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Memorial Day Weekend Travel 2026
Memorial Day weekend is May 23-26. Coastal destinations are filling fast. Here's what hotels cost at the top US beach destinations and how to still find value.
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Why Choice Just Beat Marriott for the #1 Hotel Loyalty Program
Choice Privileges just unseated Marriott Bonvoy in the 2025-2026 hotel loyalty rankings. Here's what changed and how travelers should think about it.
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Intentional Travel Is 2026's Biggest Trend. Here's What That Actually Means.
Intentional travel is not a wellness trend or a marketing category. It is a behavioral shift reshaping how people plan, spend, and experience trips in 2026. Here is what it actually means.
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Americans Will Spend $5,704 on Leisure Travel This Year. Where's It All Going?
US households are spending more on travel than ever. The interesting part is where that money is actually going.
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The Two-Tier Travel Economy Is Here
Delta's CEO said something on an earnings call this week that deserves more attention than it got. American households earning over $100,000 per year have accumulated roughly $30 trillion in new wealth since the pandemic. That's not a typo. Thirty trillion dollars. That number explains a puzzle that's been confusing the travel industry for months. Airlines are reporting record revenue. Hotels are running at high occupancy. Travel spending per household is projected to hit an all-time high of $5
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Southwest Just Opened a New Door to the Caribbean
Southwest Airlines touched down in St. Maarten for the first time on April 7, and the implications for Caribbean travel are bigger than one new route. Daily nonstop flights now run from Orlando to Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM). Weekend service from Baltimore started on April 11. And because of how Southwest's network works, those two gateways connect to more than 45 other U.S. airports. That means travelers from secondary cities like Nashville, Pittsburgh, and Raleigh now have a
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Why Your Summer Flight Just Got More Expensive
Jet fuel prices have nearly doubled since late February. That single number explains almost everything happening to your summer travel plans right now. The average global price for jet fuel hit $209 per barrel last week, up from roughly $99 at the end of February when the conflict near the Strait of Hormuz began disrupting global oil supplies. Airlines are responding exactly how you'd expect. They're cutting flights, raising fees, and quietly trimming their summer schedules. If you're planning
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Barcelona Killed Short-Term Rentals. Hotel Prices Went Up 60%
Barcelona stopped issuing new short-term rental licenses in April 2025. Every existing license will expire by November 2028. By then, the roughly 10,000 tourist apartments that once filled neighborhoods like the Gothic Quarter, Eixample, and Barceloneta will be gone from platforms like Airbnb. The city's reasoning was straightforward. Rents had risen over 60% in the past decade. Local residents were being priced out of their own neighborhoods. Tourism apartments were absorbing housing st
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Jet Fuel Prices Nearly Doubled. What That Means for Summer Flights
Jet fuel prices in the United States nearly doubled between late February and early April 2026. On February 27, a gallon of jet fuel cost $2.50. By April 2, that number hit $4.88. The cause is straightforward. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, following the U.S. and Israeli military action against Iran that began on February 28, has choked off a significant portion of the world's oil supply. About one-fifth of the world's oil flows through that narrow waterway. When it shut
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Barcelona Just Banned Short-Term Rentals. Here's What It Means for Your Next Stay.
Barcelona is phasing out all 10,101 short-term rental licenses by 2028. Hotels are already absorbing the demand shift. Here's what it means for travelers.
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Americans Are Booking Europe Less This Summer. Here's What That Means.
American bookings to Europe are down 11.2% for summer 2026. Here's what's driving the shift, where travelers are going instead, and what the demand drop means for hotel prices.
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