A former pilot’s explanation in The Independent this week puts the new carry-on reality plainly: the rules are diverging, not converging. Virgin Australia now allows one 8kg cabin bag plus a small personal item on domestic flights; Air Canada restricts…
Women’s charities are now formally calling for industry-wide hotel safety standards, after an independent review found a Travelodge guest was “fundamentally failed” when a man was given a key card to her room. The chain’s response tells you exactly which…
NAVER just turned Papago – already the must-have translation app for Korea – into a full travel guide: its new Trend feature surfaces the products and places foreign visitors actually look up most, with reviews translated from Korean and directions…
United just opened a new concourse at Houston Intercontinental with a 54,000-square-foot club – the largest airline lounge in the Americas, 800 seats, an outdoor terrace over the airfield – plus local restaurants, public art, and a sensory room. It’s…
Travel + Leisure just published a stylist’s formula for a travel uniform – versatile layers, non-denim pants, comfort-first shoes – and it’s a smart framework. But the red-eye is the stress test most outfit advice never faces. Eight hours in…
Fall isn’t a shoulder season anymore – it’s becoming the main event. TravelAge West’s trend report this week puts numbers on it: Virtuoso’s autumn bookings are up 59% over last year, September sales up 77%, and Europe’s September bookings are…
The worst chore in multi-airline travel just died. On October 12, at its Innovation Summit in Lisbon, oneworld announced that all 15 member airlines can now issue boarding passes for each other’s flights: check in once, in whichever member app…
Here’s the secret about eating alone in a nice restaurant: the data says you’re the normal one. Toast’s 2026 survey of 650 solo diners found 56% of guests feel “very comfortable” dining alone, and fewer than 1% feel very uncomfortable.…
A sharp piece making the rounds this week reframes the solo-travel conversation: most people searching “solo travel” aren’t asking how to be alone – they’re asking how to go without a travel partner. The answer increasingly isn’t a compromise; it’s…
Google just published its annual holiday travel analysis, built on five years of Google Flights data, and it quietly hands you the whole playbook: domestic fares bottom out around 39 days before departure, Thanksgiving around 34, Christmas around 56 –…