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Hurricane Season in Mexico, Central America, and South America

Imagine saving up for a dream beach vacation in the tropics and then being locked down in a shelter or stranded because a cyclone is plowing toward you. Not only is there no sunny beach time, but you could be facing road closures, airport shutdowns, and downed power lines that come with hurricane season in [&hellip

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The 5 Safest Places in Mexico for Tourists

Which are the safest places in Mexico for tourists to go? The answer can change from year to year and it’s always important to remember that cities within a state can vary drastically in crime levels. Over time though, some states have fared better than others. Mexico has long had the fame, sometimes deserved, sometimes [&hellip

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How to Combine Your Flight to Bogota With Other Destinations in Colombia

If you pull up Google Flights and check international options from your home airport, there’s a good chance that some of the best flight deals to Latin America will be to Colombia. Thanks to multiple airlines flying there, including a few bare-bones budget ones, rates stay low at almost any time of year for a [&hellip

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Ecuador Expands Marine Highway Surrounding Galapagos Islands

One of the world’s greatest protected wildlife zones just got an upgrade. A much larger area of the Pacific Ocean around the Galapagos Islands will now be a marine highway, off-limits to most commercial fishing and exploitation. This January, as part of Ecuador’s recent climate commitments at the COP26 in Glasgow, the country has expanded [&hellip

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Is Travel Insurance Required Where You’re Headed?

“Passport please. Return ticket please. Vaccine certificate please. Health questionnaire please. Travel insurance card please. Thanks and enjoy your flight.” Wait, what? All that and proof of travel insurance too? In the good ole days before a worldwide health crisis came along, for many countries you could just grab your passport and go. The list [&hellip

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Their List, Our Reviews: Top Hotels in Mexico

Which Mexican luxury hotels have been called out this year by the readers of the USA’s two most popular travel magazines? Well, there are a few surprises, but overall there are a lot of great properties on both the Conde Nast Traveler poll and the Travel + Leisure rundown that came out recently. We tend [&hellip

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