Hacker News with Generative AI: Travel

Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses (nytimes.com)
Arthur Frommer, who expanded the horizons of postwar Americans and virtually invented the low-budget travel industry with his seminal guidebook, “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day: A Guide to Inexpensive Travel,” which introduced millions to an experience once considered the exclusive domain of the wealthy, died on Monday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 95.

Travel, History, Publishing, Biography

6 points by bookofjoe 12 hours ago | 0 comments

I hated Dubai until I learned about it (sive.rs)
Dubai was in my “Top 5 places where I NEVER want to go”. I heard it was commercialized hedonism, glorified overindulgence, pandering to millionaires and influencers — extravagance and opulence. Everything I hate. That's why I had never gone there.

Travel, Personal Opinion, Dubai, Lifestyle

5 points by Michelangelo11 21 hours ago | 1 comments

Why don't you move abroad? (orkohunter.net)
A decade has gone by. I got married, switched multiple jobs, wrote a lot of code, lived in three different continents, spoke at many conferences and made a lot of friends for life. I am now back living in India.

Personal Experiences, Travel, Life Abroad, India

184 points by orkohunter 1 day ago | 182 comments

Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95 (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.

Travel, Biography, History

4 points by toomuchtodo 1 day ago | 1 comments

I Feel Unsafe (jezenthomas.com)
I awoke to the sound of a violent explosion earlier than I had wanted that morning. The walls, windows, and furniture vibrated. A cruise missile had struck a warehouse owned by a national supermarket chain, roughly a kilometre from the hotel I was staying in. The russians had fired it – targeting civilian infrastructure as they regularly do – perhaps a dozen minutes earlier. It was June 24th, 2024. The time was 07:03.

War, Ukraine, Russia, Personal Narrative, Travel

26 points by yakshaving_jgt 6 days ago | 5 comments

Pathfinder – An AI-Powered Itinerary Planner (pathfinder.fly.dev)
Get a suggested itinerary for your dream holiday with practical information and local advice.

AI, Travel, Tourism, Itinerary Planning, Software

6 points by pafeu 7 days ago | 0 comments

Airlines Hate 'Skiplagging.' Meet the Man Who Helps Travelers Pull It Off (nytimes.com)
Aktarer Zaman is the founder of a controversial website that unearths airfare hacks, most notably skipping the last leg of a flight for a cheaper price.

Travel, Airlines, Hacking, Consumerism

15 points by sebastian_z 8 days ago | 9 comments

Stargate built 15 years ago in Ohio 50k pounds concrete family time (usatoday.com)
There's an ancient portal to another world in Ohio.

Unusual Structures, Architecture, Ohio, Travel

64 points by lightlyused 11 days ago | 39 comments

Show HN: I built a map to find sign-posted cycling routes across Europe and POIs (veloplanner.com)
Explore an interactive map showcasing sign-posted cycling routes from around the Europe. Whether you're planning a weekend ride or a long-distance cycling adventure, our map helps you discover cycling paths in your area and beyond.

Cycling, Europe, Maps, Travel, Software

11 points by caspg 12 days ago | 5 comments

Notes on Guyana (mattlakeman.org)
Over the summer, I visited Guyana (pronounced Guy-ana), mostly in and around the capital of Georgetown. I had plans to see far more of the country but they didn’t come to fruition.

Travel, Guyana, South America

210 points by impish9208 12 days ago | 140 comments

A Week of Failing to Pay with Bitcoin in El Salvador (reason.com)
When President Nayib Bukele promised that bitcoin would be accepted everywhere in El Salvador, it seemed like a glimpse into the future—a world where cryptocurrency would be woven into everyday life. But after a week there, I found a different reality. Not a single business accepted my bitcoin.

Bitcoin, El Salvador, Cryptocurrency, Economics, Travel

58 points by fortran77 20 days ago | 76 comments

Two Outbreaks of Legionnaires Disease, from Private Outdoor Hot Tubs, on Cruises (cdc.gov)
During November 2022–June 2024, CDC was notified of 12 cases of Legionnaires disease among travelers on two cruise ships; eight on cruise ship A and four on cruise ship B.

Public Health, Disease Outbreaks, Travel, Cruise Ships, Legionnaires Disease

6 points by gnabgib 21 days ago | 0 comments

Preserving the history of retiring cruise ships (afar.com)
The gangway was long gone, by then. There was just one way to enter the rust-etched, echoing hull that bobbed in the shallows off Alang, a small town on India’s Arabian Sea coast. It is the world’s largest shipbreaking yard, where cruise ships go to die, where in January of 2015, a slim figure with cornflower-blue eyes watched the frayed strands of a rope ladder flick and twitch with the swell. It didn’t look too bad, he thought. He’d seen worse.

