A “potentially historic” storm is heading for the central U.S. this week, and it could drop up to two feet of snow from Colorado to Minnesota. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued b... Read more
When I was a child, my grandfather Alfred Downes often spoke about the 128-day journey that he took in 1949 aboard the Pamir. The famous four-masted barque, a German Flying P-Liner ship, was... Read more
Amazing Week 2019: the “Music Festival” Experience! New Tribe Offer for Multi generational Families. Having the choice of a seafront view or a room in the heart of the pinewood.... Read more
The debt-swamped Indian airline Jet Airways has canceled all of its international flights onr Friday. According to its own website, flights scheduled to depart today from Delhi to Singapore,... Read more
A humanitarian ship carrying 64 migrants is stuck in the Mediterranean Sea after both Malta and Italy refused them entry, setting the scene for another standoff between EU member states. The... Read more
Tenants deal with many types of documents before moving into a new home. There are forms, as well as the tenancy contract, to sign and identification papers to submit. Soon, the cumbersome p... Read more
In early March, travellers from across Mongolia head to the northernmost part of the country bordering Russia’s Siberia. Braving the winter freeze—that sometimes falls below minus 50 degrees... Read more
China has blocked millions of “discredited” travellers from buying plane or train tickets as part of the country’s controversial “social credit” system aimed at improving the behaviour of ci... Read more
There will always be a demand for travel agents. That doesn’t mean you will use one to book most of your trips though. Here are several reasons why you won’t use a travel agency.... Read more
If you’re like many budget travelers, you probably started booking your own trips yourself online in the early 2000s and thought travel agents went extinct. That’s actually the f... Read more