Rapid growth in the multi-billion dollar volunteer tourism industry has prompted calls for tighter controls with concerns over exposing vulnerable communities to unskilled foreign labor and dodgy operators exploiting foreigners for profit.
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Las Vegans itching for a taste of somewhere new are only a short drive from another Western food haven: Los Angeles. Far more than avocados and quinoa, California cuisine has a breadth and depth that one has to taste to believe.
Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Central Nevada protects an abandoned 1890s boomtown and nearby fossils of huge marine reptiles dating from the time of the dinosaurs.
The following activities are planned in the Las Vegas region during July.
Little drones flying overhead are one thing. A much larger, unmanned, four-seater airplane is another.
June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, and there’s a lot to celebrate. With so many pride celebrations this weekend, check out how cities across the country (and the world) are marking the occasion.
The Frying Pan Tower hotel is located 34 miles off the coast of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean. In an age of stress, little work-life balance and constant connectivity, the former Coast Guard light station answers a growing demand for off-the-grid travel.
Foreign tourists flock to Thailand’s ubiquitous street markets, fascinated by the look and feel of the high-quality counterfeit goods openly on display and the cheap prices shouted out by touts.
Horses and riders will thunder across more than 400 miles of Nevada this week during the annual 10-day re-ride of the Pony Express route of 1860-61.
Miami Beach’s bar scene isn’t all bikini-clad bartenders serving overpriced shots to sunburned spring breakers (though there’s a lot of that). Leave Ocean Drive behind and you’ll find a craft cocktail lounge, a ’90s punk rock bar and a basement dance club complete with a bowling alley and ice rink.
Drunk Field Day, Hangover Yoga and sober archery practice: Welcome to Camp Throwback, an adult summer camp with no kids, plenty of alcohol and a little romance.
A global airline trade group on Wednesday halted plans to set size guidelines for carry-on luggage following a backlash from consumers and even some carriers in North America.
When a 6-year-old boy recently left his beloved toy at Tampa International Airport, a member of the staff had a better idea than just to leave it languishing in the lost and found department.
Vanilla. Chocolate. Butter pecan. Those are the three most popular ice cream flavors among Americans. And now let’s cast those dull spoons aside and dig into some far wilder flavors being scooped by a movement of premium ice cream re-thinkers and out-of-the-carton trend-setters from coast to coast.
Given the number of overlapping travel specialty search tools available, getting from research to the point of buying a ticket is a potentially endless pursuit for consumers. Here are six travel tips from experts to make the most of your search time.