It’s not all doom and gloom in the travel world this year. While it’s true going abroad as an American has turned into an exponentially more complex endeavor, especially with Europe introducing mandatory fingerprinting on arrival and a spate of countries rolling out mandatory travel permits, at least one good thing came out of 2026: …

Africa is a dreamscape too often misportrayed and under-hyped by those who picture poverty-stricken communities offering more smiles and laughter than the horror stories of crime, and to be frank, some nations have a laundry list of potential diseases requiring vaccinations before you can board the plane. In that case, we get it — Cancun …