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Smile, you’re on camera. Starting October 6, 2024, the airports in the EU will track non-EU nationals using advanced biometrics for arrivals and departures. The new Entry and Exit System (EES) designed to monitor non-EU citizens who need a visa for brief visits. This initiative affects individuals from the USA, Canada, the UK and other
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There are some destinations which should be on your list not to visit, because of crime, civil unrest, or the danger of being arrested because of something you forgot was in your luggage. Newest additions to the U.S. State Dept. Travel Advisory warning list are Venezuela and Turks and Caicos Islands. Other countries on the “do
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Get ready for clogged roads and airports. AAA predicts nearly 44 million of us will be on the move over Memorial Day weekend, the second highest number in two decades. This year’s total number of travelers is a 4% increase over last year. It’s close to matching 2005’s record of 44 million Memorial Day travelers
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Celebrate National Park Week with FREE admission and FREE events in many of the 424 national parks and historic sites in the USA. National Park Week 2024 is April 20-28, and encourages all of us to discover something new about their national parks and monuments, from the Statue of Liberty in NYC to Yosemite in California. With
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You know you are a diehard skier or snowboarder when it is April and you are still thinking about squeezing in another few days of downhill delight. Some resorts are staying open until mid-May. The 2023–24 ski season started slow but picked up momentum and is ending with spring storms both East and West. That
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Even before the current downhill season ends, season passes are now on sale for the 2024/25 ski and snowboard season, at the lowest early bird rates of the year. Whether you buy an Ikon Pass, Epic Pass, Mountain Collective Pass, Indy Pass, or a pass from one specific favorite area or group of destinations in
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Delta Airlines is increasing the fee for the first checked bag on domestic flights by $5, to cost $35 instead of $30, joining American Airlines and United Airlines, which both declared similar hikes a few weeks ago. Checking a second bag also goes up $5, from $40 to $45. The higher fees by the three biggest
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American Airlines is raising the price of its checked baggage fees effective Feb. 20, along with other baggage policy changes and limits on earning miles. Let’s hope this price increase and frequent flyer change by one of the top three US-flag carriers does not start a stampede by everybody to charge us more to check
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Happy New Year, and wishes for peace, health and prosperity for everybody everywhere. As we look back on 2023, the top viewed stories on ecoXplorer once again were warnings about scams and frauds including travel and cyber security, freebies and deals, and news about my hometown New York City. So we’ll try to bring you
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This is the busiest travel time of year, when even veteran road warriors get stressed out by flight delays, missing baggage and hotel and car rental snafus. These travel tips from long-time road warrior ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter will help you stay sane year-round, not just at the holidays. We’re called road warriors because we wage
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