Destinations / North America
Jul 21, 2020Beyond San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park draws families from across the country for its many built-in attractions, including the Japanese Tea Garden, the De Young Fine Arts Museum and The California Academy of Sciences.
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Interior Upgrades Begin Rolling Out Across United Fleet
United Airlines is in the midst of a major initiative to modernize its fleet over the next several years. After first announcing the plan in 2021, planes fitted with United’s signature interior are finally beginning to appear across the airline’s narrowbody fleet of Boeing and Airbus planes. United flyers are sure to notice these enhancements from the moment they step on board: Each new or updated plane sports remodeled seats, seatback entertainment screens for everyone, Bluetooth connectivity and more, all adding up to a better experience on every journey.
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Jul 9, 2020Handling Travel With Care: New Habits to Adopt for Future Travel
An interesting and accidental beneficial side effect of recent travel bans is that large swaths of the world affected by over-tourism are beginning to heal themselves. Major cities from Los Angeles to London and Beijing are reporting their best air quality in years with less nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide emitted by cars and industry. The canals in Venice are so clear, schools of fish and even a dolphin were easily spotted by locals — all of this and more taking place before Earth Day’s 50th anniversary in April.
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May 22, 2020Your Nutrition Go Kit: Boosting Your Immune System for Travel
Prior to any family trip, every responsible adult will have a checklist to ensure the journey and destination can be made as safe as possible for everybody. A packing list can incorporate healthy snacks, bug repellant, a first-aid kit and minor illness remedies (cold and flu meds; anti-diarrhea pills) while pre-trip cautions — depending on the location — immunizations and family discussions on how to avoid injury.
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United Airlines Celebrates its First Class of United Aviate Graduates
As the only major U.S. airline to own a flight school, United Airlines already hit a major milestone, and now the carrier celebrates another important — and historic — step as the inaugural class of United Aviate Academy pilots graduates, leading the next generation of aviators. The 51 students in the graduating class were majority, at 80 percent, women and people of color — another stride toward United’s goal of training 5,000 new pilots by 2030 with half women or POC.
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Apr 15, 2020Rethink, Revise and Reschedule: Travel and COVID-19
Life is what happens to us when we are making other plans — the current situation with COVID-19 is perhaps one of the most extreme examples of the old adage in our lifetime. Even the best-laid plans will need a complete overhaul, and there’s bound to be expressions of disappointment, exasperation and some tears shed — and not just among the kids.