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Airbnb offers six travelers a 19-day train tour of Europe’s historic homes
With the growing popularity of train travel in Europe, Airbnb has just announced an opportunity to win the train trip of a lifetime.The hospitality hub has teamed up with Interrail on the rail carrier's 50th anniversary to deliver an epic…
Once overcrowded, Kyoto now sucks in foreign tourists to Japan
Once tired of the hordes of foreign tourists who throng its narrow streets and ignore etiquette, many residents of Japan's former capital, Kyoto, long to return - missing out on the income they brought in before the country shut down in…
Sunday reading: the envy of teenagers | the new yorker
In 1978, Jamaica Kincaid published an alternate short story in the new yorker entitled "Daughter.” Composed of a long sentence, the story offers a brief but illuminating portrait of the life of its young subject. “This is how a man…
Confessions of bad bachelor parties
It's mid-summer, which means it's peak wedding season, which means it's also peak bachelorette party season. Bachelorette parties can be fun and enjoyable ways to spend time with your friends or get to know people before the wedding.Yet -…
‘Summer will be monstrous’: Barcelona struggle against revival of mass tourism |…
"Barcelona is for sale but not to the people who live there," says Silvia Mateu, who has lived in the beachfront neighborhood of Barceloneta for 47 of her 61 years.For two years, Barcelona suffered a forced experience caused by the Covid…
Here are the 10 most popular Airbnbs in Japan
Whether you are planning a day trip out of Tokyo or visit one of Japan's many amazing sites autumn destinations, the options are endless. While staying in a hotel can be nice, you might want to venture off the beaten path to these…
Airbnb controversy: a user reports hidden cameras in her rental
A a woman has taken to social media to express her displeasure at the discovery of hidden cameras in a house she has rented Airbnb.In a Twitter thread yesterday, june 12, user @foxytaughtyou mentioned that she and a friend discovered hidden…
To combat soaring house prices, Israel is offering a stranglehold on Airbnb rentals
An empty property is a lost opportunity for a home, even just for a day. Or at least that's how the Israeli government sees it.
In November 2021, when the government unveiled its housing plan, a key element was a proposal to crack…
Airbnb Mallorca: 17 of the best stays for summer 2022
Looking for 'Airbnb Mallorca' as soon as we see the summer sun is practically a rite of passage at this point. But, with over 1,000 Airbnbs in Mallorca to browse, finding the right one for you can be… overwhelming. Thanks to Airbnbyou can…
Airbnb co-founder offers $2.1 million in stock to graduates of his alma mater Gwinnett –…
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The graduates of Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County are now a bit richer after a gift from their graduation speaker.Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, a graduate of Brookwood High School in 2000, was the keynote…
The Best European Cities for Airbnb Mortgages
Since its humble beginnings in 2007, Airbnb has exploded in popularity. Not only can travelers find accommodation anywhere in the world, but hosts can generate additional revenue by listing their accommodation on the platform. But how…
Airbnb will stop asking travelers where they want to go in order to combat overtourism to popular…
Airbnb removes the destination search box and replaces it with vacation "categories" such as surf, design and national parks in a bid to revolutionize the way we book vacations.As part of a massive app update dubbed '2022 Summer Release',…
Get a taste of Hollywood with these 8 Airbnb properties on the big screen
As travelers, we all seek out places that speak to us personally. Whether historical sights are your bag or biodiversity hotspots, the world is uniquely wired for all of us.Accommodation is usually just the backdrop when we set off in…
Built on the promise of $1 slices, Vancouver pizzeria sees inflation taking a bigger slice of the…
Glenn Deck, owner of Pizza 2001 in Vancouver, was selling slices for less than a dollar each. Now the cheapest slices sold by Deck are $3.50 after tax. (Rafferty Baker/CBC - image credit)Vancouver used to be the place to be if you were…
The 13 best Airbnbs in Barcelona (2022), from a Gothic Quarter apartment to a colorful loft near…
Barcelona has a complicated relationship with Airbnb. City officials require all Airbnb and short-term vacation rental hosts in Barcelona to register with the city and post their permit number online (it starts with HUTB, followed by six…
13 best Airbnbs in Barcelona (2022), from a Gothic Quarter apartment to a colorful loft near Park…
Barcelona has a complicated relationship with Airbnb. City officials require all Airbnb and short-term vacation rental hosts in Barcelona to register with the city and post their permit number online (it starts with HUTB, followed by six…
DARPA supports virtual worlds for autonomous off-road vehicles • The Register
Intel has shed light on its participation in a DARPA program set up to help develop autonomous combat vehicles capable of off-roading.
