Tagged: central-america

Panama Canal Cruises: What You Should Know Before Booking

January 17, 2025 A Panama Canal transit is a dream trip for many travelers, especially history buffs and engineering geeks. The 50-mile-long artificial waterway, built between 1903 and…

Countries That Use the US Dollar as Currency

Exchanging currency is a perennial pain in international travel. Fortunately for U.S. vacationers, there are a bunch of destinations, including many tourism heavy hitters, where no…

Star Clippers’ Cruise Along Panama and Costa Rica: What to Expect

Heidi Sarna is the co-founder of QuirkyCruise.com, a guide to small-ship cruising. For more than 30 years, Star Clippers has offered small-ship cruising in the Caribbean,…

4 Tips for Visiting the 4 Most Popular Latin America Destinations This Year

After being largely suppressed in 2020 and 2021, international travel surged last year, with airport traffic approaching or exceeding pre-pandemic levels on some days.  Overall,…

New Tours for Young Travelers Combine Hostelworld Stays with G Adventures Trips

A collection of tours that launched earlier this year aims to attract young vacationers with a combo of group adventure travel and low-cost accommodations in hostels. It's sort of like…

What to Know About Costa Rica’s Red Taxis So You Don’t Get Ripped Off

Say you’ve flown to Costa Rica for a vacation. Excellent choice. Lucky you.  After getting through customs at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) in the capital of San José or,…

Costa Rica Fully Reopens to Tourism—No Test, No Quarantine Required

Starting November 1, all international travelers, including those from anywhere in the United States, are welcome to visit Costa Rica—and neither a quarantine period nor a negative…

Belize Announces Date for Tourism Reopening

Belize has set a date for welcoming back foreign tourists to that Central American nation of jungles, Mayan ruins, and Caribbean beaches (such as at Caye Caulker, pictured…

Zipping Down Niagara Falls, Zooming Over Los Angeles, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Welcome to the working week and welcome to our daily roundup of travel news. Here's what's hapening today.* STUDY: ZIKA OUTBREAK WILL BE OVER IN THREE YEARS (Live Science). The Zika…

When's the Best Time to Book Airfares? A Major Search Engine Comes Out With Some Very Specific, And Helpful, Advice

It's one of the most asked questions in travel: When should I book my airline ticket? According to the mega-airline search site Kayak there's no one simple answer. Or perhaps I…

Safety is Currently the Major Issue Affecting Travel to Numerous Overseas Destinations. Here's How We Come Out on That Issue, for Several Countries

      Is it safe?  That's the most frequent question put to travel advisers as they are asked to plan an international trip.  Is it safe to travel to Israel or Jordan, to Turkey…

5 Ways Travelers Have Lost Their Manners

They're loud. They smell bad. And their clothes would make Mr. Blackwell blush. What is it about travel that makes people jettison their manners? Whether it's the Ugly American…

Park of the Week: Ice Age National Scenic Trail

If, like me, you don't know much about the Ice Age -- such as that it was a mere 15,000 years ago -- you might enjoy a learning experience on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, which…

How a Change in Your Surroundings Can Help You Change Your Career

Times are tough. Jobless claims keep going up. But airfares are lower than they've been in recent history. Perhaps traveling is the last thing on your mind if you've been laid off,…

Los Angeles: Route 66 at the End of the Line

The legends surrounding that most famous of all U.S. highways, Route 66, seem to pile one atop another, and with reason. Many of the entertainers, movie stars, singers, cowboys, and…

3 Biggest Mistakes Business Travelers Make

A lot of business travelers come off as know-it-alls, moving effortlessly from their towncars to their first-class lounges to the front of the plane, where they're served mimosas as…