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Australia’s Working Holiday visa: what to know if you are making plans for 2023
4 min read • Jan 17, 2023
Changes have come to the Australian working-holiday-visa program, with more on the way. Here’s all you need to know about this option in 2023.
- national parks
- activities
US national parks will be free to enter on Martin Luther King Jr Day
3 min read • Jan 13, 2023
National parks around the USA will be free to enter on Monday, January 16, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day .
- museums
- art and culture
North Carolina aviation museum renamed for Captain Sullenberger
3 min read • Jan 12, 2023
Named after Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the new title salutes the pilot and the entire crew who safely landed U.S. Airways flight 1549.
- food and drink
- food
The best restaurant in the world is closing. Why fine dining is becoming unsustainable
5 min read • Jan 12, 2023
With the announced closure of noma, it seems an era of international fine dining is also ending. What’s next for the food scene?
- archaeology
- art and culture
See inside one of Pompeii's grandest villas as it reopens for the first time in 20 years
4 min read • Jan 12, 2023
After being buried under rubble for nearly two millennia, Pompeii's House of the Vettii has reopened to the public following 20 years of restoration work.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
A reason to travel to Croatia in 2023: meet the eurozone’s newest member
4 min read • Jan 11, 2023
Croatia is a traveler’s paradise loaded with culture, history, beaches and incredible landscapes. And accessing it all just became more hassle-free.
- hiking
- activities
What to expect at the USA’s national parks in 2023
8 min read • Jan 10, 2023
Read about which national parks require reservations, when you can get in for free, what to bring with you and much more.
- national parks
- activities
Save the date: Here's when the most popular US National Parks permits go online
9 min read • Jan 9, 2023
If you want an epic experience at one of the US National Parks, set calendar alerts for these dates.
- skiing
- activities
Ski slopes in Europe forced to close early - here's where travelers are impacted
5 min read • Jan 6, 2023
Warm weather and heavy rain across the continent have caused the closure of ski runs and lift all across Europe. Here’s all you need to know.
- train travel
- destination practicalities
Travel from London to Berlin on a new night train – with breakfast on board
3 min read • Jan 4, 2023
Passengers can soon travel from London to Berlin on a cross-border night train service.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
7 interesting places around the world that will pay you to move there
4 min read • Jan 4, 2023
If you're fed up with your hometown and find yourself fantasising about a fresh start, these places will pay you to relocate there.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
3 major changes shaking up travel for Americans in 2023
3 min read • Dec 30, 2022
Rules are changing for travelers again in 2023, and new systems are being put in place to make travel easier.
- air travel
- destination practicalities
Bomb cyclone: How the winter storm might impact travel to the United States
3 min read • Dec 22, 2022
With a severe winter storm predicted to hit the United States, here's what you should know if you plan to travel.
- air travel
- destination practicalities
What does France’s short-haul-flight ban mean for travelers?
4 min read • Dec 15, 2022
A much-debated ban on domestic flights within France will finally be rolled out in 2023. What does it mean for travelers?
- digital nomad
- connections
Spain’s new digital nomad visa: 6 perfect places for remote workers
5 min read • Dec 15, 2022
With Spain introducing a new digital-nomad visa, here are six of the most incredible places in the country for remote workers.
- air travel
- destination practicalities
UK airports to streamline security as they phase out liquid rules
3 min read • Dec 15, 2022
Passengers will no longer have to take liquids and laptops out of their carry-on bags under new rules coming into force for UK airports.
- health safety
- destination practicalities
Indonesia makes sex outside marriage a crime - what it means for visitors
4 min read • Dec 8, 2022
The Indonesian Parliament has just passed a sweeping and restrictive new law concerning sexual behavior. Here’s everything travelers need to know.
- tips and advice
- destination practicalities
As the world’s largest active volcano erupts in Hawaii, here’s what travelers need to know
3 min read • Nov 28, 2022
Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawai‘i began spewing ash and debris into the air on Sunday.
- national parks
- activities
Yosemite suspends its reservation system - but will overcrowding return?
4 min read • Nov 22, 2022
Yosemite National Park announced that the reservation policy for summer day use will be suspended in 2023.
- skiing
- activities
Everything you need to know about planning a last-minute North American ski trip
6 min read • Nov 15, 2022
We'll show you how procrastinators are (finally!) rewarded when planning a last-minute ski trip.
- wildlife and nature
- activities
Heading to a national park? The NPS wants you to keep toads out of your mouth
3 min read • Nov 15, 2022
The US National Park Service issued an unusual request to visitors: Please stop licking Sonoran Desert toads.
- train travel
- destination practicalities
Explore Germany for less than €50 a month in 2023 (slowly)
4 min read • Nov 7, 2022
You can use busses, trains, and trams in Germany for less than €50 per month.