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A high-wire family adventure in the Swiss Alps

There was definitely a goat in our bedroom. As the wind rattled the wooden shutters above the mattresses on the floor, where my partner and I and our two-year-old lay huddled, I woke with a start, searching the darkness for the creature whose bleats had interrupted my sleep. We were in the centre of Switzerland, in the mountains above Engelberg, staying in a barn at Alp Oberfeld. Or – technically – above one, in a converted section of the upper...

Walkers complete Haddenham to Haddenham trek

Fundraisers make the 90-mile (145km) journey between Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire namesakes.

Who is higher up, a duke or marquis? Learn about the nobility from Bridgerton

All-inclusive Potters Resorts named top UK holiday park, according to survey

All-inclusive Potters Resorts named top UK holiday park, according to survey - Which? surveyed more than 1,700 people about their experiences at UK holiday parks in the last two years.

ScotRail warns of further disruption during drivers' pay dispute

Passengers on Monday have been advised to check their journey before they travel.

We've quit our jobs and travel the world while paying off a mortgage

A couple of high school sweethearts turned their backs on Australia to go see the world.

The best—and worst—things about living in the U.S., according to expats living here

The U.S. ranks No. 35 out of 53 countries around the world for expats.

Historic mill could be turned into new museum

The application was submitted to renovate the Grade II-listed Old Mill into a family home and museum.

Are Tuesdays still the best day to book flights? Here's what major travel platforms found.

The best day to book flights to get the cheapest prices is said to be Tuesday, but is it really? Here's what Expedia, Hopper and Google Flights found.

Bindi Irwin Hikes Up a Hill with Daughter Grace and Husband Chandler in Sweet Video: 'You've Got This'

"We're gonna get there together," the wildlife conservationist encouraged her 3-year-old daughter in the clip

Little lie derails when boss turns out to also be on flight to Bali

You could call it a white lie, but perhaps one that leads to dismissal! Indonesian Grace works as a freelancer in Europe and lied to her manager that she had an urgent hospital appointment and would be taking a day of sick leave. The 23-year-old woman is originally from Indonesia and was eager to fly back to Bali for vacation. And so to get around Friday's workday, she told her boss that she needed to see a doctor. Guess who was on that same...

PAL’s Boeing 777 bursts tires on takeoff

MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine Air Lines (PAL) flight to Los Angeles was forced to abort its takeoff after bursting several of its rear tires at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) late Friday night. According to Naia authorities, flight PR-102 was taking off at around 10:22 p.m. when the incident, known in aviation parlance as a “rejected takeoff” (RTO), occurred. In an RTO, the pilot decides to abort the takeoff after initiating the...

Rob Burrow's funeral cortege arrives at private crematorium

The former Leeds Rhinos star's funeral is being held in a private service at Pontefract Crematorium which is being attended by 161 invited guests. Burrow passed away 'peacefully' aged 41 at hospital on June 2.

Pope Francis heads to Trieste in Italy to meet migrants

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis travels to Trieste in Italy’s northeast on Sunday in a quick visit to meet migrants and celebrate an open-air mass ahead of a 12-day trip to Asia — the longest of his papacy. After Venice in April and Verona in May, the half-day trip to Trieste marks the third one within Italy this year for the 87-year-old pontiff, who has suffered increasing health problems in recent years. Since traveling to the French city of...

History's greatest watercolor artists

Watercolor is often overlooked as a medium of merit when discussing art history. And yet some of the greatest and most respected artists the world has ever known at some point applied this method of painting during their careers. And there are those whose names are in fact synonymous with this technique, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. So, who are the watercolor artists who continue to influence painting today? Click through for a portfolio of artists credited with establishing watercolor as an independent, mature, and respected painting medium.

Animal crossing: Highway bridge aims to save California's cougars

Hollywood stars aren't the only celebrities who live in the hills around Los Angeles -- Southern California's mountain lions also make their homes there and are sometimes almost as famous. Then last month, as often happens in Tinseltown, a new star was born when a Hollywood Hills resident captured images of another mountain lion before it disappeared into Griffith Park.

