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Southwest Airlines (LUV) earnings Q1 2025

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane departs from Harry Reid International Airport as another airplane taxis in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 15, 2025. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines said Wednesday that it will reduce its capacity in the second half of the year, as more…

April 29, 202546Views

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9 Spectacular Wildlife Experiences in the American Midwest

Moose, wolves, elk, bald eagles, bison—the list of creatures that call the American Midwest home is a lot longer (and a lot wilder) than you might realize. At nearly 750,000 square miles, the region rolls from ancient swamps to sandstone badlands, from waving prairie to volcanic islands, every ecosystem rife with wildlife encounters for travelers…

April 29, 202549Views

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American Airlines (AAL) 1Q 2025 earnings

American Airlines withdrew its 2025 financial guidance on Thursday, joining other carriers that are grappling with an uncertain outlook for the U.S. economy and weaker-than-expected leisure travel bookings this year. "We came off a strong fourth quarter, saw decent business in January and really domestic leisure travel fell off considerably as we…

April 29, 202546Views

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“I Can’t Afford a U.S. Passport. How Can I Get the Fee…

Americans may technically enjoy the right to free movement, but if they want to exercise their right to cross a border, they have to pay a membership fee. Nearly half of Americans now say they're living paycheck to paycheck. Under those circumstances, United States passports are expensive. A new one costs $165 including fees if…

April 28, 202586Views

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Private jet demand declines as tariffs spook would-be buyers

A Cessna Citation jet aircraft is viewed at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in this aerial photo taken on June 1, 2021, near Healdsburg, California. George Rose | Getty Images With consumer confidence tumbling, demand for commercial air travel has waned. Even deep-pocketed travelers are pulling back, according to Barclays' latest survey of business…

April 28, 202554Views

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8 of the Cheapest Places to Travel in Europe Right Now

With the U.S. dollar dropping in value and another economic downturn looking more and more likely, budget-conscious American travelers might want to be especially choosy right now about international vacation destinations. Traveling where the dollar remains strong would seem to disqualify much of Europe from the running for vacationers who rank affordability as a top…

April 28, 202546Views

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Alaska Air (ALK) 1Q 2025 earnings

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 6, 2024. Stephen Brashear| Bloomberg | Getty Images Alaska Airlines on Wednesday warned that softer travel demand will eat into earnings in the second quarter, the latest in a chorus of carriers seeing weaker-than-expected…

April 28, 202549Views

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MSC World America Ship Tour: What We Loved and What Was Meh

If you watched Super Bowl LIX or have been anywhere near a TV or computer screen since then, you’ve probably caught a glimpse of that ad in which actors Drew Barrymore and Orlando Bloom argue over whether one takes a “vacation” or a more continental-sounding “holiday.” But whatever word you assign to your travels, one…

April 28, 202567Views

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International tourists to U.S. fall, but Americans keep going abroad

Tourists look at the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy, on Aug. 25, 2021. Andrea Merola | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caroline Smith, an accounting director from Verona, New Jersey, and her husband took their two children to Italy for Easter break this month. On the Spanish Steps in Rome, they ran into another family…

April 28, 202551Views

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Where Is the Sunniest City in Europe? New Research Finds…

Eight of the 10 sunniest cities in Europe are all in one country, according to new research. Using data from World Weather Online, vacation rental platform Holidu calculated the average number of sun hours per month since 2009 for all European cities with populations of more than 200,000. It should probably come as no huge…

April 28, 202554Views