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How Sites Like Tripadvisor and Yelp Are Fighting Fake Reviews

Third parties pay writers for posts praising or panning hotels, restaurants and other places they never visited. How review sites like Yelp and Tripadvisor are...

How to Prepare for the Winter Storm’s Impact on Your Holiday Travels This Weekend

Forecasters say a “bomb cyclone” will tear through much of the U.S. this week and that travelers could face cold, snow and rain. What can...

A Man Fell From a Cruise Ship. And Survived.

He treaded water for hours in the Gulf of Mexico, withstanding rain, winds and waves before he was rescued. Others have not been so lucky....

How Green is Your Cruise?

As cruise companies head into their busiest season, they say they have ambitious plans to find cleaner sources of fuel. But critics say the progress...

The World’s Most-Visited Glaciers Could Soon Be Gone

The U.N.’s cultural agency warns that ice sheets on Kilimanjaro, in the Dolomites and in Yosemite and Yellowstone may disappear by 2050, highlighting travel’s impact...

Dark Tourism: Destinations of Death, Tragedy and the Macabre

Travelers who use their off time to visit places like the Chernobyl nuclear plant or current conflict zones say they no longer want a sanitized...

Goodbye Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Hello, Luxury Bus?

Start-up travel companies are hoping more Americans will embrace the concept of sleeper and luxury coaches. Just don’t call them buses.