New hotels to boost Philippines tourism, hoteliers say

MANILA, Philippines — Putting up new hotels will help boost the Philippines’ tourism and hospitality industries, which are “slowly recovering” from the restrictions due to the COVID pandemic, according to Philippine Hotel Owners Association (PHOA) president Arthur Lopez. The group floated the idea as its goal in organizing the first Philippine Tourism and Hotel Investment Summit held at the New World Makati Hotel last June 21, Lopez said. The...

Plans to expand special school on to new site

The school, which has four sites in Northamptonshire, could take over a new building from September.

In Less Than a Decade, These Will Be the Most Affordable West Coast Cities To Live

The cost of living has been eating at Americans' savings across the country. Sticky inflation combined with exploding rates have been taking a toll on many consumers. Learn: What the Upper Middle...

One year of Sphere: dazzling illuminations, audio, livestream 'push boundaries'

The Las Vegas Sphere celebrates a year of its exosphere with a July 4 show, permanent livestream and audio. Here's what is planned.

Kazakhstan’s secret city sets sights on becoming seaside resort

PRIOZERSK, Kazakhstan — From the roof of his abandoned hotel, Alexei Vereshchagin remained certain that tourists would one day sip cocktails up there as they enjoyed the lakeside view of Priozersk — a former secret city in central Kazakhstan. Due to a lack of investment, Vereshchagin has been renovating the hotel alone — including putting in new windows in each of the 150 rooms, one by one. This mammoth task is likely to take years. READ:...

Hotels and offices are using an AI tool that scans what they throw in the trash to reduce their food waste and cut costs

Hilton has experimented with different portion sizes of fruit and smoked salmon at its breakfast buffets based on insights from AI cameras.

I'm a psychologist and here's why the bizarre act of 'rawdogging' flights, where all entertainment is ignored, actually has MAJOR mental-health benefits

'Rawdogging' flights is the act of spending a plane journey wrapped up in your own thoughts. Clips of passengers who've filmed themselves doing it have gone viral. Here's why they're on to a good thing.

America's 'sinkhole alley' where homes are in danger of collapse

'Sinkhole Alley' is notorious for the dangerous phenomenon where the ground collapses without warning - putting nearby homes and businesses at huge risk.

A New York City Airbnb host was shut down under the short-term rental law. He's now renting his basement illegally on Facebook and making crucial income after he was laid off.

A couple in Astoria, Queens, rented out their basement on Airbnb for years. New city regulations have made that illegal.

Fox makes notable mistake with graphic

If you’re teaching a child how to spell, Milwaukee might be one of the tougher American city names to lock down. But if you’re on the graphics team for Fox — or any network that covers events that are in — or involves teams/people from Milwaukee — spelling the city’s name shouldn’t be much of Read more... The post Milwaukee or Milwakee? Fox graphic doesn’t seem to know appeared first on Awful Announcing.

Why Florida’s Retirees Are Fleeing — And Where They’re Going Instead

Once considered the ideal place to live out one's golden years, Florida is quickly losing favor with retirement-aged folks. Remote workers and the wealthy are flocking to the state and driving up home...

Ryanair 'flight from hell' sees 'mass brawl between two families break out where to sit'

Passengers were seen tearing into each other on the Agadir to London Stansted flight in a row that started when a woman refused to move to accommodate a young man who wanted to sit closer to his family

Tourists in Canary Islands see boat refugees arrive daily

Are you going on vacation to Gran Canaria, Tenerife or Lanzarote this summer? Then keep in mind that many refugees, mainly from West Africa, are trying to land on the Canary Islands in order to enter Europe. The particularly risky journey by sea in often rickety boats often has disastrous consequences for many of them: almost 5,000 deaths have already occurred along West Africa in the first five months of this year. According to Spain's Interior...

Walkers take to new King Athelstan Pilgrimage route

People explore the new King Athelstan Pilgrim route across Wiltshire.

7 Items To Buy That Protect Your Travel Money (and 5 That Don’t)

According to Quote Zone, an insurance company based in the U.K., there were 478 mentions of pickpocketing per million British visitors to Italy in 2023. Even though most incidents of pickpocketing are...

