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The youngest woman to visit every country: the inspiring journey of Lexie Alford

Lexie Limitless Travel often begins as a dream—one sparked by curiosity, adventure, or a desire to understand the world beyond familiar borders. For Lexie Alford, a YouTuber from California, that dream turned into an extraordinary global achievement. She became the youngest woman to visit every country in the world, a feat that most people only imagine but never attempt. By the age of 21, Lexie had traveled to all 195 sovereign countries, including some of the most challenging and restricted…

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How to start a travel blog right now: ideas and suggestions

AlexBrylov   Starting a travel blog this year can be an exciting and rewarding journey, allowing you to share your adventures, inspire others, and even generate income. With evolving digital trends and increasing opportunities in the travel niche, this is the perfect time to launch your blog. Here’s a step-by-step guide, along with content ideas and suggestions to help you succeed. read post  

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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer

    The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…

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Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for journalists

My editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica has asked me to extend this offer to all my journalist colleagues. You are invited to enjoy free access to all its factchecked resources, and if you do link to a Britannica story in your articles, none of the content linked to will be paywalled. Your readers in turn will have full and free access to Britannica's content. To get your free, personal subscription, just go to britannica.com/journalists and enter the code: EXPERT-CONTENT.

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  • Charlie,

    I tried to send you a message about this, but apparently we have to be "friends" first. I'm done with all these cyber rules.

    Here's my question for US lawmakers - and airline executives - how can you charge a premium for the emergency row seats? I understand that's it's much sought after territory on a plane. But just as the industry likes to tell us that flight attendants are really there for our safety, who sits in the emergency row shouldn't be held hostage to those who will part with an additional $15-$25-$40. You need to be able and willing to open the door (or not if conditions aren't favourable) in an emergency. You need to be able to understand the working language of the flight crew. Simply being willing to pay a few extra bucks doesn't match those qualifications.

    Are the airlines not in violation of some sort of federal safety rules or regulations? Are the airlines not contradicting decades of policy/PR which says our safety is their first priority?

    I think charging extra for these seats is obscene.
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  • Tell me the story of your flight from hell. I am addressing all of the PR directors of all of the airlines at the ATA conference on Thursday. Who knows where stories I have will come into play. Actually, I am planning on asking them how we can work together on projects like air traffic control and easing the crazy visa problems and CBP entry problems we are having here in the US. I need to develop a good relationship with them.

    Yesterday, had a meeting with the director of privacy for Homeland Security. Very interesting.
  • Members of my family just had a flight from hell two weeks ago. Thanks for the links, Charlie.
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