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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for 8 people to join him on a fully funded civilian trip to the moon. A Japanese billionaire who is scheduled to take the first civilian flight to the moon, courtesy of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is searching for 8 people to join him on the trip, pro bono.  The

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are desperate to travel again. A recent survey from trivago recently found that 38% of us would willingly give up sex for a year in exchange for the ability to travel again. Another 25% say that they would give up their life savings to travel again. Read the

Those who choose to go during COVID will see an entirely different side of Disney… an intimate one. With little to no lines and entire rows to yourself on rides, it’s the exact opposite of the Disney experience we’ve come to know. Disney closed at the start of the COVID-19 quarantine, laying off 32,000 employees

​​Feeling the urge to embark on a socially distanced road trip or book a staycation closer to home this spring? You’re not alone. According to a recent study by vacation rental search engine HomeToGo, bookings are up by 46% compared to last year, with travelers opting to stay within 257 miles of home. Hotels and

How one pie shop is fighting to survive the pandemic. When Sarah Joe Montana Chavez first visited Pie Town, New Mexico, on family vacations, three pie restaurants were open for business in the small high-desert town. The town’s love of pie was signified by the summertime Pie Town Pie Festival. Pie Town’s appeal was was

A book for every state and what it can teach us about travel. As soon as coronavirus arrived in New York City last winter, my brain became a tangle of anxious thoughts, pounding down on my already overtaxed amygdala. I had one salvation: a three-by-two map of America hanging in my living room. While most

Patrick Smith/Getty Images ​In a field in Croaker, Virginia, outside historic Williamsburg, sits an apocalyptic site: the large, decaying busts of 42 presidents. From George Washington to George W Bush, each bust is 18-20 feet high, weigh between 11,000-20,000 pounds and sit in varying states of decay.  The heads were moved to the field after the

©Sean Locke Photography/Shutterstock While Covid-19 has put 2021 Mardi Gras on hold, there’s a way to tastefully and safely celebrate it at home. It’s by ordering a king cake by mail. There are bakeries across the American South that ship their creations of this oval-shaped and tri-hued dessert across most of the U.S.  Often many

it a great time to escape with your beloved to a remote cabin in the woods or try a romantic staycation closer to home. As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, hotels and destinations around the U.S. have been doing their best to reopen safely, initiating strict health and safety protocols and updates like contactless check-in

Montana offers couples the perfect place to turn up the romance and disconnect from the noise this February in a safe and snowy setting. Imagine being snuggled up in a cozy cabin somewhere far away from reality. The fire is glowing as snow-capped mountains sit in the background. Hiking trails and ski slopes abound. This

These great parks have a lottery system. Here’s how to enter. Many of us may be feeling the itch to travel after staying home for almost a year as we continue living through a pandemic. When it is safe to travel again, it’s possible that our travel priorities have shifted. Maybe you prefer to spend

Andreykr/Dreamstime Washington, D.C.’s moody and magnificent Lincoln Memorial is a beautiful work of art and a historical touchstone. A new mask mandate, negative COVID tests and a lifted travel ban. Within his first few days as the 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has reversed the Islamophobic travel ban and implemented

Feeling the winter blues? Here are 24 cheap, safe getaways. While many are staying home because of the pandemic, U.S. hotels and destinations have continued to carefully reopen, with contactless check-in and other cleanliness and hygiene protocols in place to help keep visitors and employees safe. A recent study by vacation rental search engine HomeToGo

©SeanPavonePhoto/Getty Images The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is asking hikers to wait until 2022. Hikers hoping to spend 2021 hiking the Appalachian Trail are being asked to postpone their trips until 2022 by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, citing concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Health officials say that the COVID-19 risk comes not from the hike itself,

©raclro/Getty Images Crowd of people atop a ski mountain at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Americans are notorious for wasting millions of vacation days! Use your vacation days! Raise your hand if you lost or rolled over PTO days in 2020. Even in non-pandemic years, Americans are notorious for wasting millions of vacation days annually. In 2020,

With the COVID-19 vaccine deploying, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. How can travelers expect to be able to travel again? With the COVID-19 vaccine rolling out across the world, people are starting to think about booking vacations again. But even with light appearing at the end of the tunnel, should

​The pandemic may have put a pause to many a vacation, but there’s still a creative way to get your travel fix. All it takes is an internet connection. Enter the live stream. These videos provide a real time glimpse into a destination. And while they may not be a perfect cure for wanderlust, they

On Tuesday, the CDC announced a new requirement that anyone flying to the US must show a negative COVID-19 test before being allowed entry to the United States. The order takes effect in two weeks, on January 26, 2021. It applies to US citizens as well as foreign travelers.  The order requires arriving air passengers

Orange County California officials have announced that Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will be converted into a Point-of-Dispersing site for COVID-19 vaccines.  “The Disneyland Resort, the largest employer in the heart of Orange County, has stepped up to host the county’s first Super POD site – undertaking a monumental task in our vaccination distribution process,” said

Here are locations across the U.S. that make you feel like you’ve set foot in a European destination with no passport required. With much of Europe off limits amid the current pandemic, Americans will have to wait longer to travel to and throughout the continent. However, they can find resemblances to some European countries a