United expands its fleet and shrinks your seat
United is buying more planes, adjusting its fleet mix, and squeezing in more seats—to get the "right mix" to cover its routes. What is means for you...
March 2016
App for Skipping Passport lines at Dallas/Fort Worth available
App for skipping passport lines now available at Dallas / Fort Worth international Airport.
Allegiant takes on biggest expansion
Allegiant, one of the 'ultra-low-cost' carriers, is taking its biggest single-shot expansion, with three new cities and 22 new routes, including some from its existing cities. Adding Santa Rosa, CA, Albuquerque and Evansville, IN brings the carrier to a total of 114 cities. The additions come only weeks after Allegiant added Baltimore and El Paso. The recent additions mark a change for Allegiant, which formerly focused on a group of core cities, and avoided competing at the largest airports.
Museum find: GE's 'missing' electric car
Long forgotten except in Schenectady's science museum, the little GE electric car that could, long before Prius and Tesla. Here's its story.
March 9, 2016: Beauty of Fall Foliage in New York City
Samantha's fall visit to New York City hit the well-known attractions, but she also took the time (and pictures) to notice the fall foliage at Rockefeller Center.
France tops Italy in pizza eating? Oh, my!
A startling study places France above Italy in per-capita pizza eating, with burgers rising, too. The study adds some more and suggests some reasons.
New app checks you in while you sleep
Lufthansa sponsors a new website that will quickly check you in to your flight, grab your good seats and send your boarding pass...automatically.
Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#157)
A new week, a new puzzle. Play along with daily clues and see if you can figure out where Gumbo is.
Mar. 8, 2016: Corbiere Lighthouse, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Lighthouse - Corbiere, with granite shoreline. Jersey Channel Islands, UK
Ergonomic pillow kicks off funding on World Sleep Day
Woollip designs inflatable pillow for airline passengers
Have your World Heritage and eat it, too!
Italy has submitted papers for Neapolitan pizza to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage on the list of "intangible" cultural assets.
Six Flags adds scary VR to roller coasters
Six Flags is adding a new wrinkle to stomach-churning roller coasters: a VR experience that puts riders into the air with Superman and other adventures.
Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi (Where Gumbo was, #156)
The solution to this past week's travel puzzle is Gandhi Smriti -- the home in New Delhi where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
March 7, 2016: Changing of the Guard at Norway's Royal Palace
You can get an up close view for the Changing of the Guard at the Royal Palace in Oslo.
Viking launches new boats despite slowdown
With six new ships launched this week and another coming, Viking River Cruises is on its way to its goal of a 100-ship fleet, despite some slowdown in demand.