Map searching allows travelers to be open to options rather than requiring that they have an encyclopedic knowledge of the world's cities.

We've road tested some of our favorite products that can take some of the sting out of getting to your destination.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide tourists information about the city by embedding bar codes into the bl...

We've loaded up our iPhones and Androids in search of the best hotel apps around, and found these great, user-friendly apps that make our travel a lot easier and a lot more exciting.

This week's startup roundup covers apps and services that aid travelers before and during a journey, but also includes operational tools for travel companies that are working to engage with travelers online and meet them where they are, which is more often than not, on their mobile device.

Instagram has hit the road. The wildly popular photo sharing app has become the de facto vacation camera for users around the world, according to n...

Thanksgiving presents a problem: The brevity of the holiday means that most professionals traveling home or over a river and through a wood need to st...

The travel industry is hard at work building more travel apps than can fit on even the most high-capacity device. But the truth is that there are only...

Say goodbye to summer; fall's here. We're excited for road trips, farmers' markets, fall foliage and all things Thanksgiving.

From its mind-boggling array of useful apps to a camera that now ranks as most popular on the photo sharing site Flickr, the iPhone has been a game ch...

Online hotel reviews are riddled with fraud and fiction, and legitimately negative reviews are often prompted by issues that could have been resolved easily if the guest had connected with the hotel management during their stay.

Relax. No one is going to make you relax.

There are more than 40 different flight search engines out there, but when it comes to getting to and from the airport or buses or trains, no one seems interested in helping. Until now.

Years ago summer was lo-fi -- a season more about escape than entertainment. No longer.

Traveling can be exhilarating and exhausting, inspiring and intimidating all at once. But with every personal connection the world gets smaller and mo...

By Peter Myers LONDON (Reuters) - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future. There are self-service bag drops but no...

Many higher-end car services require you to call them well in advance and they're often fairly pricey. But Uber is a car service that is as simple to use as calling a taxi.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is not the largest plane in the world. Nor is it the fastest. It doesn't have on-board showers or full-size beds, nor can it...

Some ideas are so perfect, so brilliant in their simplicity and practicality they engender a healthy respect for human ingenuity. Jaktogo is not one o...

Tiago Barros was tired of heading from point A to point B to Point D by way of appointment C, but there wasn't really any other option: Modern transpo...

A smartphone app that is available on both iPhone and Android phones now makes it possible for travelers using the Minneapolis St. Paul International ...

The major finding of a new SITA survey released Monday is that passengers increasingly expect airlines and airports to communicate directly with them ...

The TSA will be testing new technology that will increase agents ability to spot fake documents, the agency announced Monday. The technology, which...

The "magic" in this plastic flying carpet is pure technology, nothing wizardly or genie-liscious about it. Shove off Aladdin, move over Solomon, techn...