On just about any flight you’ve ever taken, the scene on the jetway as you and your fellow passengers deplane is a familiar one – everyone doing a Frankenstein-esque walk as they try to shake…
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This Week in Travel and Health
Frommer’s lives! Last week came the depressing news that Google, which had purchased the rights to the ubiquitous Frommer’s Travel Guides last year, would stop printing the books, and that the content would exist in…
This Week in Travel and Health
Another week, another nightmare for the cruise industry. Two nightmares actually, including one on board the inappropriately named Carnival Dream. Just one month after one of its cruise ships was crippled in the Gulf of…
Global Citizens Arise! Association Offers Members Health and Safety Resources
As sponsor of the Healthy Travel Blog, the Global Citizens Associaiton is dedicated to promoting safe and healthy international travel. Now GCA has launched a new website with authoritative, destination-specific advice and special services such…
This Week in Travel and Health
We’re all here on this page because we share a love of traveling, but we also understand that traveling can be very challenging. From exhaustion to inconvenience to downright danger, visiting your dream destination can…
This Week in Travel and Health
Before we look back at the week that was, let’s look ahead to the weekend that will be. And this coming weekend will be spent trapped indoors, ideally in front of a roaring fire. Before…
The Future of Travel: The Aerotropolis
Meet George Jetson. He apparently lives in Songdo, South Korea. Songdo is a new kind of city being built pretty much from scratch right next to the Incheon International Airport, outside of Seoul. It’s a…
This Week in Travel and Health
As we come to the end of 2012, it’s time to reflect on a year that has been remarkable in many ways. From a travel perspective, 2012 has been the most active year ever –…
Healthy Travel Trends for 2013
Despite plenty of uncertainty around the globe, 2012 has been a robust year for travel, with more than one billion people crossing international borders this year. It seems the era of the staycation is over….
Global Climate Change and Travel
You’re traveling, and one of the very first questions you’re going to ask is “how’s the weather there?” And the answer to the question is “not as stable as it used to be.” Scientists assure…



