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Visa bureaucracy hampers US tourism

Visa bureaucracy hampers US tourism

That wall across Texas may deter some foreigners from visiting the U.S. but the biggest deterrent appears to be America’s inability to process Visa applications and legally allow big spending tourists the ability to come to the U.S. A news story by ABC outlines some of the problems that foreigners face when trying to...

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Billions and billions and billions and billions and billions and billions and billions

Billions and billions and billions and billions and billions and billions and billions

The world is getting a little more populated and, according to CNN, it’s expected to reach 7 billion today (though it would take something like 30 years to count all of the people on Earth and by then, there would be 9 billion people). This might explain why you hear “we expect a full...

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Britain to eliminate sex

Britain to eliminate sex

Great Britain is about to drop sex from it’s passports. In a move to appease transgender citizens, Great Britain is planning to eliminate sex from its passports, according to the Daily Mail. This means the entire country will become sexless travelers. The passports will still have a spot for “sex” but everyone will just...

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Aruba. Still Safe.

Aruba. Still Safe.

Aruba is beautiful. From the resort beaches to the rocky north shore, the Natural Pool to Baby Beach and beyond, the island offers visitors anything they could want all in an amazingly small happy island. The people of the island are friendly and only want visitors to enjoy, leave happy and come back to...

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London Calling — for more rioters

If you’ve got an August trip across the pond — and please, don’t say “across the pond” unless you want to sound like a total douchebag — then you may want to keep your eye on the riots underway in London. (It started after police shot and killed a man, yes, Americans aren’t the...

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A new benefit: Unlimited Vacation

A new benefit: Unlimited Vacation

Most of us work for a living. Unless we had a huge trust fund or married well, we’re working hard to keep a roof over our head, food on our table and taking little chunks in time allotted by our employers known as vacations. In the US, we’ve been all become accustomed to the...

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Looking for adventure travel? Here are the 10 best places to go

Looking for adventure travel? Here are the 10 best places to go

It’s never official until there’s a study. George Washington University has finally conducted one on the most important topic around: Where to go for adventure travel. Obviously, the United States is out — where one out of every three people is a lawyer — the the fear of some one video taping the incident...

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Las Vegas tops list for summer hot spots

Las Vegas tops list for summer hot spots

Catch a Venetian canal ride while being serenaded with “Oh Solo Mio,” the ride the subway rails of New York, New York, the hunt for gold on Treasure Island, enjoy the exotic pleasures of Luxor, Egypt, stop by the Coliseum and cap the day in the City of Light — all along the same...

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Million mile man earns wings, looks nothing like George Clooney

Million mile man earns wings, looks nothing like George Clooney

It’s nice to have Mom pack you a picnic lunch. But it’s better when an airline does it for you. Just ask Tom Stuker, the real-life “Up In the Air” traveler based on George Clooney’s character who reached the ten million mile mark in United’s Mileage Plus program, the first person ever to attain...

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Graphic cigarette pics got you down? Here’s one way to fight them

Graphic cigarette pics got you down? Here’s one way to fight them

The government has a love / hate relationship with smoking. It hates it — it loves it. The government wants people to quit, but it also wants a certain amount to keep smoking, as cigarette smokers pay a lot of bills with all of the taxes hit upon them. Big Tobacco — a phrase...

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