The scene at Jacksonville Beach wasn’t one of caution in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. Crowds cheered and flooded the beach when police took the barriers down. People were seen swimming, biking, surfing, running and fishing. Social distancing seemed to be the last thing on anyone’s mind Friday. Some residents told CNN not being
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As I sit down to ‘attend’ Monty Halls’ virtual travel journey of Australia’s Coral Coast, I have mixed emotions. You see, I was meant to be in this exact destination this month. Viewing what I’m missing out on is surely some form of torture. But I had a choice: indulge (sort of) my love of
Book now or wait it out that’s the question for summer travel in 2020. halock Maybe a few weeks ago the performing arts camp for your kids and the guided white-river rafting trip for you and your spouse seemed like the perfect summer plan. But if you’re among the growing number of workers who’ve been
Nick Simonite Today’s new reality of travel bans and social distancing has had a crushing impact on the hospitality industry. And while many hotels remain shuttered, a handful of properties across the US and around the world are staying open for essential travelers and those displaced on the road in addition to anyone looking to
A wise decision before embarking on any trip is to obtain travel insurance. The documents and details of an insurance plan often includes exceptionally detailed legal jargon, and it can be a nightmare to interpret. We’ve taken the liberty of explaining the major coverages to help guide travelers in selecting which options are necessary for
Yosemite National Park recently posted video of this bear climbing a tree near ranger housing. Photo courtesy of National Park Service (CNN) — Being cooped up at home is no fun for humans, but bears are making the most of the extra space at California’s shuttered Yosemite National Park. “The bears are just literally walking
Setting my ‘out of office’ on Thursday, April 2, didn’t have quite the same sense of satisfaction as usual. Like all my colleagues, I’d been out of the office since mid-March, but the routine of working from home was about to pause as five days of annual leave I’d booked in the run-up to Easter
Billionaire businessman Barry Diller told CNBC on Thursday the United States government should bail out all companies that have been hit hard by the coronavirus, including those in the travel industry. “The damage that is being done every day is enormous,” Diller said on “Squawk Box.” “Everybody needs to be bailed out for this one time
Pascal Montary While whiling away the hours wistfully awaiting when we can travel once again, a recent property review of The Grand Café de la Poste in Marrakech has us excited to return to the hospitality industry when the time is right. Until then, we at JustLuxe hope you enjoy this property review to whet your appetite
(CNN) — For many visitors to the Netherlands, one of the great discoveries when wandering through the streets of Amsterdam or other towns and cities is that you can often take a look inside people’s homes when it gets dark. That’s because many Dutch people never close their curtains or blinds. Often, people don’t even
Wanstead Park is providing respite for the residents of east London during the coronavirus lockdown. But how many visitors know about its fascinating history? The Duke of Wellington’s nephew has plenty to answer for. Were it not for William Wellesley-Pole’s rakish ways, east London might have a stately home – perhaps even a royal palace – to
Overseas students attend a long-table feast marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in China on Jan. 4, 2020, as the coronavirus in China was just becoming known to the world. Xinhua | Huang Zongzhi | Getty Images With the coronavirus initiating international travel bans and campuses shut down, colleges and universities are seeking alternative ways to
A photo taken on March 25 shows an empty street in Cannes, France. The jet’s passengers were headed to the town but didn’t make it past the airport in Marseille. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images (CNN) — A group of international vacationers who flew from London to the south of France in a private jet were turned
In perhaps his best book yet, Tim Dee tracks the progress of migratory birds as they head north to spend the summer in Europe, writes Michael Kerr “Nature Writing”, says the classification on the back of the latest book from Tim Dee. Partly true. He’s good at that. But leaving it there is a bit like
File photo of an almost-empty passenger plane. Laurel Chor | Getty Images The country’s largest airlines will have to compensate taxpayers for billions in payroll grants to weather coronavirus, the Treasury Department said Friday, leaving the door open to an aid structure that sparked criticism from labor unions, some lawmakers and industry members. The Treasury