The x86 Giant Tuesday describe its involvement in the US government agency's Robotic Autonomy in…
Hosts make a fortune renting to tourists in Palma
Palma tourist rental.27-04-2022Gemma Marchena
Despite the ban on tourist rentals in multi-family homes in Palma, there are more than 300 properties offered for this summer on Airbnb and they are not cheap either. The average price is…
‘Has she done stuff like that in the past?’
A 21-year-old is reluctant to leave her mom borrow thousands of dollars from him.She asked Reddit's"Am I the A******? (AITA)advice forum. The young adult has been saving for months to leave for her first trip to Europe. When she mom…
Why tourists are turning to monthly apartment rentals
Short-term rental has dominated the tourism market worldwide and even more so in Europe where it is easy to travel between different destinations.Before, people used to book a hotel for their vacation. Now the way we travel and visit…
This ‘secret’ Turkish haven could be Europe’s last refuge from overtourism
With RyanAir flights starting to pick up speed, bus tours starting to explode and pub crawls starting to ramp up, tourists are now flocking to most of their favorite haunts.
Speaking of which – and although it may seem strange to say –…
Why business ethics are integral to the retail bottom line
For 21st century consumers, values aren't something you put aside when you hit the buy button. Members of younger generations experience climate change as a daily reality and a threat to their future and have spent two years navigating a…
Florida judge strikes down US mask mandate for planes and other travel
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida struck down a nationwide mask mandate on airplanes and public transit on Monday, and airlines and airports quickly began to repeal their requirements that passengers wear face…
Barcelona announce beach smoking ban from July after pilot project
Holidaymakers in Barcelona will no longer have to deal with cigarette butts or passive smoke from July, when Spain's second-largest city bans smoking on all of its beaches. Authorities in the Spanish city said the move follows a pilot…
Travel expert Simon Calder issues airport safety tips amid Easter flight chaos
Over the past few years Simon Calder has helped a lot of people with vacations and covid. With ever-changing travel rules and companies like British Airways (BA) and easyJet canceling hundreds of flights, many are worried about their…
LEVEL airline offers direct flights from the west coast to Barcelona
West Coast travelers often look enviously at airline deals and schedules for crossing the Atlantic, but now a new direct flight from Los Angeles to Barcelona makes getting to the Old Country from the West Coast easier than ever.
LEVEL,…
Want “wild” foods? Foraged Market Reveals All This and More
Jack Hamrick tried to reduce the amount of red meat he ate, but the typical Portobello mushroom alternative got boring very quickly.When he started looking for a wild mushroom called chicken of the woods, he had a hard time buying it.…
This quiz tells you where to go on vacation based on your Netflix history
If you don't know where to travel next, inspiration might come from an unlikely place.You may have already watched visit the places seen in your favorite program or checked some of our favorite travel documentaries and TV shows.But how…
Accelleran and RED Technologies Successfully Achieve 5G Shared Access Spectrum Interoperability
PARIS, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelleran and RED Technologies have successfully completed shared access spectrum interoperability testing between the Accelleran SAS cloud-native client microservice that is part of the Accelleran…
#PrayForUkraine | Miss Charlize
We are all connected. What is happening in Ukraine affects us all. Almost a month after Vladimir Putin's invasion, the country is remarkably resisting its bully. Much of the world is on Ukraine's side, even…