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The Best and Worst Airports for Christmas Travel 2019

You know going into it that Christmas travel can be exasperating: crowds and winter weather often do not play well together. But some trips are worse than others, so Treetopia dug through Department of Transportation data to identify the best and worst airports, routes, and days for Christmas travel, based on the number and length
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Is Tipping Coming to Uber?

Part of what has made Uber the undisputed leader in ride-share services is its no-tipping policy. As recently as a year ago, the following promise was featured front and center on the company’s website: “No cash, no tip, no hassle … When you arrive at your destination, just hop out—we’ll automatically charge the credit card
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That NRA Travel Discount? Check, It Might Be Gone

If you’re a member of the National Rifle Association, you may have gotten accustomed to enjoying member discounts from a number of prominent travel suppliers. If you check today, you’ll find that most of those NRA partner companies are no longer listed on the NRA website. The change closely follows February 14, the day a
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Amazon Explore: Amazon Enters the (Virtual) Travel Game

Ever wish you could Amazon Prime yourself to an exciting new destination? You can’t ship yourself around the world for free (yet) but Amazon is betting that you’ll pay to travel virtually via their new Explore service. Amazon Explore is an interactive livestreaming service featuring experiences from all over the world. The experiences are usually
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The 11 Best Grocery Delivery and Alcohol Delivery Services

The dilemma—you need food or drinks, but you don’t want to leave home to make it happen. These grocery, alcohol, and takeout delivery services are here to save the day. Editor’s Note: With the current COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to limit physical interactions. Most of the sites listed below now offer “no-contact”
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Airfares Have Hit a Record Low Average, U.S. Government Says

The no-frills “Basic Economy” airfares many travelers have come to hate (or maybe love, depending who you are) seem to be working in at least one way: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics says that average airfares in the U.S. were $343.28 in the third quarter of 2018, which is a record
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Travelers to DOT: No Inflight Calls, Please!

To all appearances, the hot-button issue of inflight phone calls has been settled. If you’ve flown on a U.S. carrier lately, you’ve almost certainly heard no one yakking on a cellphone or other mobile device while airborne, and you might well assume that there’s an outright ban on inflight calling. Indeed, the Association of Flight
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Lufthansa Pilots Strike (Again), Could Cause Headaches

Lufthansa pilots are striking for the 14th time since 2014 in their attempt to extract better wages from the carrier. According to USA Today ,”Lufthansa has grounded more than 1,700 flights on Tuesday [the 29th] and Wednesday [the 30th],” with Tuesday’s cancellations mostly impacting routes within Germany. Many of the 890 flights cancelled for Wednesday are expected to
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