Weeks after being rattled by thousands of mostly small-scale earthquakes, the island of Santorini, the jewel in the crown of Greece’s tourism sector, is determined […]
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Can I Get a Refund After Booking the Wrong Hotel Dates Online?
Dear Tripped Up, Last Sept. 26, I booked a ski trip for my family at a Sheraton Vacation Club property in Steamboat Springs, Colo., for […]
Visting Shanghai Now: It’s a Blue-Sky, App-Based Life
On a recent visit to Shanghai, I looked up through the canopy of trees in the former French Concession district, and realized the sky was […]
5 Train Stations Where You Can Get a Great Meal
With its copper bar and brass-rail-backed banquettes, Lazare evokes a traditional Parisian brasserie, but registers as modern with its exposed ductwork overhead and wall units […]
More than 230 People Infected With Norovirus on Luxury Cruise Ship
More than 230 passengers and crew members have been sickened in an outbreak of norovirus during a 29-day round-trip luxury cruise from England to the […]
Brightline Brought High-Speed Rail to Florida. Can the Public Sector Follow?
Firemen from Highland Beach, Fla., were heading to a conference in Miami, a money manager to his office in Boca Raton. Families with young children […]
High-Speed Rail Doesn’t Exist in America. Here’s What’s Being Developed.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law — the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act — that seemed to pave the way for a national […]
What to Know About Traveling to the U.S., Visas and More
At airports and land borders across the country, tourists and other visitors coming to the United States have reported being caught up in the Trump […]
Traveling to Finland for Lessons on Happiness
The ferry ride from Helsinki’s city center to the island of Pihlajasaari takes only 10 minutes and deposits visitors at a playground of beaches, trails […]
Kite Confiscated After Coming in Contact With a Jet Near Washington
The police confiscated a kite on Saturday after it was flown near airplanes landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, according to the airport police, and […]