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Luxury Adventure Travel Advisor. Inspire World Travel is an affiliate of The Travel Society, a Virtuoso® Member.
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Today’s total closure of London-Heathrow will affect at least 1,351 flights to/from LHR.

That doesn’t include any flights that might be canceled or delayed due to aircraft being out of position.
March 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Highly recommend the Olympic Museum in Lausanne for a reminder of what international relations can be.
March 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#NationalMargaritaDay is quickly approaching.

Meet Mariano Martinez, the inventor of the world’s first frozen margarita machine. 🍋‍🟩 www.texasmonthly.com/food/fifty-y...
Fifty Years Ago a Texan Changed Happy Hour Forever
Here’s to Mariano Martinez, the inventor of the world’s first frozen margarita machine.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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@friendsofusaid

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40 million dollars on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.

Here are just a few ways we would’ve spent $40M:
youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8

This Super Sunday, tell Congress to #saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Offer from the European Timetable people: Use code SEAT61 to get 10% off the Winter 2024/2025 timetable (print or digital), the forthcoming Feb 2025 digital edition or the excellent Rail Map of Europe (folded edition) at www.europeanrailtimetable.eu. Valid until 23:59 Sunday Feb 2nd.
January 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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What's behind the recent uptick in close calls at U.S. airports?

Our warning from 13 months ago:

www.frommers.com/tips/airfare...
What’s Behind the Uptick in Close Calls at U.S. Airports?
What’s Behind the Uptick in Close Calls at U.S. Airports?
www.frommers.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Apparently a light aircraft has crashed into the Potomac bsky.app/profile/fact...
factal.com Factal @factal.com · Jan 30
Ground stop issued for Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., due to small airplane crash in Potomac River https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_otherdis.jsp?advn=15&adv_date=01302025&facId=DCA&title=ATCSCC%20ADVZY%20015%20DCA/ZDC%2001/30/2025%20CDM%20GROUND%20STOP&titleDate=01/30/2025
January 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Heads up, travelers!
Trump issued an executive order on Day 1 requiring only "male" or "female" gender markers and requiring that travelers' passports match their gender assigned at birth. I'll be doing a live stream on the topic Monday on our YouTube and Facebook (if anyone's still over there) pages.
State Department suspends processing passport applications with ‘X’ gender marker | CNN Politics
The State Department has suspended processing passport applications seeking the gender marker of “X” and will only process and issue passports for people identifying as male or female, according to a ...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Just a heads-up: Eurostar's Smartcheck will disappear from London St Pancras from 13 February. The tech has been successful, but Eurostar are preparing for the EU's entry/exit system.
January 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ICYMI: the UK quickly amended its Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA); you do *not* need one to transit through, but you *do* if you exit the airport. Apply no fewer than 4 days ahead of travel. More info here: www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
#traveltips
January 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Four trips to book right now!
bit.ly/plantravelnow
1. Warm spring getaway: Savannah, Austin, Mexico City.
2. Late spring Europe: Côte d'Azur, Azores, mainland Greece.
3. Autumn leaves in Asia: Japan, Korea, Vietnam.
4. Late 2025/early 2026: Patagonia, Antarctica
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January 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM