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Top Solar Eclipse Destinations Along Path of Totality Ranked by Airbnb

If you’ve been following Thrillist’s eclipse-centric coverage—or if you’re a space fan yourself—you’ll know a thing or two about the celestial event by now. One of them surely is that, in order to really experience totality, you have to place yourself along the so-called path of totality during the eclipse. If you’re outside of such a path, you’ll only be able to see a partial solar eclipse, due to the trajectory of the moon’s shadow in relation to the Earth.

If you’re still looking to find a place to stay ahead of the eclipse, searching for an Airbnb along

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POLL: Are there travel destinations you don’t feel welcome? | World | News

Tourism is key in the economy of many countries. Nevertheless, some destinations beloved by visitors are fighting back against uncontrolled mass tourism.

Residents and local authorities in areas where there is a regular surge of visitors during the high tourism season have been increasingly vocal about residents being pushed out of entire neighborhoods to make space for tourist accommodations, services not being able to keep up with increased demand and rising pollution – among other issues.

Some local governments are making decisions to stave off the effects of mass tourism while still welcoming tourists.

Among the most popular measures is

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I’ve Lived in California All My Life — and These Are the Most Underrated Destinations in the Golden State

The challenge of understanding California and all it has to offer travelers is that it is behemoth in size — at nearly 156,000 square miles — and somewhat shrouded in stereotype. There are beautiful beaches, sure, and Los Angeles and San Francisco are iconic cities within its bounds, but so much of California’s beauty goes unseen if you don’t leave those urban centers.

I didn’t think so at the time, but I was fortunate to grow up in the Central Valley of California; it may have not been a hub of opportunity, but it was an unbeatable location from which

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The Risks of ‘Skiplagging’ – The New York Times

On the last day of June, American Airlines agents at Gainesville Regional Airport in Florida canceled a North Carolina teenager’s flight after realizing that he had used a booking tactic called “skiplagging” or “hidden-city travel,” forbidden by airlines but used by some travelers to net flight bargains.

The teenager’s father, Hunter Parsons, said it was his 17-year-old’s first time flying unaccompanied and that both the timing and price of the booking made it appealing — for $150, his son was to fly from Gainesville to Charlotte, and not continue on the second flight to New York, a cost savings of

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94% of Indians inspired by movies, TV shows for travel destinations: Survey | India News

The top traveling trend in India for 2024 is going to be ‘set-jetting’, the latest rage of going to filming locations of movies and famous TV series, a new survey has revealed.

The findings of “Travel Trends: Redefining value through experience in 2024”, released on Tuesday, claimed that a whopping 94 per cent of Indian travelers are inclined to take a trip to a destination that they’ve seen on the big or small screen – – be it Paris, inspired by the hit sitcom “Emily in Paris”,

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