by Christopher Elliott | Oct 9, 2026
You can’t negotiate a hotel tax. Shouldn’t you at least be able to know what it pays for? If you’re in Topeka, Kansas, next year, you can tour the state capitol, spend an afternoon at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park or catch...
by Christopher Elliott | Sep 30, 2026
Here’s what you need to know. New Zealand, the UK, the US and more now charge to enter. What every travel entry fee costs, which ones fund conservation, and how to dodge fake visa sites. When Brian Clark budgeted for a recent marathon flight to New Zealand, he...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 11, 2026
Some of us can remember what it was like before 9/11. Many of us cannot! Memories are fading. Today, we are starting to see teenagers coming into their own who have never known anything but the world of airport security and endless wars in the Middle East. We have 22...
by Christopher Elliott | Sep 10, 2026
The red zone is that anxious stretch from your front door to your airplane seat, where normal people turn into nervous wrecks. It’s a blur of high-stakes, time-sensitive decisions that overload your brain. And it’s so stressful that 73 percent of couples call travel...
by Charlie Leocha | Sep 10, 2026
Add Quebec City history to the dramatic Quebec foliage color. The Canadian leaves are getting ready to change for a wonderful Quebec foliage experience. Farms along the roads winding their way north from the US border are bringing in the hay. And the last ears of...
by Christopher Elliott | Aug 5, 2026
The FBI wants cruise crime stats. Then what? The government wants FBI cruise crime stats. But the system is built so almost no one ever hears them. The FBI has a message for you: As summer vacation season kicks off, cruise passengers who are assaulted, kidnapped, or...
