Wayne Hall is a travel journalist for The Traveler, specializing in travel news, aviation updates, and destination impacts.
Navigate 2026 travel’s shifting rules, rising taxes and new data checks across the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe, with practical tips to avoid surprises and still travel smarter.
A fast‑moving winter storm threatens crippling ice and snow across Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, endangering roads, flights, and transit while demanding flexible travel plans and real time forecast checks.
Canadian snowbird travel to Florida and the U.S. Sunbelt is cooling as currency woes, rising costs, and political tensions push retirees toward cheaper, closer, and more comfortable winter alternatives.
Winter returns to the eastern US as a clipper and Valentine’s weekend storm threaten New York, Philadelphia, Richmond and the Great Lakes with disruptive snow, dangerous cold and challenging travel conditions.
Greece is reinventing tourism with bold digital innovation, sustainability and year-round experiences, offering a scalable blueprint for Europe’s mature destinations facing seasonality, climate pressure and overtourism.
Livingston County lifts its travel advisory after intense lake effect snow, but drivers across New York’s Finger Lakes still face icy secondary roads, drifting snow, and fast-changing winter hazards.
Thailand’s cannabis crackdown has swiftly transformed a booming weed tourism scene into a legal minefield, with strict medical-only rules, airport export bans and tough penalties for unwary visitors.
Canadian airlines are slashing Canada U.S. routes as demand plunges, cutting nonstop options to cities like Los Angeles, Boston, and Las Vegas and forcing travelers onto longer, connection-heavy journeys.
Canada’s travelers face a new era of stricter e‑visas and biometric checks, as Saudi Arabia and over 85 countries tighten digital border controls Canadians must navigate before booking trips.
M18 South Yorkshire disruption explained: how overnight closures, roadworks and diversions between Doncaster and Rotherham affect UK holidaymakers, freight and commuters plus smarter routes to keep trips moving.
Namibia and other African nations are tightening visa rules and fees for US travelers, reshaping safari plans and demanding deeper preparation amid Washington’s controversial bonds and entry restrictions.
Serious A31 Hampshire crash and vehicle fire cause long delays, diversions and disruption for drivers and holidaymakers, with safety concerns raised on this vital route to the New Forest and south coast.
