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Life: Totally Worth The Hassle

Jen Sincero | Posted 04.27.2012

Jen Sincero

Today marks my one year anniversary of putting my stuff in storage, saying adios to my address and traveling the world as a member of the No Permanent Abode club.

Passenger Next To Crying Child Opens Emergency Exit

AP | By TRAN VAN MINH | Posted 02.16.2012

HANOI, Vietnam -- A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help. The man next to her ob...

Official Calls Mexico Travel Warning 'Ridiculous'

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's top domestic security official says a U.S. State Department travel warning on almost half of Mexico's states is "ridiculo...

Obama Signs Bill Modernizing Aviation System

AP | Posted 02.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday that modernizes the nation's aviation system, speeding up the nation's switch from...

WATCH: Man Proposes With Help Of Airplane Crew

Posted 02.14.2012

It just wouldn't be Valentine's Day without a few adorable marriage proposals on YouTube. On this edition of "adorable mid-air marriage proposals,...

Lauren Scruggs Goes On Ski Vacation

Posted 02.15.2012

Lauren Scruggs, the young woman who accidentally walked into a plane's propeller in December, has not only left the hospital but she took a ski trip ...

PHOTOS: Inside Vegas' New Mob Museum

AP | By CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 02.14.2012

LAS VEGAS -- In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits. In another, visitors are taught to loa...

Woman Has $160,000 Worth Of Checked Luggage Stolen

Posted 02.14.2012

Loose lips sink ships, or, these days, get your luggage stolen. At least, that's what happened to one woman who revealed too much to airline employees...

Relatives Remember Loved Ones One Month After Crash

AP | By SIMONE CAMILLI | Posted 02.14.2012

GIGLIO, Italy -- Tossing bouquets of red roses into the sea, the relatives of people still missing one month after the Costa Concordia cruise ship dis...

Schiphol Airport Reopens After Man Locks Himself In Bathroom With 'Bomb'

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 02.13.2012

AMSTERDAM -- A major disruption at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport ended Monday after military police arrested a man who had locked himself in a toi...

WATCH: Jackie Chan's New $30M Private Plane

Posted 02.13.2012

Earlier this month, Jackie Chan was named brand ambassador for Embraer jets. So what does that entail exactly? The actor and martial arts star pop...

U.S. Increases Mexico Travel Warning

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. State Department is recommending that Americans avoid travel to all or parts of 14 of 31 Mexican states in the widest travel a...

WATCH: The Many Flash Mobs Of Delta

Posted 02.13.2012

We never tire of airline employees filming themselves doing zany things, so when we saw this new video floating around the Twitterverse, we had to fla...

Cruise Impact In Charleston Is Minimal

AP | By BRUCE SMITH | Posted 02.09.2012

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A new study suggests that while downtown Charleston must deal with the passengers, traffic and congestion from cruise ships, the c...

Airline Fat Tax: Fair Or Foul?

Posted 02.09.2012

Airlines might soon be able to introduce a so-called "fat tax" if the U.K. Court of Appeals has anything to do with it. According to a court ruling...

Lawyer: Surviving Costa Passengers Want To Change Industry

AP | By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 02.08.2012

ROME -- A U.S. lawyer for compensation-seeking survivors of the Costa Concordia capsizing said Wednesday he will push for changes in maritime laws and...

Grenade Shuts Down Airport Terminal

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

HEBRON, Ky. -- A hand grenade in a passenger's carry-on bag has caused a temporary evacuation at the northern Kentucky airport. The Delta Air Lines t...

TSA's 'Pre-Check' Program Expands

AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 02.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airport...

WATCH: How To Wash An Airplane

Posted 02.08.2012

Thought washing a car was time consuming? How about an airplane? Southwest airline employees are charged with washing airplanes after hey are "c-ch...

WATCH: ABC News Investigates Air Marshals

Posted 02.08.2012

An ABC News report that aired on Tuesday night investigates the apparently crazy world of air marshals. According to the report, there is a "strik...

More Cruise Passengers Catch Stomach Flu

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- A health ministry official in St. Maarten says that more than two dozen cruise passengers were sick as the vessel docked i...

Are Blood Clots More Likely In Economy?

AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 04.08.2012

CHICAGO -- Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, accordin...

Paris Airports Downplay Strike Impacts

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

PARIS — Air France and other airlines have so far limited the damage on Monday from a strike by aviation industry workers by canceling or resche...

China Bars Its Airlines From Paying Carbon Tax

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 02.13.2012

BEIJING -- China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute...

Massive Stomach Bug Hits 3 Cruise Ships Over Weekend

AP | BY JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 04.07.2012

NEW ORLEANS — A stomach virus outbreak delayed the departure of the cruise ship "Voyager of the Seas" from New Orleans in one of three outbreaks...