The U.S. dollar is on a roll, up 28 percent against the euro, 18 percent against the Japanese yen and 40 percent against the Brazilian real. In fact, it has not been this strong since 1981. While it is pinching corporate profits here in the United States, it is delivering big bargains for American tourists.
Call it "luck of the Irish." Ireland-based airline RyanAir is planning extra-cheap transatlantic flights from New York abroad in the near future.
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately $1.33 billion to extend its reach in the travel-booking industry.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Travelers setting out for the holidays could face trouble, with anticipated Christmas Eve snow around the Great Lakes states and heavy rain expected along the East Coast.
LONDON (AP) -- The airspace over London was briefly closed Friday afternoon due to what authorities said was a computer failure at one of Britain's two air traffic control centers.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A storm expected to be one of the windiest and rainiest in five years swept across the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, knocking out power to tens to thousands and delaying travel by air, train and ferry.
Most hotel guests would like to believe that their items are left untouched when they step out of their rooms for a while. This unsettling video might make you think twice about leaving certain items out in the open in your hotel room.