Travel, History, Environment

47 points by trevin 22 days ago | 65 comments

The Rip in the World (longreads.com)
An unquiet bowl of orange rock-soup, filmed from above by a drone, played continuously on the sole television screen in the lobby. Standing in line with our luggage, we took in the boisterous sloshing of the lava, our wide eyes tracking each plume of gas against the soggy North Atlantic sky. It was a vision almost too dramatic to believe.

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Travel

20 points by diodorus 23 days ago | 0 comments

I wanted to live cheaply, I bought a boat, moved in to travel the world (theguardian.com)
After his 92-year-old mother died in 2019, Stephen Payne decided it was time for a change. But having spent the previous six months at her home in Torquay, where he is from, and the 27 years before that living in Los Angeles, Payne, a 60-year-old photographer, wasn’t sure where to go next.

Travel, Lifestyle, Personal Stories, Retirement

5 points by tosh 24 days ago | 0 comments

Crossing the USA by Train (blinry.org)
Today, I get to start a train trip I’ve always wanted to do: Going from New York to San Francisco!!

Travel, USA, Trains

355 points by chmaynard 25 days ago | 427 comments

The Brain Collector (theguardian.com)
Alexandra Morton-Hayward, a 35-year-old mortician turned molecular palaeontologist, had been behind the wheel of her rented Vauxhall for five hours, motoring across three countries, when a torrential storm broke loose on the plains of Belgium. Her wipers pulsed at full speed as the green fields of Flanders turned a blurry grey. Behind her sat a small, black picnic cooler.

Science, Travel, Mortician, Palaeontology

9 points by Vigier 29 days ago | 0 comments

The Script Creator (aeon.co)
In July 2019, I visited Siang Sawn, a small village in Chin State, western Myanmar.

Myanmar, Travel, Writing, Storytelling

33 points by tintinnabula 30 days ago | 1 comments

Why are airlines quiet quitting China? (skift.com)
Think quiet quitting is just for employees? Think again. In 2024, many of the world’s biggest airlines are making a low-key withdrawal from China. We find out why.

Airlines, China, Business, Travel, Economics

10 points by teractiveodular 32 days ago | 5 comments

European night train map 2024 (back-on-track.eu)

Travel, Europe, Train, Transportation, 2024

11 points by mtron_ 32 days ago | 2 comments

American Airlines Flight Attendants Just Won Boarding Pay (jacobin.com)
Flight attendants typically aren’t paid during boarding time. Earlier this month, after a three-year contract campaign and a credible strike threat, flight attendants at American Airlines became the first to win boarding pay.

Labor Unions, Aviation, Travel, Airlines

7 points by PaulHoule 34 days ago | 2 comments

America's Loneliest Roads, Mapped (geotab.com)
What’s the least-traveled route in America? Find the quietest routes in your state and get ready to hit the open road.

Travel, Maps, USA, Road Trips

6 points by BudaDude 36 days ago | 2 comments

Traveling with Apple Vision Pro (azadux.blog)
The Vision Pro has quickly become an essential item that I take onto every flight.

Travel, Technology

474 points by tosh 36 days ago | 593 comments

Life in India is a series of bilateral negotiations (strangeloopcanon.com)
When I landed in India last week, my friend came to pick us up. And as we got in his car and started to drive out, we went the wrong way inside the giant parking garage at Delhi airport where all directions look the same1.

India, Travel, Culture

66 points by Smaug123 36 days ago | 40 comments

Medical student's apparent celiac disease responded to giardiasis treatment (backpacker.com)
Little-known fact: The symptoms of chronic giardiasis can mimic gluten intolerance. How can hikers tell the difference?

Medical Conditions, Travel, Health, Parasites, Diagnosis

232 points by BostonFern 36 days ago | 127 comments

Richard F. Burton's Pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca (2013) (baumanrarebooks.com)
In the spring of 1853, noted linguist and explorer Richard Francis Burton started his most famous and important journey.

History, Travel, Religion, Biography

15 points by thunderbong 39 days ago | 4 comments

Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant shift from road to rail (mcc-berlin.net)
The state-subsidised 49-euro ”Deutschland-Ticket”, which allows you to travel by local and regional bus and rail throughout Germany for a month, has led to a significant shift in traffic from road to rail.

Germany, Transportation, Public Transit, Rail, Travel

823 points by mpweiher 40 days ago | 883 comments

When railroad dining cars were the height of luxury (cnn.com)

History, Europe, Travel, Food, Luxury

85 points by teleforce 40 days ago | 68 comments

American Airlines Seeks $94M in Skiplagging Travel Hack Lawsuit (aviationa2z.com)
FORT WORTH- American Airlines (AA) launched a legal battle against travel website Skiplagged, accusing the company of profiting from a controversial booking practice.

Lawsuits, Travel, Airlines

8 points by lisper 40 days ago | 6 comments

JetBlue is no longer serving hot food in economy class on transatlantic flights (usatoday.com)
JetBlue Airways is no longer serving hot food to economy passengers on transatlantic flights.

Airlines, Travel, Food, Economy Class

5 points by impish9208 42 days ago | 1 comments