Welcome to The Morning Shave. We read a ton of travel articles each day for our research to share the best travel tips, tricks, and news with you. Here are the articles for Tuesday, August 20, 2024, that we think you should read.
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Why Planes Avoid This Area That’s Four Times the Size of Texas.
When you zoom out and look at patterns, you notice things that often go undetected. Take this flight pattern, for example. Planes fly at 30k+ feet in the air, so flying over tall mountains shouldn’t be a problem. But when you factor in turbulence and other safety issues, it all makes sense.
Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines’ Merger Passes DOJ Review.
This merger took a major step forward with approval by the U.S. Department of Justice. The DoJ’s review period passed without any issues, so now they must wait for the Department of Transportation to bless the deal. Typically, this approval comes pretty quickly, which means that the airlines should be able to close the transaction fairly soon.
8 Things You Should Always Do When You Check Into a Hotel Room.
A good reminder about sanitary and safety tasks that will help ease your mind in a new hotel room. One thing I always forget to do is to check the alarm clock. I use my phone at home to wake myself up. Hotels are notorious for early alarms so people can catch their flight. And the last thing you want is a 4 am wake-up in the middle of a nice dream.
Hyatt reports growth slowdown for all-inclusive resorts.
While Hyatt had strong growth in Q1, demand has slowed considerably in Q3 (July-September). Hopefully, fewer travelers will make Hyatt rethink its significant changes in the cost of all-inclusive resorts when redeeming points. Many of these properties are way out of reach for most travelers looking to book an award vacation.
17 of our favorite ski-friendly resort hotels you can book using points.
I know that summer is barely over, but if stores can start putting up Halloween decorations and selling pumpkin spice lattes, we can surely talk about booking ski trips for this winter. I love to snowboard, and hitting the slopes is a great way to spend the day before a little apres ski at the bar. Skiing and snowboarding can be expensive, so cut your costs by booking these ski-friendly resort hotels when booking your trip.
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