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5 (sometimes surprising) ways flying affects your body

Gus Ruballo You land. Your throat feels like sandpaper. Your head is heavy. Your eyes sting. You've been sitting still for eight hours… so why does your body feel like it just ran a marathon? Most travelers accept this as the price of flying. But there's nothing inevitable about it. These symptoms have specific, well-documented causes — and understanding them is the first step to actually doing something about them. Here are five things flying is doing to your body right now. Some I´ll bet…

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Travel Budgeting: How to Budget for Your Trip

Traveling doesn’t have to be expensive, stressful, or unpredictable. With the right planning, you can enjoy your dream destination while staying comfortably within your budget. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how to create a smart travel budget, estimate your costs correctly, save money, and make the most of deals on flights, hotels, car rentals, and last-minute flight bookings.Whether you're planning an international adventure or a weekend getaway, mastering travel budgeting allows…

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Getting the best possible airfare deals from the USA with Google Flights

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of searching for flights, you know how overwhelming it can get. Prices jump around, deals disappear, and it’s easy to spend hours refreshing tabs. That’s where Google Flights comes in—it’s one of the most powerful (and free) tools for finding cheap airfares. Here are a few strategies travelers swear by: read post

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Flying smarter: 10 money-saving tips for budget travelers

Airfares in 2024 have been a something of a mixed bag - generally down to/from/within Europe and the United States, but pricier when it comes to Africa and parts of Asia, as well as the Middle East and South America. Regardless, to make the most of your travel budget and leave you more for enjoying destinations once you get there, here are a handful of proven strategies read post

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Joseba Basabe March 17, 2026 at 1:09pm

The BBC takes a look at the rollout of the European Union´s new biometric entry/exit system for non-EU residents at airports, and how to avoid the worst of the significant delays that are expected this year https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260313-how-to-prepare-for-euro...

Going to Europe this summer? Prepare for a long queue

As the continent completes its rollout of a new biometric entry system for non-EU residents, many destinations are bracing for long airport queues. H…
Giselle Balido March 15, 2026 at 2:03pm

I´ve occasionally wondered why boarding procedures seem unnecessarily complicated, and in retrospect, it should´ve been obvious: as always, follow the money As always - follow the money https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/2026/03/11/cruising-...
Max Pesling December 13, 2025 at 6:32pm

I´ve been to the one in Gibraltar, but it was interesting to read about various other weird airport runways around the world https://edition.cnn.com/travel/airport-weird-runways-barra-beach-is...

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/airport-weird-runways-barra-beach-island-gibraltar?cid=ios_app
Ed Wetschler December 3, 2025 at 11:40pm

Here´s a taste of what we can apparently expect at airports in 2026 https://www.traveldailynews.com/statistics-trends/aci-world-highlig...
Ahmed Abbas November 28, 2025 at 2:21pm

Who couldn´t use advice on how to really get decent sleep on planes? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/well/sleep-tips-long-flights.htm...
Maria de los Angeles August 1, 2025 at 9:38am

Well, apparently it´s not our imagination: air turbulence is in fact getting more common - and worse - while flying, and the BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgy7jx082ro

Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent and severe

Flights are getting bumpier, thanks in part to climate change. But new studies are looking into innovative potential ways to turbulence-proof wings -…
David Paul Appell December 28, 2024 at 2:56pm

I´ve sometimes wondered, seeing older travelers in airports (and by that I mean older than me, at 62, lol), how many of them find navigating busy terminals a challenge. So this made for an interesting read: https://www.journee-mondiale.com/en/10-airports-revolutionizing-tra...

Best airports for elderly travelers: 10 innovative hubs redefining senior-friendly travel
María José October 21, 2024 at 8:47pm

I often wonder this: I often wonder this: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/sustainable-aviation-future-of-travel

Can Aviation Ever Be Sustainable?

Introducing the Future of Travel column, a monthly series exploring the innovations and bold ideas moving travel forward.
Jorge Carlos Tejada Sobrino September 2, 2024 at 1:23pm

The 2024 list of the world´s best airlines is full of the usual suspects, but can you guess number one? https://www.timeout.com/news/the-worlds-best-airlines-have-just-bee...

The world’s best airlines have just been named for 2024

The World Airline Awards have spoken.
José Balido May 27, 2024 at 11:39am

In the wake of the horrifying turbulence-caused death and injuries on a Singapore Air flight several days ago, the Guardian just took a look at the growing phenomenon of air turbulence: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/21/what-cause...

What causes air turbulence and is the climate crisis making it worse?

While fatalities are rare, severe turbulence is up 55% since 1979 – with the climate crisis thought to be a factor