Columbia Hillen While whiling away the hours wistfully awaiting when we can travel once again, a recent property review of Chalet Vald’Isere has us excited to return to the hospitality industry when the time is right. Until then, we at JustLuxe hope you enjoy this property review to whet your appetite for travel post-COVID-19. ————————————————————————— Sometimes there’s
(CNN) — Along with Italian marble and Egyptian antiquities, legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst filled his San Simeon estate with hundreds of wild animals. Zebras grazed in fenced enclosures during Hearst’s star-studded, extravagant parties in 1930s California. As the Great Depression sent Americans to bread lines, the tycoon’s leopards and grizzly bears snarled from
The Dunkirk spirit was invoked by the coronavirus crisis, when a small 25-cabin cruise yacht helped 19 Cuban crew from a mega cruise ship return to their homeland. Variety Cruises’ vessel Panorama made a special 14-day diversion in the Caribbean to repatriate the group from MSC Preziosa. Panorama’s captain Vasilis Mazarkis came across the plight
You used to have to be a paying guest to get the five-star hotel experience. That rule — at least for the moment — has changed. With millions of travelers confined to their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic, luxury hotels are reaching beyond their property walls to entertain from afar. If guests can’t come
Viking River Cruises Viking, last week, announced the official launch of Viking.TV, a new digital platform designed to provide enriching cultural content and live streaming video experiences from around the world. The announcement was made by Executive Vice President Karine Hagen in a video for current and past Viking guests, posted on the homepage of Viking.TV. “Right
Whenever I’m on vacation or visiting a city on a short break, I try and soak up as much of the real, local culture that I can – I find it the best way to really explore a new place. I’m not a huge fan of crowded tourist sites where people aren’t people anymore, they
(CNN) — Aviation is fighting for survival. Cruise ships are grounded. As the pandemic grows, the travel industry faces an uncertain future and is scrambling to adapt. Those aircraft still flying are now subject to stricter than ever hygiene protocols, but when the threat of the virus eventually lifts, the transportation industry will face heightened
Where would you rather be right now? It’s a question many of are asking ourselves, our friends and our families on loop. I’m currently living in an alternative universe: this weekend, I was supposed to be scooting around the streets of San Francisco with a friend before driving to Napa Valley. When I’m not lamenting
American Airlines passenger planes crowd a runway where they are parked due to flight reductions to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 23, 2020. Nick Oxford | REUTERS Leading congressional Democrats on Sunday urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to quickly reach agreements and not place
Ever since the British came to Australia 200 years ago, they found the ideal soil and sun conditions and began to produce wine. Later, after WWII, Italians and Germans immigrated and brought along their precious vine stocks. From those humble beginnings, the wine regions of Australia have created a wine industry that has grown to rival
We love to travel and here we list the best travel quotes. If you know some more, please add them as a comment… especially if you might have one, which you created on your own! Get inspired to travel the world: “I’d rather have a passport full of stamps than a house full of stuff.”
(CNN) — It’s safe to say no one in the world is sitting down to a three-plus hour, eight-course dinner costing hundreds of dollars at any of the top fine destinations around the globe. The pandemic’s stronghold has all but made it impossible for luxury restaurants to keep doing what they were doing prior to
Turn confinement into the ultimate luxury staycation, says Emma Love, by giving your house a hotel makeover, complete with a party-starting cocktail bar and in-room spa One of the best things about checking into a hotel is that moment when you unlock the door and arrive in the sanctuary of your room. Now that most of
American Airlines passenger planes (L) parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 23, 2020. The planes on the right are 737 MAX, parked for reasons other than the coronavirus. Nick Oxford | Reuters American Airlines plans to cut its international
Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles While whiling away the hours wistfully awaiting when we can travel once again, a recent property review of The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles has us excited to return to the hospitality industry when the time is right. Until then, we at JustLuxe hope you enjoy this property review to whet
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