Seeing Florence in a Day
April 24, 2013
Yes, it’s another way of saying “Mission: Impossible.” But, if you only have limited time in this magical city, here are a few “don’t miss” suggestions.
Editorials from our staff traveling through the world. We share our best travel tips, and how to get a better value out of your travel insurance.
Yes, it’s another way of saying “Mission: Impossible.” But, if you only have limited time in this magical city, here are a few “don’t miss” suggestions.
Each year, thousands of travelers, both young and old, need a medical evacuation. What’s involved? And how much travel insurance is right for you?
TripInsurance.com will donate $1 to The One Fund Boston for each person who shares a post on their Facebook page requesting that their friends consider donating to the fund (up to $1000).
There are many sound, common-sense reasons to product your travel investment and yourself no matter how old — or young — you are.
Here are five different travel scenarios to help you determine when you do need travel insurance and when you don’t.
Located next to the South Luangwa National Park in the Luangwa Valley in eastern Zambia, Zikomo Safari Camp offers visitors the chance to see one of Africa’s last truly wild places.
As a traveler who also enjoys movies, I’ve often found it fun to prep for an overseas vacation by watching a few movies set in some of the locales I’m planning to see. Watching actors and actresses in these places, often playing characters marveling at the sights themselves, can be a great way to plan your “must see” lists before you start your trip. Here are film and travel ideas for Italy.
Three seasoned travel bloggers share personal “discoveries,” little-known but great destinations: an Australian island, a Bulgarian national park, and a chain of bakeries that began in Belgium.
Only 90 Air-Minutes from Anchorage, Lake Clark Could Be America’s Most Under-Appreciated National Park
As a frequent visitor to America’s national parks, I learned long ago to accept crowds and congestion as part of the price of admission. I’ll grumble when I find myself eating the dust of a dozen noisy hikers just ahead of me on a trail. But I have to concede that it’s their place to enjoy too. When it comes to the parks, I’ve learned, finding true solitude in the midst of great natural beauty without spending days of precious travel time to get there can be a serious challenge.
If you saw our recent blog post about the winners of our Facebook My Travel Adventures photo contest, you will recall the winning photo was entitled “Global Warming,” and showed the melting Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska isn’t the…
If you are a regular reader of our Travel Tips, you will recall a blog post back in July about the passengers of United Flight 87 who were trapped in Shanghai for three days. Tempers ran so high that one…
We had an interesting question come to us this week – how do you calculate travel insurance costs when you are using frequent flyer miles, and are you covered for trip interruptions? In other words, if you are traveling using…
The spring college semester is only a few months away and many college students are finalizing plans to study abroad. Smart parents also are making plans to protect their traveling student while he or she is out of the country.…
When you are traveling in foreign places, you never know what might happen. Take the recent case reported by CNN of two young women backpacking in Vietnam who died under mysterious circumstances. The authorities are still tracing the cause of…
I saw an article last weekend by noted travel columnist Ed Perkins where he tells the story of an Arkansas couple who lost the cost of their $8,000 Alaskan cruise because they missed their initial flight to the cruise. He…
Tropical Storm Isaac is bearing down on Haiti and the Dominican Republic and may elevate to hurricane status. They are expecting it to spread across much of Florida in the next few days. Are you covered under travel insurance if Isaac becomes a hurricane? Are you covered after a storm has been named?
Have you ever been ripped off when you were on the road? It’s more common than you think. Even the friendliest destinations have their share of thieves and pickpockets, and in some Eastern, and Central and South American countries, stealing…
I am sure you have all experienced some kind of flight delay in your travels, but a 72-hour flight delay is more than an inconvenience. That was the fate of 225 United Airlines passengers stranded in Shanghai for three days…
If you are planning to travel to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics, be sure to insure your trip so you’re covered if you miss your favorite event.
Scientists estimate that in another 70 years, Venice will be underwater. Some experts believe that Venice may be sinking five times faster than anyone realized.
This annular eclipse will blot out about 95% of the sun. Unlike a total eclipse, during an annular eclipse, the moon is slightly smaller than the sun, and the only thing that shows as the moon moves over the sun…
