The Trump administration signed a proclamation Wednesday suspending travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Citing national security interests, the proclamation states that the identified countries lack sufficient vetting and screening processes needed to detect foreign nationals who may…
As vacation rental properties continue to hollow out traditional neighborhoods, European cities have found themselves in a battle for their futures. The latest popular European destination to throw a red flag on the Airbnb-fueled blight of short-term rentals is the Tuscan city of Florence, Italy, where self check-in key lockboxes were legally banned as of…
Royal Caribbean has revised its list of forbidden items to ban a useful travel tool that many cruisers pack as an essential item. Even though the change "was not communicated to passengers, and the cruise line has not clarified the matter through the media," reports TheStreet.com, the cruise line's newly republished list of prohibited items…
The resort fee dam is breaking. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law, SB 478, that reins in the practice of slipping extra fees into travelers' bills. While some media coverage has portrayed the act as a "ban" on resort fees, the measure actually just enforces disclosure of the fees at all stages of…