American Airlines and other carriers, worried about soft ticket sales, are taking the unprecedented step of broadly waiving those hefty ticket change and cancellation fees for new ticket purchases. JetBlue started the trend last week because of “evolving coronavirus concerns” and was quickly joined by Alaska Airlines, which calls it a “peace of mind” waiver. American is the first of the big …

When Rebecca touched down in Austin on February 12, her dream holiday turned into a nightmare when she was handcuffed and locked in a cell by border officials – before being banned from the United States. Speaking exclusively to Fabulous Digital, she said: “I’ll never go abroad on my own again. It was the most …

Officials from Virgin Voyages sent an email to travel media personnel scheduled to attend the inaugural NYC event that revealed the cruise line was postponing the celebration to keep “a watchful eye on the news.” The Scarlet Lady was delivered to Virgin Voyages in February by the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, and the email stated the ship …

If you look at the annual weather of all the popular coastal cities in Mexico, they are all going to be very similar at first glance. You’ll see an average annual temperature of around 26°c (80f) no matter if you’re looking in Cancun, Puerto Vallarta or Mazatlán. However, there are many other factors (like average …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly issues “Travel Health Notices” that address disease outbreaks and other health-related matters in international destinations. The newly discovered coronavirus is now a topic of concern. The point of the warnings is to indicate countries where the CDC believes there is a risk of infection with COVID-19, the disease caused …

The Louvre museum in Paris has remained closed amid concerns over France’s coronavirus outbreak. Staff at the Louvre – the most visited museum in world – voted “almost unanimously” not to open on Sunday, a union representative said. On Saturday the French government banned all indoor gatherings of more than 5,000 people, in an effort …

Many visitors get so captivated by the magic of Mazatlán that they end up staying! We have heard story after story about someone who just came here to visit friends and haven’t been home for 20 years, or someone who came for a week but now snowbirds here half the year. We get it. Mazatlán …

Tokyo Disneyland said Friday that it would close for two weeks as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus in Japan, one day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked schools nationwide to close for most of March. The park will be closed beginning Saturday with plans to reopen on March 15. In a statement on its website, the …

Air Transat removed a family of five Canadians from a flight after their child began coughing on the plane, prompting a demand for medical documents which they could not provide. Emmanuel Faug, Clémentine Ferraton, and their three children were boarding Air Transat flight TS112 from Quebec to Paris when several passengers raised concern about their …

Around 1,000 guests at a hotel in Spain’s Canary Islands have been locked down after an Italian doctor who recently stayed there tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. On Tuesday, the H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel in Tenerife was placed on lockdown after the man tested positive for the viral disease, BBC reports. The man reportedly tested positive on …

 Scrambling to contain rapidly rising number of new coronavirus infections in Italy, the largest amount outside Asia, authorities on Sunday stepped up measures to ban public gatherings, including stopping Venice’s famed carnival events, which have drawn tens of thousands of revelers to a region that is now in the heart of the outbreak.   “The …

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced Thursday it would cancel all voyages in Asia across its three cruise brands through the summer months due to the coronavirus outbreak, and that it will temporarily remove the company’s ships from the region. Norwegian CEO Frank Del Rio announced on the company’s earnings conference call that 40 voyages have been canceled or modified through the end of …