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AAA projects a record number of 72.2 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Independence Day holiday period from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6. This year’s domestic travel forecast is an increase of 1.7 million travelers compared to last year, partly because it includes two weekends instead of
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The Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks returns to the East River in 2025. Here are the best viewing spots in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, intel about street closures, and more.
With clogged roads and flight cancellations and delays, this is a good time avoid them both and take the train. These are the best scenic train trips in the USA, ranging from a few hours to a few days, including on vintage steam trains.
Travel insurance is as essential as auto insurance and homeowner’s insurance. Software glitches and severe weather mean cancelled and delayed flights, missing a cruise or a wedding, not just your luggage. Simply, never leave home without it. The choice is which kind of coverage you want to buy, and whether it is a per-trip policy or annual coverage.
Valle Nevado, one of South America’s top ski destinations, is officially the first resort in Chile to open for the 2025 season. Improved access and interconnect options with neighboring La Parva make it the largest skiable destination in the Southern Hemisphere with 7,000 acres, 30 lifts, and 80 trails.
There are six FREE admission days to national parks, monuments and historic sites in 2025, the same as in 2024. There are more than 400 National Park Service sites nationwide, with at least one in every state.
Budget airline PLAY is cancelling all flights to and from the United States effective October 2025. What travellers need to know.
Now that my hometown is back on top of the must visit destination list, here’s how to enjoy NYC on the cheap. Things to do include FREE museum admission, exhibits honoring Flaco the owl and 100 years of the New Yorker magazine, FREE outdoor movies in Bryant Park and concerts in Times Square, car-free streets,
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There are great meal deals and new menu items at national restaurant and fast food chains every week, to help you stretch your strained budget. The best of what’s new includes 100 days of deals at Wendy’s, Friday freebies at Sonic, Subway $1 footlong with a purchase, return of all-you-can-eat at Applebee’s and Golden Corral,
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If you hear one ring or see a missed call from a number you don’t recognize, do not call back. The one ring phone call scam is back, and if you fall for it you be charged as much as $30, or even more. Here’s what you need to know.