News You Can Use – July 24, 2019

Last Updated on January 31, 2024

Hack Turns Iphone Into A Flight Tracker

Tracking your flight is easier than you think. If you have an iPhone you might be happy to find out that you actually have a built-in flight tracker already on your phone without having to download an app. All you have to do is open your Messages app. According to the Cult of Mac…  Travel + Leisure

Plan A Cruise For Travelers With Reduced Mobility

Mary Arnold needs both knees replaced and has two new hips because of arthritis. The 58-year-old retiree from Los Angeles can walk only a few steps and uses a scooter outside of her home. But she doesn’t let her mobility issues interfere with her desire to travel. A longtime fan of cruising, she has set sail 14 times…  The New York Times

Why You Aren’t Getting TSA Precheck

You completed your application for PreCheck, the faster-through-security program from the Transportation Security Administration, paid your $85, did the interview, got the OK and your flying life should be a bed of roses. But you aren’t getting PreCheck. It doesn’t show up on your boarding pass…  Los Angeles Times

Endangered Destinations

Travelers with bucket lists tend to see the challenge as limited by their schedule, budget and life span. Increasingly, though, there’s a fourth dimension: how much longer a destination or experience, as advertised, will be around for a tourist to enjoy. Many places are disappearing or transforming before our eyes…  Washington Post

How To Stay Safe While Traveling

The Dominican Republic has made headlines recently, and not in a good way. The Caribbean country — which draws in over 2 million visitors from the U.S. each year, making it one of the biggest tourist markets in the region — has experienced an alarming trend in the past year: 10 Americans have died while on vacation here in the past year…  Travel + Leisure