Harriet Baskas

Should Americans start scrambling to make embassy appointments for visas before grabbing those cheap airfares to Europe for summer travel?

April offers plenty of free or low-cost deals and adventures to help you take your mind off any impending tax bills and start enjoying spring.

Is an unwelcoming political climate really creating a “Trump Slump” in the annual $250 billion business and leisure travel industry in the U.S.?

Cruise lines, tour operators, travel agents and others in the travel industry are figuring out how Trump’s changes will affect American business in Cuba.

The next total solar eclipse over North America won’t take place until 2024, so umbraphiles should find a viewing spot asap!

Flexible cancellation policies mean you can take advantage of savings now, for future travel.

International travel “is going to be a hodgepodge this summer,” said one travel expert.

“It’s revenge travel with a hint of ‘the world may close down again so let’s go now,’” one travel agent said of her most determined clients.

Business travel is clawing its way back to 2019 levels as Covid-19 concerns largely recede. But as tighter abortion restrictions and anti-LGBTQ laws proliferate, some employers and event organizers are weighing a new set of threats to employees’ safety outside the office. Dozens of states have slashed abortion access since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and more than 180 bills restricting LGBTQ rights are advancing in statehouses nationwide. Many such moves have drawn criticism on pol…

Last Thursday the State Department advised travelers from the U.S. to “exercise increased caution” worldwide because of the Israel-Hamas war, citing “the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests.” The warning “means what it says,” said Jeffrey Price, an aviation security expert and professor of aviation and aerospace science at Metropolitan State University of Denver. “Don’t go to areas where they are actively capturing or killing U.S…