Travel Checklist: Do You Pack Your Carry-On the Right Way? – CNET
A carry-on bag is one of the most vital pieces of luggage you can have while traveling. It cushions your valuables, gives you access to entertainment during a long flight and prevents you from going bare if your checked baggage…
Where to Travel Next: 2021 Hot List | Condé Nast Traveler
This year’s annual Hot List of the best new hotels from around the world is a story of resilience. Despite enormous hardship in the travel industry, exceptional properties have continued to open across the globe (nearly a thousand last year…
Romania would like you to get vaccinated at Dracula’s castle
In a clear acknowledgment that it needs to right the wrong of centuries spent luring unsuspecting travelers into the domain of a bloodsucking monster, a Romanian town is now offering free COVID vaccines to visitors of the not-at-all-ominous Bran Castle.…
USS Johnston: Sub dives to deepest-known shipwreck – BBC News
A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km (4 miles) beneath the waves in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean. Explorers spent several hours surveying and filming the wreck…
BringFido’s Guide to the Willamette Valley – BringFido
The Willamette Valley is the beating heart of Oregon’s picturesque wine region, home to two-thirds of the Beaver State’s wineries and famed for its exceptional Pinot Noir. Sandwiched between the Oregon Coast Range and the Cascade Range, it also boasts…
Amateur Treasure Hunter Unearths Missing Centerpiece of Henry VIII’s Crown | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
When classic car restorer and metal detecting enthusiast Kevin Duckett spotted a glint of gold peeking out beneath the soil of an English field in 2017, he initially thought he’d found a crumpled piece of foil. But as the Northamptonshire…
SpaceX announces first “free flyer” human spaceflight | Ars Technica
SpaceX announced Monday that it will fly a space tourism flight as early as the fourth quarter of this year, billing it as the first “all-civilian” mission to space. A tech entrepreneur named Jared Isaacman has financed the mission, named…
Who Invented the Alphabet? | History | Smithsonian Magazine
New scholarship points to a paradox of historic scope: Our writing system was devised by people who couldn’t read. Centuries before Moses wandered in the “great and terrible wilderness” of the Sinai Peninsula, this triangle of desert wedged between Africa…
Holiday travel numbers broke records. Will the trend continue in 2021? – The Washington Post
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, travel screeched to a halt in the United States. In April, airports were devoid of their usual crowds, with ghostly security checkpoints seeing a mere 4 percent of typical traveler volumes that…
This App Is Emerging As A Leader Among Covid-19 Digital Travel Passes
2021 is shaping up to be the year of the digital travel pass – most likely in the form of an app – for anyone looking to take to the skies. We can expect things in that sector to develop…