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M Swiet Productions via Getty ImagesRemote workers can apply for a program offering free trips to Hawaii.  Since the coronavirus hit the U.S., roughly 40% of U.S. employees now work from home. If you’re one of them, you may be fantasizing about trading your boring apartment walls and modest desk for tropical air and sandy

Many Americans are longing for the days when they could take a dream vacation to Paris, Bali, or even just over the border to Toronto. As vaccine availability increases in the U.S., people are feeling a glimmer of hope that international travel will be back on the table soon. But even as more people get

(CNN) — Just over a year ago, the prospect of the Seychelles experiencing a dramatic drop in travelers seemed near inconceivable. Revered for its beautiful beaches and jungle landscapes, the Indian Ocean archipelago was riding high as one of the world’s most alluring destinations, and its popularity was only growing. Arrivals numbers were up 4%,

Mario Guti via Getty ImagesPublic health experts share what we can expect to do this summer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Certain feelings have practically vanished since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic ― the most major of which is hope. The past year-plus has been heavy and exhausting, with barely enough time to breathe before

(CNN) — Traveling has given me a stable sense of identity. It’s a form of escape where I feel most confident, at peace and like myself. I started traveling solo in my early twenties and, of course, I had some expectations of what I might gain and learn. I imagined learning about new cultures and

(CNN) — An already powerful pent-up desire to travel has only intensified with global weariness of pandemic restrictions and the rollout of vaccines in some countries. And the summer travel season is fast approaching in the Northern Hemisphere. In the United States, many people — as seen in the crowds of spring break revelers in

Westend61 via Getty Images/Westend61“While the term may sound silly, ‘revenge travel’ refers to the idea that there will be a huge increase in travel as it becomes safer and things open back up,” said Eric Jones, co-founder of The Vacationer. With the vaccine rollout picking up pace, Americans are starting to feel more cautiously optimistic about

(CNN) — Photographer Faizan Ahmad had never even picked up a camera before he moved to Lahore, one of Pakistan’s largest cities, in 2013. But the 25-year-old student made it his mission to seek out as many art and photography books as he could in between attending classes at the city’s University of Education and

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(CNN) — The door to summer is slowly creaking open in Europe, and for those who want to stroll through it to take a vacation amid ongoing Covid restrictions, the key may soon be at hand. While borders are likely to remain closed in coming weeks, the European Union is proposing to roll out a

(CNN) — Bali first captured Kayti Denham’s heart when she came to the Indonesian island for her honeymoon in the 1980s. “When the plane door opened onto the tarmac, the heady tropical aroma promised everything the UK did not,” she recalls. “The chance to be frolicsome and sun-drenched.” She held that memory close, and returned

(CNN) — As the world ground to a halt last March, many travelers expected to be globetrotting again in a few months time. Here we are just over a year later. But with the rapid development of effective vaccines and increased distribution of those life-saving doses in some countries, glimmers of hope are starting to

(CNN) — It’s been a surreal year for travel as the Covid-19 pandemic brought aviation to a halt, museums and hotels shuttered their doors and once bustling tourist destinations from Paris to Phuket became ghost towns. Who can forget seeing eerie photos of Italy’s piazzas being blasted with disinfectant as the country became one of

Zermatt, Switzerland (CNN) — It was drinks as usual in the bars of Zermatt after a day skiing in the Swiss Alps earlier this week. The aprés ski crowd in this skier’s paradise showed no signs of panic as they sipped wine outdoors, despite the rest of the world going into lockdown mode amid the

(CNN) — When Gemma Hickey tried to travel to Ontario in January 2017 with a Canadian passport marked female, airport personnel questioned it. Hickey — who presents as “trans masculine nonbinary” and uses they/them pronouns — had to verify their gender in other ways, which extended the process for boarding the plane. And that didn’t

(CNN) — The Italian island of Sardinia sits in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, gazing at Italy from a distance. Surrounded by a 1,849-kilometer coastline of white sandy beaches and emerald waters, the island’s inland landscape rapidly rises to form hills and impervious mountains. And it is within these edgy curves that shepherds produce

Rusty Escandell told CNN that he took the photograph on Sunday, while spending the day with family and friends at a beach near Officers Club Beach at Patrick Space Force Base, but he didn’t realize it until he got home. “I kind of saw a splash behind the surfer, but didn’t think much of it,”

(CNN) — “You ride along here at night going home. And you look out. You look in the windows and you see the lights on and think… What is going on at that kitchen table? What are people thinking about? What are their real worries?” Such thoughts would occupy Senator Joe Biden’s mind on his

(CNN) — Bathed in the faint light at the end of the once seemingly endless pandemic tunnel are visions of trips that reunite us with loved ones or take us to some blissfully new environment. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still urging Americans — even those who have been vaccinated —

Bangalore (CNN) — India is gigantic — there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. You can easily spend a few weeks (or months) exploring the popular Golden Triangle circuit that covers Delhi, the Taj Mahal in Agra, and Jaipur in the Rajasthan desert; visiting the sacred cities of Varanasi and Haridwar