Are you planning a camping trip this summer? Many national parks will be crowded or may be completely full, but log on to Recreation.gov, a site run by the U.S. National Park Service, for updated availability. FreeCampsites.net can help you locate a place to pitch a tent on public land, as well as at state...

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  Congratulations to this week’s photo winner, Danny Sangil! Danny writes, “On our recent family vacation in Rome in May 2026,  we’ve come across this fearless seagull on top of the Palatine Hill with the Colosseum, the Arch of Titus and the Roman Forum in the background. Seagulls have become the unofficial feathered rulers of...

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This week on The Travel Detective: Many of you may have heard about the legendary Danube River. In fact, some of you may have even traveled on it between places like Vienna and Budapest. But then there’s the lesser-known Danube. It goes to places like Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, all the way out to the Black...

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The cost of airline tickets and hotel rooms is much higher this year, and the latest study has revealed the most expensive destinations for 2026. Coming in at number one: Greenland, with average flight tickets costing more than $1,300. It’s followed by French Polynesia, Antarctica, and the Maldives. The same research indicated that more than...

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This week’s broadcast of Peter Greenberg Worldwide is from the American Society of Travel Advisors’ Annual Conference at the Gaylord Resort in Chula Vista, California. Peter has all the travel updates as airfares continue to skyrocket and show no signs of coming back down to earth. And why is every plane still full? At the same time,...

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Looking for a different place to stay the next time you travel? Then consider the golden age of rail travel, but these trains are parked. A number of historic rail cars are now being converted into hotels. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hotel Chalet lets you sleep in one of 12 refurbished rail cars. In Indianapolis, the...

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The scene repeats too often: you arrive at your departing airport only to find your airline lounge has no room, limits your time, or the gate area is already crowded. So where do you go? A growing number of airports are now adding outdoor terraces and open-air spaces that any ticketed passenger can use for...

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Congratulations to this week’s winner, R K Cohen! Cohen writes, “Here is a beautiful picture of the rising sun before a 3.1 mile run in Chesapeake Beach on Saturday May 9, 2026. It shows the combination of mixed spaces, such as the new resort, sitting beside common family housing.” For a chance at being next...

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When most of you think of the word hostel, you’re automatically thinking of roughing it, spending the night on an uncomfortable cot, and sharing bathroom facilities. But a growing number of hostels are going upscale and at reasonable prices. Generator Hostels operates in 11 European cities, with hostels featuring private rooms, pillow-top mattresses, individual lighting,...

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Sometimes the hardest part of any journey is getting to and from the airport, and mass transit options remain few and far between. But a growing number of U.S. airports now have direct train connections into the city right from the terminal. In Atlanta, MARTA picks you up inside the terminal and drops you downtown...

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This week on The Travel Detective, if you’re like me, you believe there are only two kinds of airline bags: carry-on and lost. So where do those lost bags end up? A lot of them travel to a small town in Alabama where the bags and their contents are all for sale. I’m going to...

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In every major city across the world, you’re practically guaranteed to find at least three great art museums. But in some places, you don’t have to buy a ticket or push through the crowds to see great art. You don’t even have to step inside, because the city itself has become the canvas.

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The next time you land in a city where you’ve never been before, what’s one of the best sources of local information? It’s the public library, and in many cases, these libraries have become destinations in and of themselves. They offer free Wi-Fi and workspaces too. In Kansas City, the central library is a restored...

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This week’s broadcast of Peter Greenberg Worldwide is from the U.S. Travel Association’s annual global summit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I’ll break down what the proposed MOU with Iran means to travel and travelers. Will airline ticket prices drop? A look at the worldwide inflection point of travel. Geoff Freeman, President & CEO of the...

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Are you traveling to Europe? They are not just great walking cities, but a growing number of these cities now let you see the destination by literally jumping in the water. It’s all part of something called blue infrastructure, where municipalities are opening up busy waterways for swimmers. In northeast Paris, you’ll find the Bassin...

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