Author: Sophia Rodriguez
Travelers tell us about their favorite unexpected destinations When you visit a new place, you probably go into it with an idea in your mind of what to expect. And there's nothing like traveling somewhere and having your expectations blown away. So I asked the BuzzFeed community to tell me about a destination they loved more than they expected. Here's what they had to say, along with some responses from travel-loving redditors. 1. “Moab, Utah. We stayed for a week. Each day had a spectacular day road trip. The scenery in Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park was beyond…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) – Southeast Missouri veterans who had trouble accessing or applying for benefits now have free help thanks to a local assistance program.Tigers for Troops is a program with the University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Affairs Clinic. It helps bridge the gap for Perryville veterans who are having issues with VA disability claims, discharge upgrades, VA health care, and more.Martha Bradley Klein-Hesselink is an attorney at the University of Missouri School of Law's Veterans Affairs Clinic. She said rural counties in Missouri don't often get the veterans benefits they need.”The fact that we're able to…
Spring break is one of the busiest times of the year for air travel from Milwaukee. Mitchell International Airport officials say more than 250,000 passengers are expected to depart this month on jets from the region, escaping the mild Midwest winter in search of the real deal. “On these peak Saturdays, the airline offers 26 nonstop flights to Florida destinations, plus 10 more to other warm-weather destinations,” said Airport Director Brian Dranczyk. It is operating,” he said. The peak number of tourists is expected to be from March 23rd to March 30th. The parking lot at the privately owned FastPark…
[EXCLUSIVE] There was a time not too long ago when the future of travel seemed bleak. Anthony Capuano, President and CEO of Marriott International [MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL] With ever-evolving technology connecting everyone everywhere, spending hours in crowded airports and planes crammed with screaming babies seemed like an unnecessary hassle. Even Bill Gates hypothesized that more than 50 percent of business travel would disappear in the post-corona era. He couldn't have been more wrong. Marriott International, the world's largest hospitality company, reported a record year in 2023, posting a 31% year-over-year increase in net income to $3.08 billion and adding more than…
In the most recent trading session, Allegiant Travel (ALGT) closed at $67.61, adjusting +0.84% from previous closing price. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which fell 0.65% on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.49%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.96%.The company's stock has fallen 18.39% over the past month, lagging the Transportation sector's gain of 1.47% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.27%.Analysts and investors alike will be keeping an eye on Allegiant Travel's performance in its upcoming earnings release. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to be $1.29, down 57.57% from the same…
Oh my god What's happening up in the sky?The incident appears to have started in January, when a Boeing 737 MAX 9 operated by Alaska Airlines had its door plug blown in mid-air. Subsequent investigations led to a series of revelations about a shaky safety culture at Boeing and its contractors. Then came the ominous headlines. Just this month, a wheel fell off a United Airlines jetliner after taking off from San Francisco. Flames erupted from the engine of a United Airlines flight departing from Houston, Texas. In Houston, another United Airlines flight veered off the runway during landing. A…
When traveling for work, you’d think that bringing your work laptop around and using it like normal would be harmless. However, using your company-issued machine while traveling may pose some unexpected blockers. For example, connecting to an unprotected public Wi-Fi network in a coffee shop may put sensitive company data at risk. If you’re on a business trip, you may find that certain sites you regularly visit for work are geo-blocked. These are some of the challenges employees face when working on the go. This is where virtual private networks, or VPNs, come in. VPNs are software that encrypt your…
New research shows that younger travelers, Gen Z and Millennials, are putting more thought into their travel plans when looking for great deals and traveling further afield for experiences and events. Ta.Audrey Hendry, president of American Express Travel, joins Yahoo Finance Live to share her perspective on travel booking as younger generations explore more traditional means of adventure, such as relying on travel agents. I am.“Like everything else, the role of the travel agent is modernizing. These customers are turning to travel agents because… they want to go farther, they want to do bigger expedition-type trips. Because it's tied to…
DAYTON, Ohio — A very special STEM-equipped van has been making the rounds across Ohio for the past week. This is an opportunity for students from kindergarten to high school to experience hands-on learning outside of the classroom. What you need to know STEM on-the-go van crosses Ohio and stops in Dayton High school chief science officer spends the day in a van at Sinclair Community College. Mobile classrooms are equipped with new technology such as 3D printers, laser cutters, laptops, and processing machines. For high school students Myla Stanley and Jaden Fritz, stepping into a mobile STEM-equipped digital fabrication/machining…
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Artist of the Year Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival They come from far away. What are the alternatives to mobile civic centers? And perhaps this year they'll come from further afield than ever before. “I'm in a VW pop-up camper (1983) and I've been driving 55 mph up here,” said Ileana Fowler, a North Carolina native visiting Fairhope for the first time. “Some people use a wooden bowl and a few pens. All I do is a pen and pencil.” For people like Ilyana Skrobaskak, who says, “I'm from Knoxville, Tennessee,” by way of Bulgaria, that…