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💭 🧳 The Real Beach Predators "n" Field of Dreams
🌡️ Scorching News: Your Weekly Travel Digest
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Happy Sunday, Travel Junkies! ✈️🌴
We're bringing you this week's travel scoop from the sizzling shores of No-where-to-be-found beach. Grab your emotional support coconut water, 'cause this week's got more drama than your last family vacation.
Your weekly does of travel wisdom…
🌊 The oceans hidden dangers (hint: it's not sharks!)
⚾ ESPN's pitching a $7k baseball tour
🇪🇺Europe's getting more American visitors than a Golden Corral on Sunday
🚀⏰ Grab Your Passports, Let’s Go…
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💬 Did You Know…
World’s smallest hotel: The Eh'häusl Hotel in Amberg, Germany. It measures 8.2 feet wide and covers an area of about 570 square feet.
“Your Dose of Travel IQ”
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The real beach predators don't have fins
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Source / NOAA Ocean Today
🌊🏖️ Rip currents are the real sharks in disguise!
Listen up, sand dwellers! While you're chasing that perfect bronze, The Ocean's got some nasty surprises. “Rip currents“ are the stealth bombers of the surf world, and they're not playing games. These watery ninjas are snatching nearly 100 people yearly, with summer being prime time for their shenanigans. Not cool, ocean. Not cool.
News (That We Wish Wasn't) - 19 beach days have already gone terribly wrong this year. Panama City Beach and Hollywood Beach are still shook, and Hutchinson Island, Florida? Well, it saw a family vacay turn into a nightmare. Brian and Erica, parents of six, got caught in a rip current and lost their lives. Our hearts are breaking faster than waves on the shore 😢
💪 If caught in a rip current's grip, remember:
😌 Don't panic (easier said than done, we know!) - rip currents won't pull you under
🏊♂️ Swim parallel to the shore to break free, like you’re dodging your ex at the beach.
🚫 Avoid fighting the current head-on, you’re not Aquaman
🌊 Myth-Busting Moment: Don't fall for the "undertow" myth - rip currents are more like nature's treadmills, pushing you out to sea rather than dragging you under!
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🏖️ Florida’s Got Some Explaining to Do: It’s home to the top 5 deadliest beaches in the US for rip currents. New Smyrna Beach tops the list as the most dangerous.
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Field of Dreams
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😮 Batter up! ESPN Pitches Luxury Baseball Road Trip
If you build it, they will come! ESPN is stepping up to the plate in the travel industry with its new ESPN Experiences brand. Their inaugural "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" tour offers baseball fanatics a five-day journey through iconic stadiums in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.
⚾️ Managed by Adventures by Disney, this curveball into sports tourism is aiming to knock fans' socks off faster than a 100 mph fastball.
😃 The lineup includes fancy digs, VIP stadium access, premium game seats, and the chance to hobnob with baseball bigwigs like Michael Kay and Doug Glanville.
💰 Home run or strikeout? At $7,000 per person, it's pricier than ballpark beer! But for some fans, this might be their “field of dreams” come true.
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I am proud of every action we’ve taken “ESPN Experiences: Take Me Out to the Ballparks tour is a new offering we’re incredibly proud to introduce”
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Weekly trip around the world
"Your passport to the latest travel news around the world!"
🚨🌧️😔 Delhi Drama: On Friday, heavy rains caused a canopy collapse at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport, killing one and injuring six. Departures were halted and rescue operations are ongoing, and airlines are assisting.
🇺🇸🇪🇺🤑 American Invasion: Southern Europe's getting a star-spangled makeover! American tourists flooding in like it's the Second Coming of Columbus. Lisbon's loving the cash splash, but locals are getting priced out faster than you can say "gentrification.
🇪🇺✈️⚡Tiny Volts, Big Dreams: Europe's new electric planes are perfect for the minimalist traveler. For €120, you can hop countries faster than you can say "where's my luggage?" Oh wait, there isn't any! Time to master the art of wearing all your clothes at once 😆
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Fly-By Headlines 🧳🚀
We Surfed the Web (So You Don't Have to Wipe Out!) Serving up this week's juiciest travel news, stories and tidbits, with a side of snark.
✈️ BOEING’s GOT 99 PROBLEMS, and safety is number one! They're revamping training, streamlining processes, and squashing defects faster than you can say "pre-flight check.
