According to Reuters: FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern [...]

London Underground passengers had a surprising ride recently when a group of people rose from their seats to perform the dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Had they read the recent story about [...]

We were riding down the escalator in the Paris Metro when someone in front of us bent down to pick up something and started backing up against us. My situational awareness told [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Tom Merritt of Cnet’s Buzz Out Loud podcast about his recent visit to Barcelona Spain. Learn about the architecture (especially the work of Gaudi), the sites, the [...]

VeniceHotel.org has a great feature for those traveling to Venice in the very near future. It has a forecast for which days will have the biggest crowds. I assume they are predicting [...]

According to the website AvoidDelays.com “on January 21, 2008 the number of flights delayed was 1,864 According to FAA”. But those delays are not evenly distributed across all flights. This new web [...]

A new report indicates that the internet has taken the lead in yet another area. For the first time last year, more travel was purchased online than off-line in the US, according [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith about his quest to see all of the National Parks in the lower 48 states of the United States. Learn about big parks like Yellowstone [...]

The New York Times Reported today: Virgin Atlantic said Monday that it would conduct a demonstration flight next month of one of its Boeing 747 jets using biofuel — the first airborne [...]

Visit Monaco with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the changing of the guard outside the royal palace of the Grimaldis in Monte Carlo. click here to download (m4v) click here to [...]