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Heavy snow blankets parts of the US during busy holiday travel weekend

December 1, 202488 Views

The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, and numbing cold and heavy snow were forecast to persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions. The heavy snow led to a state of emergency declaration in parts of New York and a disaster declaration in Pennsylvania, with officials warning of dangerous conditions for Thanksgiving travelers trying to return home. “Travel will be extremely difficult and hazardous this weekend, especially in areas where multiple feet of snow may accumulate very quickly,” the National Weather Service said. Part of I-90 in Pennsylvania was closed, as were westbound lanes of the New York Thruway heading toward Penn...

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Record 80 million Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving holiday

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November 21, 202493 Views

Americans are expected to set a new record for Thanksgiving travel, with nearly 80 million to hit the roads, catch flights and board cruises over the holiday period, travel group AAA said on Monday. About 1.7 million more people will travel this year from Tuesday, Nov. 26 to Monday, Dec. 2, compared to a similar period in 2023. Although staffing and aircraft shortages have capped the airline industry's ability to ramp up capacity during the holidays in previous years, a record number of Americans are expected to fly to their destinations this year. American Airlines plans to shuttle 8.3 million passengers from Nov. 21 to Dec. 3, about 500,000 more customers than last year. Delta Air Lines said it is expecting a record 6.5 million passengers over a 12-day period, a 5% ye...

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30 percent of travelers likely to use ai to plan holiday travel

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November 1, 2024136 Views

With a potentially record-setting holiday travel season kicking into high gear, 30% of travelers say they are likely to use AI to plan or assist with their travel planning this year. This finding comes from a survey of more than 1,000 travelers conducted by leading travel publisher Matador Network, which launched the free AI travel genius GuideGeek last year. The survey found that of the growing portion of travelers who have already used AI for travel, two thirds (66.6%) plan to use AI for travel planning this holiday season. Overall, younger travelers (Millennial and Gen Z) are almost 50 percent (48.1%) more likely than older travelers (Gen X, Baby Boomer) to use AI for holiday travel this year. More than a quarter of travelers said they plan to use AI to help plan their holiday va...

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Six ways to ease jet lag

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May 10, 2024289 Views

Holiday makers facing jet lag should get back to their normal routines to help get their sleeping schedule back on track. The experts at Online-Bedrooms.co.uk have revealed six of the best ways to beat jet lag after a holiday. Travelling to different time zones can mess with our sleep and leave us feeling fatigued when we get home. Getting back into a normal routine is crucial for fighting jet lag and experts advise trying to adjust to time zones as soon as you land. Nic Shacklock at Online-Bedrooms said: “It’s important to try and adjust to the new time zone as soon as you land back home. One of the biggest mistakes people make after a trip abroad is not sleeping when they get home because they don’t feel tired and vice versa. “Following your local time zone is the quickest ...

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Holiday travel peaks in Europe despite security warnings

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December 23, 2023523 Views

Travel within Europe in the busy holiday season is exceeding 2022 levels, despite security warnings from authorities around Europe as consumers remain determined to enjoy holidays, prolonging the post-pandemic travel boom. Christmas markets and popular tourist sites in cities such as Munich and Paris have been bustling lately, albeit with strong security presences, as holiday travel within the European Union and including Britain was set to climb 22% above 2022 levels, according to travel data firm ForwardKeys. The spike has been driven by continued post-pandemic demand, executives and analysts said, with some people only travelling to see their families for Christmas this year for the first time since the pandemic. People stroll past Christmas lights and decorations at the outdo...

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Holiday travel boom here to stay

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August 4, 2023572 Views

The boom in holiday travel shows no signs of ending, German airline group Lufthansa said on Thursday, as advance bookings for this winter and next year were already a double-digit percentage above the year-earlier level. The outlook will underscore optimism in the tourism and airline sector that the recovery in demand that started last year after COVID-19 lockdowns may be more permanent, as people splurge on experiences rather than goods. "Demand will remain exceptionally strong for the foreseeable future," Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told journalists during a conference call as the group published better-than-expected quarterly profits. Concerns have grown that the surge in demand - and resulting strong earnings - could lose momentum in the autumn season as high ...

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Threat of ‘bomb cyclone’ looms large over US holiday travel

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December 21, 20221063 Views

A powerful winter storm is expected to blanket a large swath of the United States with bitterly cold weather, heavy snowfall and life-threatening wind chills starting on Wednesday, complicating holiday travel plans for millions of Americans. Heavy snowfall and low visibility from a strong winter storm blanketing Pacific Canada has already forced the Canada's second busiest airport in Vancouver to halt all flights on Tuesday morning, with disruptions expected to continue ahead of the Christmas weekend. The same storm is expected to bring the nasty weather to a large swath of the United States, extending from the Northwest and Great Plains southeast into the Appalachians. It will likely lead to flight delays and impassable roadways during one of the busiest travel periods of the y...

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Flying these holidays will cost more this year

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November 14, 2022835 Views

Airfares in October across US were up 43% from a year earlier People, specially in US, still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock. Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Travel experts say the best deals for airfares and hotels are already gone. On social media, plenty of travelers think they are being gouged. It’s an understandable sentiment when government data shows that airfares in October were up 43% from a year earlier, and U.S. airlines reported a combined profit of more than $2.4 billion in the third quarter. File Photo: A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off at Chicago's Midway Intern...

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Tourists flock back to France over summer after pandemic

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August 29, 2022248 Views

Despite cost-of-living fears, heatwaves and wildfires, France's tourism industry rebounded in a big way this summeras local and foreign holidaymakers poured in after a two-year slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism Minister Olivia Gregoire told a news conference that preliminary data showed the summer of 2022 had been "exceptional", with 35 million French people going on holidays, or seven out of 10 compared with about 60% last year. FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, France, July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier In 2019 France was the most visited country in the world, attracting nearly 90 million foreign tourists. "We want to remain the number one destination in the world," Gregoire said. Credit card spending during the summer rose 10...

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Holiday travel plans in flux amidst Omicron risk

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December 22, 2021575 Views

Americans are facing a second Christmas of upended holiday plans, with a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the now-dominant Omicron variant forcing some people to cancel their travel and fret about whether it is safe to visit loved ones. Carmen Rivera and her fiancee Jasmine Maisonet made the painful decision to cancel their flights to visit family in Florida and Puerto Rico after Maisonet was exposed to an infected co-worker and tested positive for COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: A traveler walks through O'Hare International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Rivera, a newly elected city council member in Renton, Washington, hasn't seen her family in Puerto Rico since the start of the pandemic. With the la...