🤫 Uh-oh, Boeing's been caught gossiping about Alaska Airlines' sky-high drama. Now they're in the naughty corner, facing a summer subpoena showdown. Someone's about to learn that what happens in the sky, stays in the sky!
🏊 Six Flags' surprise swim meet: Roaring Rapids ride decided to host an impromptu aquathlon. Visitors got a 2-for-1 deal: amusement park thrills AND Olympic swim trials! Talk about getting your money's worth!
🚢 Opps, the world’s largest cruise ship, the $2 billion Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, caught fire and lost power while docked in Costa Maya, Mexico.
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Travel Updates & Trends:
🌟 Forget in-flight movies, the cool kids are 'rawdogging' flights! It's like meditation, but with more jet lag. Can you survive hours of nothing but your own thoughts? Airplane mode: extreme edition
✊ The "Sky Club crawl”: Delta passengers are turning airports into their personal pub crawls - Cheers to making air travel great again, one wobbly step at a time!
🚢 HomeToGo’s gone full transparency, baring it all like a nudist colony for prices. No more sticker shock with hidden fees; what you see is what you get, nationwide!
Culture, Adventure & Destinations:
🏠 Fifty shades of stay: Discover America's most coveted Airbnb’s: 50 states, 50 unique homes. See the most wishlisted home in every US state.
✈️ Ah, the good old days of flying! When legroom wasn't a myth and cocktails flowed like the jet stream. Pan Am's bringing back their legendary routes on this exclusive flight…
💸 Airbnb or hotel? Shocking price gaps across 100 U.S. cities. Discover where you could save $200+ per night and the surprising spots where hotels beat Airbnb prices.
Science & Travel Technology:
🚁 Traveling internationally? The Mobile Passport Control app is your free fast-pass through customs. No interview, no fee, just a quick selfie.
🚀 Visa's digital emergency card replacement makes traveling easier. Ever lost your card? No worries! Get a quick digital replacement via text or email.
💯 Goodbye hidden fees, hello transparency: California's new law is forcing a tech overhaul in hotel pricing, but will small operators get lost in the digital shuffle?
Travel Tidbits:
🌞 Listen Up! Reddit's spilling the tea on vacation rentals. Skip the Airbnb markup and go straight to the source. A little detective work could save you big bucks - up to 50%!
🚗 70.9 million people will travel for July 4th. Get ready for the crowds and traffic jams.
🗽Travel History: June 30, 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Civil Aeronautics Act, creating the Civil Aeronautics Authority, which later became the FAA. This act was crucial in establishing modern air travel regulations.
The Weird, Crazy & LOL:
💣 JetBlue's Ex Got No Chill: Dillon D. Vista ex-employee decided to spice up his resignation with a side of felony. He was arrested for a fake bomb threat at JFK’s TWA Hotel.
🏄♀️ Hawaii Five-Uh-Oh: Two sunbathers went from catching rays to catching criminals! Watch as these impromptu lifeguard-cops give new a meaning to citizens arrest.
🤣 NSFW: Comedian Andrew Schultz took on a Boeing engineer faster than you can say "emergency exit.…LOL👇️
Business & Markets in Travel:
A weekly snapshot of the financial landscape in the travel industry. Stay updated with the latest stock prices and market trends.
The Company, Fridays Closing Price, Weekly Gain/Loss Performance
Top Gainers This Week Carnival $18.72 (+16.49%) Vacasa $4.87 (+11.70%) | Top Losers This Week Spirit Air $48.18 (-5.67%) Allegiant Air $50.23 (-4.99%) |
* Prices as of June 29th, 5:00 PM EST
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Travel Industry Careers
🏢😀 Passport to Employment:
Check out this week's top job picks that could launch your next adventure in the world of travel.
Company / Position | Salary / Location |
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Tripadvisor -VP Product, Traveler Products | $285,000 + / Remote |
Booking.com - Manager, Procure to Pay | $130,000 + / Norfolk, CT |
Capital One - Product Management: Concierge Travel | $135,000 + / Remote |
🏢😀 Travel Tycoon Opportunity:
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🏁 We’ve reached our destination
We hope you found this week’s flight through the news enjoyable. See you in the clouds ⛅
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