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  Take the visitor’s approach to exploring your own city

  Vox - Allie Volpe

  You don’t need to be a tourist to appreciate where you live. Despite having lived in Paris for nearly 15 years, Vanessa Grall gets a thrill when she encounters a new street. The city, Grall says, is like an “open-air museum,” full of unique buildings and historical markers that send her down Google …

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  What a summer of hellish flights taught us about flying now

  Vox - Whizy Kim

  Easy air travel is a thing of the past. More than 240 million people in the US flew somewhere between June and Labor Day, according to the Transportation Security Administration — about 7 million more than in summer 2019. Air travel is back. But it’s most definitely not back to normal. Horror stories …

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  How airplane legroom got so tight

  Vox - Edward Vega

  And why it isn’t regulated — yet. When you’re flying, there’s one thing you want to be above all else — comfortable. (Well, besides safe, of course!) Whether you’re comfortable is determined by a slew of factors, but none draws more ire than seat pitch — the fancy term used to describe the distance …

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  The extra step you’ll need to take before flying to Europe next year

  Vox - Ellen Ioanes

  The EU has a new travel authorization program, ETIAS, set to roll out in 2024 that will affect travelers across the globe. Travelers to Europe from many countries, including the US, will soon be required to apply for a travel authorization known as ETIAS, or the European Travel Information and …

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  The weirdly common, very expensive travel scam you should avoid

  Vox - Emily Stewart

  Do not click on that travel website (probably). Kathy could have sworn she called Qatar Airways to change her flight last spring. Looking through her call records now, she clearly didn’t. Instead, she wound up talking to a third-party booker called Infinity Travels. She has paid Infinity thousands …

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  What is ecotourism? A guide on how to travel sustainably.

  Vox - Julieta Cardenas

  Immerse yourself in nature — with respect for the environment and the culture that supports it. If you love nature, you may have tried to plan a vacation where you get to be immersed in it. Maybe you’ve explored a coral reef or visited an elephant sanctuary, or you dream of doing so one day. These …