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Usually, travel news is about higher prices, including checked baggage fees. So we are happy to report that a major airport shuttle service is lowering its prices to and from some of the most popular destinations in the USA and beyond. Just in time for spring break, GO Airport Shuttle is reducing shared shuttle rates between
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There’s one travel accessory that should be on the top of every packing list in every season – sunglasses. Besides making you look great in photos, they protect you from potential eye damage from varying intensities of UV exposure, even on a cloudy day. Whether strolling through Central Park in NYC , the Champs Elysees
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What are the best 2024 cars, SUVs and crossovers on the market ? Best electric and hybrid? Best small car? Best minivan? Every year, US News & World Report releases a survey recommending the best cars for the money awards in the most popular automotive categories including SUV, EV, hybrid and Minivan. New this year
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Hertz is dumping 20,000 EVs, including Tesla models from its rental fleet, and replacing them with more gas-powered vehicles. Hertz is selling off Tesla 3 and Y models for as little as $20,000. The decision was driven (pun intended) by problems renters had driving unfamiliar EVs, which have faster acceleration than gas-powered vehicles, and therefore
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There are six FREE admission days to national parks, monuments and historic sites in 2024, one more than in 2023. There are more than 400 National Park Service sites nationwide, with at least one in every state. The fee-free days continue a tradition of FREE admission days to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor
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These sedans, coupes, SUVs and sports cars aren’t returning as 2024 models, killed off by slumping sales or because the manufacturer is moving to other versions, including hybrid or EV versions of the discontinued gas-powered one. Since these vehicles won’t be back in 2024, it means you can get a good buy now on the
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Here are the best and the worst times to be on the road between Sat., Dec. 23 and Mon., Jan. 1, to avoid congestion and road rage by drivers who can’t cope with it. Holiday Travel 2023: AAA expects nearly 104 million people will drive to their holiday destinations, an increase of 1.8% compared to
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Kids and parks deserve to be together. That’s why a National Park Foundation program to fund field trips and other educational activities is so important. The Open OutDoors for Kids program is granting $4.4 Million dollars to nearly 100 school districts around the USA during the 2023-2024 school year. The goals are to deepen young
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If you are traveling 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving Day holiday, you’ll be among more than 55 million fellow travelers, an increase of 2.3% over last year. That’s the prediction of the AAA, which has been tracking Thanksgiving holiday travel numbers since 2000. It marks the third-highest Thanksgiving weekend forecast in
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Now that EVs and plug-in EVs have gone mainstream, we’ve got to learn to play nice and share parking spots with charging units, whether they are on public streets or in airports, shopping malls, hotels or public garages. The EV version of spam is parking your gas-powered vehicle at an EV charger spot, or leaving
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