Pontins voted the worst holiday resorts in country in study by Which?

It's been a staple of British holidays for almost 80 years. But Pontins has been voted the worst holiday park in the country.

4 ways Americans use credit cards to purchase and plan for the future

Explore the reasons why 82% of US adults use credit cards and how they navigate the potential rewards and risks to their financial health.

Sofia Andres' Polished Travel Looks Around the USA

Take a look at her simple and chic OOTDs.

Couple expecting first child forced to live on a bed by busy city roundabout

A Czech couple was found living at a roundabout in Cardiff even though they were expecting a child, after the expectant mother was recently turfed out of the hostel she was living in

Tourists are latest conquest of Viking fortress in Denmark

A millennium-old Danish Viking fortress is wowing tourists by offering visitors a broader view of Scandinavia's famed marauders. "The Vikings are supposed to be primitive marauders and this doesn't seem like primitive marauders," archaeologist Soren Sindbaek said.

Budget airline tip could save holidaymakers last-minute cash with unique method for booking baggage

Money Saving Expert has shared some handy hacks to save money on summer getaways including the best time to add cabin bags to a flight booking and when to pay in euros

The United Nations Gastronomy Tourism Forum in Cebu Explored the Power of Food-Focused Travel

As we learned, there's more to gastronomy tourism than sating one's appetite and wanderlust.

Explore the Flavors of the Philippines at Kultura Crawl

Celebrate Kultura's 20th anniversary at this two-week-long event.

Strange, amusing, and interesting facts about US presidents

BI records midyear surge in intl travel

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has recorded a midyear surge in international travel, with over a million departures recorded for June. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco disclosed on Sunday that the bureau recorded 1,072,651 travelers in June, adding that the trend would continue in July. In April, 946,092 departed via the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals; in May, there were 979,720 departures. Tansingco attributed the...

Experts reveal the REAL reason UFOs 'target high-speed planes, bombs'

Experts may already have given insight on an alarming pattern that UFOs caught on film seem to follow: flying dangerously close to high-speed planes.

Life in Britain's 'work from home hotspot' - where locals fled London for coast

Ogmore-by-Sea has been voted the number one work-from-home location by experts, who took into account factors including homes, connectivity and countryside access

New pride event 'packed with family activities'

Organisers say many of the events will be held on the beach with a focus on family activities.

Michael Jordan's Wife Turns Heads On Vacation In Spain

As the 2024 United States men's basketball team is getting ready for the Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the game's greatest player of all-time, Michael Jordan, is enjoying some vacation time with his stunning wife. Michael Jordan, who famously led the United States to a dominant gold medal win ...

Vacationing with friends, but you have different budgets? Here's what to do.

This month's Uncomfortable Conversations About Money tackles the dilemma when you vacation with friends but have different spending styles.

The 'inexhaustible well' of Sarajevo

SARAJEVO — What do you do when you live in a city struck with an average of 300 mortar shells each day for 1,425 days and at least 500,000 bombs dropped, with snipers in tall buildings that made every nook and cranny unsafe? A recent trip to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, took me to the War Tunnel Museum and other sites associated with the nearly four-year siege of Sarajevo from...

Alaska tourist spot may ban cruise ships

(UPDATE) JUNEAU, Alaska — Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska's capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over Juneau's tourism boom are coming to a head over a new voter initiative aimed at giving residents a respite from the influx. A measure that would ban cruise ships with 250 or more passengers from docking in Juneau on Saturdays (Sundays in Manila)...

More than 500 sailors to take part in Jersey race

The Tour des Ports regatta will take place in Jersey for the first time in more than 40 years.

Panguil Bay Bridge close to completion

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is on track to complete a P7.38-billion bridge connecting two provinces to the north of Mindanao within the third quarter. In an update, the DPWH confirmed that the Panguil Bay Bridge Project (PBBP) has achieved an accomplishment rate of 93.3 percent to date. The DPWH recently led the final concrete pouring ceremony between the two bridges of the PBBP, signaling that civil...