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Month: June 2024

The TSA Has Been Spying on You (And Worse)

An incredible, unsettling report from the ACLU , using the documents obtained from the TSA, details patterns of racial and religious profiling, dubious tactics, and shaky science in that agency’s behavior detection program. The report is based on the TSA’s own materials, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, which “show the evolution of the behavior detection
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Cheap Transatlantic Fares Could Be Coming to Your City Soon

If you’re looking for yet another reason to cross the Atlantic, WOW Air just gave you one: The Icelandic-based airline is expanding low transatlantic fares and “second city” air routes. Cheap Transatlantic Fares from WOW Air WOW Air currently offers flights to Montreal, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and New York from various European
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Is Uber a Force for Good, or for Evil?

Computing the Social Value of Uber. (It’s High.) That’s the headline of a recent Bloomberg article that attempts to put Uber, both the company and the ride-share business model generally, into the perspective of overall economic gains or losses for society. Does Uber, in other words, have a positive or negative value to society? Based
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Official Rules: SmarterTravel Summer Book Photo Contest

What better way to spend your summer than with your favorite beach read? And we want to know what you’re reading! We’ve teamed up with Random House to launch a special photo contest, one with great prizes for nine finalists and one grand-prize winner. To enter, simply post a photo with or of your favorite
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The Best Pizza in the U.S. Isn’t in New York

Just when you thought the Boston vs. New York City rivalry couldn’t get any more heated, TripAdvisor (SmarterTravel’s parent company) released a controversial study stating that Regina Pizzeria, located in Boston’s Little Italy neighborhood, is the best pizza restaurant in the U.S. The travel website analyzed millions of reviews for pizzerias, scoring restaurants on the
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The Best Travel Gifts Under $50 (2016 Edition)

You don’t have to spend a ton to impress all of the travelers on your holiday shopping list. This year, many of the top gadgets, necessities, and comfort items all cost less than $50. Here are the best of the best. Affordable Travel Gifts for the 2016 Holidays Note: Prices are subject to change after
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10 Wallet-Friendly and Most-Searched Destinations for 2018

Kayak is out with its Travel Hacker Guide for 2018 , led by its list of the top trending destinations for 2018. There aren’t any out-of-left-field locales—they’re all pretty well-known destinations—but they have “the greatest percent increase in searches year over year.” The Most-Searched Destinations for 2018 Maui Barcelona Bali Amsterdam Lisbon Las Vegas Madrid
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EU Recommends Reinstating Travel Restrictions on U.S. Tourists

With COVID-19 cases surging across the globe, the European Union (EU) has just officially recommended that all member states reinstate travel restrictions for tourists from six countries, including the United States. Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, and the Republic of North Macedonia have also been removed from the E.U.’s safe list. The travel restriction recommendation from
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Why Turkey Suspended Travel Visas for Americans

The U.S. and Turkey are engaged in an escalating war of words and visa regulations, and travelers are caught in the middle. As it stands today, American tourists without a travel visa to visit Turkey can’t get one. Aydan Karamanoglu, a spokesman for the Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C., told the New York Times that “right
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