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With the deluge of cherry blossoms and sake pretty much over in Japan, they’re looking ahead to their collection of summer festivals (and sake drinking).
One of the most famous is the Gion Matsuri held every July in Kyoto. Although the festival itself officially runs all month, the day you want to be there is July […]

The Ring, Vienna’s newest 5-star hotel with 68 luxurious rooms presents, “Explore Vienna at Night”. An exclusive hotel special offering a fabulous way to experience the Capital of Austria.

No matter if you like to party, dance or just relax in trendy bars, we have the right “Vienna at night” programme for you! There are many […]

Let’s face it, pretty soon every airline will charge for a second checked bag, and then they’ll probably all raise the fee.
JetBlue will begin charging $20 for a second checked bag for passengers traveling after June 1. No word if this fee is retroactive to tickets purchaed before then for travel after the effective date, […]

After spending four days on Aruba combing Palm Beach, getting rubbed down at the Larimar Spa, exploring the Aruban outback, and drinking rum punch at the island’s best dive bar, it’s high time for a fancy meal on the beach.
If it’s fresh fish you’re after then head to the Flying Fishbone in the seaside neighborhood […]

Got your spaceflight booked yet with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic? They’re still saying the first space tourist flights should take off next year at a cost of $200,000–or two million frequent flier points.
Initially, the suborbital space flights will blast off from the Californian desert, but if the government of South Australia has any say in […]

If you’re a regular reader of the weekly trashy tabloids (not that we are or anything), then the name Fred Segal should be very familiar to you. It’s the trendy store where celebrities are always spotted buying new clothes, catching a bite to eat and staging some convenient photo ops.
Now, there are actually two Fred […]

Turns out the United States doesn’t have a monopoly on intimidating border technology. Passengers arriving in the UK will be met by automated face scanners starting this summer. Spooky.
The system will only work for UK and EU citizens with biometric passports–everyone else will have to stick to the regular immigration checks. Officials say the machines […]

Everyone’s got ‘em — exit row seats, that is — but as we’ve learned, each airline’s rules for getting them, FAA restrictions aside, are a lot like you and me. (Completely unique!) Note that the following was accurate at time of publication, but with airlines scrambling for every “ancillary” dollar they can get, new fees […]

Jake Gyllenhaal caught a flight at LAX this week looking… well, just like any other guy taking a leisure trip. (Perhaps with slightly nicer jeans?) Darn it, Jake, we’ve been admiring you from afar since “Donnie Darko” and you can’t even be bothered to tell us your favorite baseball team via hat?
Gyllenhaal just wrapped the […]

We already knew The Simpsons Ridewould be green, and now we’ve gotten a look inside. Set to open on May 15, the ride has been going through previews at Universal Orlando, and reports on what to expect are already leaking out.
The theme park obsessives at Orlando United have a super-detailed rundown of every aspect of […]