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15 Best Travel Essentials for First Solo Trip
When I took my first solo trip abroad, I was 22 years old, and I’d never been more excited. My plan was to spend two months traversing Europe in a classic post-college backpacking extravaganza, and then meet up with my mom for the last two weeks of the trip. It
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The pinkish light of the setting sun spills across the desert just as I crest the ridge, breath shallow from the climb, boots coated in a thin layer of dust. All around me, the Santa Catalinas glow as if lit from within, their jagged edges softened by the dusk, while
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3 Friends Found a Crumbling Resort in California and Brought It (and an Entire Town) Back to Life
Occasionally, I have the fantasy of running my own inn. Somewhere in southern California, maybe in Ojai, I’ll find a rustic spot the owners are looking to sell, where I can spend my days greeting guests, pouring coffee, drawing maps of favorite hikes. Maybe it’s a common dream among travelers.
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PhocusWire’s weekly travel tech news briefs: SITA, IATA, Fora Travel, Directo and more…
Here’s our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week. SITA SITA announced three partnerships this week. The company has signed an agreement with Matarat Holding to advance the digital transformation of airports across Saudi Arabia. The deal aims to implement scalable technologies to improve
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For as many epochs as have marked Vegas history, there have also been the dining trends that helped define them: A far cry from today’s best restaurants in Las Vegas, the chuckwagon buffets of the Western Frontier stylistic era of the late 1940s were born mainly to keep gamblers at
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9 Things You Do That Annoy Your Travel Companion
Let’s be honest: even the strongest travel partnerships can be tested somewhere between boarding group chaos and flight delays. Whether you’re jetting off with your partner, best friend, sibling, or coworker, it’s shockingly easy to become “that person” on a trip — you know, the one who hogs chargers, fiddles
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