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Florida home of most online travel searches

By Nicola Anelka 46 mins ago

FLORIDA — Florida regularly shows up at or near the top of lists of states used as a topic for vacation or other travel searches online.

What You Need To Know

  • A new report says Floridians are doing the most online travel searches in 2021


  • Travel site Trips to Discover analyzed Google Trends search data for hotels, flights and cruises


  • Florida was also Number One in 2019

A new report by travel website Trips to Discover now shows that Floridians also do a whole lot of Googling for travel plans themselves—in fact, the Sunshine State has done more web searches

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Gauging the Prospects for International Travel

By Nicola Anelka 1 hour ago

If 2020 was the summer of the pandemic-enforced road trip, many people seem to be hoping that 2021 will be the summer they can travel overseas. But that’s a big “if.” Roadblocks abound, among them, the rise of variant cases in popular destinations like Europe and confusion about the role that vaccine “passports” will play as people begin crossing borders. The recent pause on Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine adds a new wrinkle.

Still, there is reason for optimism. The number of vaccine doses administered each day in the United States has tripled in the last few months, and President

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Baseball packages, New England rail travel, and a food lover’s road trip

By Nicola Anelka 13 hours ago
The Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire.HANDOUT

PLAN AHEAD FOR RAIL TRAVEL IN NEW ENGLAND

Fans of rail travel will want to check out Vacations By Rail’s five New England tours offered in September and October, 2021-2022. The six-to-10 day fall tours traverse a variety of states with options for museum tours, city walking tours, scenic cruises and optimum foliage viewing opportunities. For example, the six-day New England in a Nutshell tour explores historic and scenic sites in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont by rail, water, and sky (from $1,895); and the eight-day New England Autumn Foliage Express

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Michigan’s Top Health Official Vacations in Alabama After Whitmer Tells Residents Not to Travel

By Nicola Anelka 19 hours ago

Michigan’s health director traveled to Alabama last week after Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned residents not to leave the state as coronavirus cases soar, prompting sharp criticism from the Republican party.

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Elizabeth Hertel traveled last week to Gulf Shores, Alabama, which is a popular resort destination along the Gulf of Mexico, Fox News reported.

The report brought criticism from the state’s GOP, as Michigan continues to grapple with the highest coronavirus rates in the nation.

“The sheer brazenness of Gov. Whitmer and her staff is truly something else,” Michigan GOP spokesman

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Delta Reports Another Quarterly Loss, but Says Travel Demand Is Rising

By Nicola Anelka 19 hours ago

Delta Air Lines Inc. signaled the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is likely behind it, as the airline anticipates that travel demand will continue to gain steam in the coming months.

Delta’s brighter outlook came as it reported a net loss of $1.2 billion for the first quarter on Thursday—its fifth straight quarter of losses—but said its operation began generating cash again last month for the first time in a year, and passenger revenue that month jumped 50% from February.

The beginning of the year, when Covid-19 cases and fatalities were surging, looked bleak for airlines. But as more people

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