
More than 90 flights have been canceled at Miami International Airport Thursday after a massive overnight fuel tank fire. The fire has created a major disruption for American Airlines, the airport’s biggest carrier, and stranded or delayed thousands of passengers. Firefighters worked through the night to extinguish the fire, which started late Wednesday night and [...]

Everyone dreams of it – that perfect ticket, with ideal flight times, great connections, and of course, a bargain price tag. How to best go about making reality come at least close? There are lots of theories out there about when to buy, in order to get a great price. Unfortunately, most of them are [...]

Latin America appears to have sustained minimal damage from the tsunami generated by Japan’s massive 8.9 earthquake on Friday. Ecuador‘s government today lifted the state of emergency from the Galapagos Islands, and people all along the West Coast of Latin America returned to their homes this weekend. The Galapagos sustained the heaviest damage, with some [...]

A massive magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocked the Japan coast this morning (Friday, March 11th), triggering tsunami warnings for twenty countries, including the coasts of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. While it appears that the tsunami will have minimal effect on Central America, Ecuador and [...]

Anyone who travels regularly to Latin America has heard the questions. Right after “But isn’t it awfully dangerous?” usually comes “Don’t people get sick down there a lot?” The answers are no and no – most of Latin American is quite safe, and people who take sensible precautions usually stay perfectly healthy. The key is [...]