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Air Travel News

The “Flying Feminist”: The First Woman to Design, Build, and Fly Her Own Plane

Pioneering aviator Lilian Bland had built and flown her own plane before Amelia Earhart had even become a teenager. So why don’t more people know her name?

August 26, 2020 11:23 AM
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Katherine LaGrave
Air Travel News

The World’s Best Places for Airplane Spotting

Flying is a thrill, but sometimes just watching the planes can be equally fun.

March 23, 2017 01:31 PM
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Ramsey Qubein
Orlando

Overview

May 17, 2018 01:56 PM
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Terry Ward
Water Sports

What It Feels Like to Whitewater Raft in Alaska

Through the rapids of Six-Mile Creek in 22 untweetable tweets

October 11, 2016 02:25 PM
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Jeremy Saum
The Future of Travel

Vegas Rolls the Dice With Brand-New Bike Share Program

In a short time, the program has become wildly popular in downtown Las Vegas.

November 17, 2016 12:38 PM
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Matt Villano
Travel Tips + Etiquette

Getting to Know the People and Culture of Kenya

Enrich your visit by setting aside time to connect with Kenyan locals and experience their way of life first-hand. Here’s how.

September 20, 2017 11:35 AM
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Kenya Tourism Board
Founder’s Note

On the Life-Changing Power of Travel

Travel clues us into how we can—and why we should—build a more just society.

September 26, 2016 06:04 PM
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Greg Sullivan
Destination Spotlight

Will the Real Guadalajara Please Stand Up?

With 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent writer Wells Tower into the mazelike markets and Lucha Libre dens of Mexico’s notoriously misunderstood megalopolis.

August 9, 2016 11:56 AM
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Wells Tower
Grenada

Overview

May 14, 2020 11:45 AM
Beer, Wine, + Spirits

A Spirited Take on BVI

A Spirited Take on BVI

Sponsored by British Virgin Islands
The Future of Travel

These Are 5 of the World’s Most Peaceful Places to Visit

They’re some of the safest places to travel—and some of the most beautiful, too.

July 17, 2017 11:49 AM
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Anna Mazurek
Hotels

Escape From Manhattan to the DeBruce, a Restored Catskills Hideaway

Move over, Hamptons—the Catskills are having their break-from-the-city moment.

February 13, 2018 05:33 PM
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Jennifer Flowers
Tips + News

Airbnb Removes 80 Percent of Its Home Listings in Japan

Similar to January’s Airbnb purge in San Francisco, the news from Japan highlights regulatory friction between the home-rental giant and the destinations where it operates.

June 5, 2018 12:57 PM
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Samantha Shankman
Packing Tips + Gear

How Rent the Runway Changed the Way I Pack

With trips to Las Vegas, Alaska, and Egypt all in one month, I turned to the clothing rental service to solve my packing dilemma.

December 11, 2019 02:17 PM
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Lyndsey Matthews
Travel Tales

Meet the Revolutionary Women in the World of Flamenco Guitar

A former child prodigy travels to Spain to revisit the instrument of her youth—and to learn flamenco guitar from the tocaoras playing to the top of the male-dominated world.

June 4, 2019 12:37 PM
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Lavinia Spalding

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