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How to Apply for a U.S. Passport or Visa

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Find Vacation Rentals—But From Someone You Know: Meet Trustr, A New Rental Site

According to the National Association of Home Builders, there are 7.5 million second homes in the United States, which is 5.11% of the total number of homes. Yet even in this age of…

Finding Affordable Holiday Airfare and Hotels in 2021

The holidays will be tricky this year, and I’m not just talking about potential gift shortages due to global supply chain issues. Travel patterns continue to shift. While there’s still…

Five Big Challenges Confronting Travelers During the Pandemic Recovery

Some of the ways Covid-19 has changed travel are obvious. When we plan almost any adventure now, first we take into account safety protocols like social distancing and masks. The…

What a Shrinking Airbnb Could Mean for the Future of Travel

Like every other travel company, Airbnb was hit hard by the pandemic. In May, CEO Brian Chesky admitted that the company’s future was in doubt this spring. Airbnb reacted by cutting…

New Service Lets You Rent Designer Fashions While Staying at W Hotels

A dedication to fashion can get in the way of packing light for vacation—after all, you've gotta have bags to carry all those outfits.Fortunately, a new partnership between W Hotels…

The Trends That Will Shape Travel in 2019

This past year’s biggest travel trends—the rise in solo female travel and solo travel in general, the new emphasis on green travel, the development of cannabis holidays, an uptick in…

Airbnb Just Made Planning Group Trips a Lot Easier

Humans have always traveled in packs. But booking this style of travel online has always been difficult—few sites allow users to divvy up payments among several travelers.    Airbnb to…

The Airbnb of Rental Cars Comes to L.A.

A car-sharing service aimed at travelers has come to Los Angeles. With TravelCar, which originated in France in 2012 and has since expanded to 30 countries, users get free parking…

A Virtual Avalanche of Websites Renting Short-Term Apartments Has Followed the Much-Publicized Success of Airbnb

When an internet company earns billions of dollars of profit each year, you can bet that numerous other companies will immediately proceed to imitate or supplement its product. That is…

Muzbnb: Everything You'd Expect From a Home-Sharing Service, Minus Islamophobia

A new startup will aim to help Muslim travelers find the things they'll need most when they leave home: places that welcome them.Muzbnb, the latest peer-to-peer home-sharing service to…

NYC Airbnb Hosts Fined for Illegal Rentals

Two New York City Airbnb hosts have been slapped with fines for listing illegal short-term rentals—making them the city's first individuals punished under a law signed last fall by…

The Travel Trends That Will Shape Your Next Vacation

Spin the globe: Where will you go in 2017? And just as importantly, what recent developments and coming events will shape your trip? It's prediction time again, so I spoke with nine…

The Airbnb of Cannabis Tourism

The growing field of cannabis tourism now has its answer to Airbnb.  It's called Bud and Breakfast, and it lets users search a worldwide network of pot-friendly hostels, private…

The Airbnb of Cannabis Tourism, TripAdvisor Expands Into Cuba, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's islands, airport runways, and vacation rentals. * RUNWAY FIRE AT O'HARE THROWS DEBRIS NEARLY HALF A MILE (Reuters) Debris…

Expedia to Begin Showing Vacation Rentals with Hotel Search Results

When you search for hotels at Expedia or any of the various booking sites the company owns (including Hotels.com and Travelocity), you'll soon see vacation-rental options displayed,…

Report: Airbnb Not Hurting Hotels Much After All

The thinking in the hotel industry is that Airbnb and other home-sharing companies like it are to be feared, because they take away customers who might otherwise stay at a Marriott,…

Airbnb Releases Updated Nondiscrimination Policy

Responding to allegations of racial discrimination on the part of some of its hosts, vacation-rental company Airbnb released an updated antidiscrimination policy on…

Airbnb Updates Nondiscrimination Policy, Disney Starts Scanning Preschoolers' Fingers, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* AIRBNB RELEASES UPDATED NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY (Travel Weekly). Responding to allegations of racial discrimination on the part…

Introducing the Airbnb of Camping

In recent months we've introduced you to companies aiming to be the Airbnb of RVs and the Airbnb of boats. Now we'd like to introduce you to the Airbnb of camping. Photo:…

The Airbnb of Camping, a Luxury Vacation That Includes a Meeting with the Pope, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* TSA, AIRPORTS, AND CONGRESS GET SECURITY WAIT TIMES UNDER CONTROL (Travel Weekly). After a frustrating spring filled with long,…

Airbnb Sues Anaheim, Smithsonian Hiring a Roving Beer Historian, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* AIRBNB SUES ANAHEIM OVER SHORT-TERM RENTAL LAW (Los Angeles Times). Airbnb has filed a lawsuit against the city of Anaheim,…

Airbnb Sues Anaheim Over Short-Term Rental Law

Airbnb has filed a lawsuit against the city of Anaheim, California, over a law that holds the home-sharing site liable when users post listings for illegal short-term…

Fountain Swimmers in Rome, the Airbnb of Boats, and Other Watery News: Today's Travel Briefing

Today's travel news is all about water. Let's dive right in.* ROME CRACKING DOWN ON FOUNTAIN SWIMMERS (Paste magazine). Authorities in Rome have started cracking down on those who…

Boatbound Aims to Be the Airbnb of Boats

A boat rental company called Boatbound, which aims to be the water-based equivalent of home rental sites like Airbnb and VRBO, appears to be catching on. Founded in 2013, the…