737 Max 8 Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines, citing a steep decline in Covid-19 cases, told staff Thursday that it will allow unvaccinated workers to return to their jobs starting March 28, a shift from the company that had one of the country’s strictest inoculation mandates. Last

(CNN) — “Who wouldn’t want to buy an island?” Marshall Mayer asks above the roar of the engine as the boat cuts through the still waters of the Caribbean Sea. Belize City is fast disappearing behind, as a group of mangrove-covered islands grows larger on the horizon. “And I don’t know about you,” says Mayer,

South Korean photographer Sang-kyu Gil has visited the Philippines around 10 times. Drawn by the beautiful scenery and affordable prices, the 42-year-old usually spends seven to 10 days in the country. That costs him around $400 — less than half the amount he expects to spend on a similar trip within his home country. His

Travel restrictions are quickly disappearing in Europe, with new announcements coming by the week — and, more recently, by the day. Changes to eliminate Covid-related travel rules gained momentum in January, as a wave of omicron-related infections engulfed the continent.   But parts of Europe didn’t wait to act. Citing high vaccination rates and the

In this article ABNB A woman talks on the phone at the Airbnb office headquarters in the SOMA district of San Francisco, California. Gabrielle Lurie | Reuters Airbnb said Monday it will offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. The company will fund these stays with help from Airbnb hosts and