Europe offers new overnight train options. They cost more and take much longer than air travel, but may save on overnight hotel costs.
Continue readingAir travel: Denmark proposes a “Green tax” on airline travel
Half of the proceeds would be used to subsidize “green fuels” for airlines, and the other half would be handed out as cash to elderly. Denmark considering a ‘green tax’…
Continue readingImmigration: The end of “Golden Visas”?
Many countries have curtailed their “Golden Visa” programs that sold residency or citizenship visas for a big fee.
Continue readingImmigration: 1 in 4 Gen Z’ers surveyed say they want to move abroad
There is a big media meme that “America is awful, we should move to another country where everything is wonderful”. It’s a pop meme of fluffy content mills. Here’s another one!
Continue readingAir travel: Airline crews safe?
Some scary air crew safety issues recently.
Continue readingAir travel: AMS flight restrictions leads to Jet Blue asking JFK to ban KLM
Schiphol airport is mandating a reduction in flights, and Jet Blue, which just started flying to AMS, may lose access. Jet Blue has retaliated by asking by seeking to have KLM slots eliminated at JFK.
Continue readingTaxes: San Juan Islands, WA proposes “tourism fee”
New taxes on tourists are coming to even traveling inside the U.S. These are in addition to existing hotel taxes.
Continue readingTaxes: Amsterdam raising tourist taxes
The daily fee charged to cruise ship day visitors will go from 8 to 11 euros, or $8.50 to $11.60, and the nightly fee built into hotel room prices will…
Continue readingEco tourism: Barcelona closes port terminal to cruise ships
Cruise ships will now need to dock much further away from the city center, to reduce the impact of thousands of tourists leaving ships simultaneously: Barcelona restricts cruise ship access,…
Continue readingImmigration: Should you immigrate?
The media runs frequent stories about Person X got fed up with the U.S. and moved abroad (except often they didn’t really move abroad full time), and they had immigration privileges to start with. Also turns out many move abroad for the wrong reasons.
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