New and enhanced flights to exotic destinations such as Singapore and Stockholm, plus 120 destinations in North America. Air Canada has released its plan for the busy summer travel season, and it features a 30% growth in capacity to the Asia-Pacific region, including flights to Osaka, Seoul and Singapore. There’s also a 25% boost for key leisure destinations in Southern Europe compared to last year, including flights to Stockholm and Madrid. “We continue to see strong demand for southern European destinations, and have increased capacity to countries such as Italy, Greece and especially Spain for this summer,” said Mark Galardo, Read more
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Time to look at some interesting lists again. Trip Advisor has a list out of the top 25 beaches in the world, and in the U.S.A. I find these fun to look at, and I will say the world list includes a ton of places I don’t know. Still, I find the trouble with these lists is that Trip Advisor clients tend to go to a lot of the “usual” places, which skews the results. There are some unexpected spots on the world list, including Zanzibar and Indonesia. But Australia only gets one spot in the top 25, and it’s Read more
Some fun items for today’s post, including some interesting lists of great destinations for budget travelers, top hotels for baseball fans, the coolest hotels in Canada, and great new hotels around the world, and a look at the most inviting towns in California. Let’s get to it. TOP DESTINATIONS FOR BUDGET TRAVELERS Here’s an informative item I found about places where your dollar (be it American or Canadian) will go farther. Given the ravages of inflation, that’s an important topic for just about everyone these days. This list comes from the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Read more
Google Flights has revealed the top searches on its platform by people in the U.S. who are looking to travel between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2024. It’s a list that’s heavy on European favourites, plus some ever-popular U.S. destinations and one great Asian spot. As luck would have it, Air Canada has a sale on flights to Europe including top cities like Paris, Rome and London. Click here for more information. Here’s the top 10, along with suggestions from Google (and me). LONDON Google: Along with arts and culture aplenty, shop ‘til you drop in the land of Big Ben Read more
A look at where North Americans are thinking of traveling, the latest stats on foreign visits to Canada, miscellaneous news and a European theme park with something called “Spitting Toilet Man.” Today’s blog post has a little of everything. WHERE NORTH AMERICANS WANT TO TRAVEL Skyscanner has a new study out that shows North American travelers are seeking new destinations and also looking at old faves. Their date for June to August of this year shows a +3% increase in people looking at South America, a +2% increase for North Asia and a +1% increase for Southeast Asia. The shift Read more
