Travel

Justin Perry was planning a one-night stay in London for early February and booked a room on what he thought was his chosen hotel’s website. It was only after getting a reservation confirmation that he realized he’d used a third-party platform — which charged him $155.92 in service fees on …

If you’re checking a bag for an American Airlines flight, expect to pay more. The carrier has announced it is raising its checked bag fee by $10, from $30 to $40, for bags checked at the airport. For luggage checked online through American’s website, the fee is increasing from $30 …

A guest aboard a nine-month Royal Caribbean cruise around the globe has died, the company said Tuesday.  “A guest sailing on board Serenade of the Seas has sadly passed away,” a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said in a statement. Details on the passenger and the circumstances of the death were not …

LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark for more than six decades, is shutting its doors in the spring to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium that will be home to the relocating Oakland Athletics. Bally’s Corp. made the announcement Monday, saying the closure on April …

The conservative media ecosystem is piggybacking on Americans’ fascination with air travel to stir up opposition to corporate diversity programs, an effort that may raise the salience of culture war issues at the start of the 2024 election year even as their claims are largely based on false or misleading …

A shark bit a 10-year-old Maryland boy who was on vacation in the Bahamas on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The attack unfolded at about 4 p.m. EST on Paradise Island as the boy was “participating in an expedition in a Shark Tank at a local resort,” according to a statement …

More than 1,800 flights within, to or out of the United States were canceled Tuesday as extreme winter weather continued to wreak havoc for travelers. Data from the tracking group FlightAware also showed more than 4,700 U.S. flights were delayed as of Tuesday afternoon. Southwest Airlines saw the most cancellations …

Consumers who got a taste of higher-end amenities during the last couple years’ travel boom aren’t too keen to go back to basic economy, and the travel industry doesn’t want them to. “If ‘revenge travel’ was then, emboldened travel is now,” said Erika Richter, a spokesperson for the American Society …

The Federal Aviation Administration announced an investigation into Boeing after an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing when a door plug fell off the fuselage midair. “This incident should have never happened and it cannot happen again,” the FAA said in a statement Thursday. The administration said it notified …

Alaska and United airlines announced additional cancellations in the wake of the nationwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. In a statement on its website Wednesday, Alaska Airlines said all flights originally scheduled to be operated on 737 Max 9 aircraft would be canceled through Saturday while it conducts …