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An Ethiopian Airlines plane has crashed en route to Nairobi leaving 157 people dead. There were 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board. No survivors were found after an intense fire at the scene. The plane crashed near the town of Bishoftu, near the capital Addis Ababa. The prime minister tweeted his condolences to …
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A year ago, I left New York to travel around the world as Business Insider’s international correspondent. Over that time, I’ve visited over 20 countries, taken dozens of flights, and stayed in nearly 100 hotels. Planes are notoriously dry places with humidity lower than the Sahara Desert. I am very sensitive to dry plane air, …
Cruise ship passengers can be exposed to legal systems that don’t provide the same protections they would find in the US. When a cruise ship docks at a port, its passengers are subject to the laws of the country in which the port is located. This can lead to warrantless searches from local police, the …
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After traveling to dozens of countries, I’ve found that the best experiences I’ve had have not come from fancy meals or tourist attractions but from saying yes to meeting new people. On a recent trip to Egypt, I contacted a distant acquaintance for tips and ended up being offered a place to stay in a …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. The IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card offers a free night certificate each year on …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. The Platinum Card® from American Express offers a tremendous value to cardholders, despite its $550 …
Adrian Shepherd is a British productivity consultant who’s lived and worked in Japan for the past 24 years. Over that time he’s had a front row seat to how business is conducted there and has learned four powerful business lessons that can help anyone. For instance, attention to detail is crucial — and rules are …
The US Department of State issued a travel advisory in Jamaica on March 8. Violent crime — including sexual assault and homicide — is “common,” according to the department’s website. Government personnel are barred from driving outside of certain neighborhoods of Kingston, the country’s largest city and capital, at night. Fifty-seven other countries have the …
SLEEEP is Hong Kong’s first capsule hotel, a concept invented in Japan in the late 1970s that aims to provide cheap, convenient “sleeping pods” for travelers who do not require the services of a full hotel. I stayed at SLEEEP last March on a business trip to Hong Kong. It cost around $75 USD per …
American Airlines has grounded 14 Boeing 737-800 due to poorly installed overhead bins. The airline found substandard work in the cabins of two Boeing 737-800s that recently received updated interiors. American said it decided to ground the two affected aircraft and proactively ground 12 additional aircraft that were worked on by the same vendor. In …
Mark Zuckerberg has laid out a vision of how Facebook services will become the backbone for the way people live online, Business Insider’s Shona Ghosh writes. Zuckerberg’s vision for Facebook is uncannily similar to how the WeChat app dominates modern life in China, serving a variety of functions from messaging, social networking, and e-commerce to …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. Delta’s two mainstream credit cards offer discounted one-time access to Delta Sky Club lounges, while …
I travel for weeks at a time with just one piece of luggage: a carry-on suitcase My mantra is, if the product isn’t multi-purpose, it isn’t coming with me. The first thing I eliminate is shoes—it’s the biggest space saver. Checking luggage just isn’t for me. It’s partially because I’m opposed to the notion that …
I recently flew in business class for the first time in my life. My flight was a 14-hour flight from Dubai to New York operated by Emirates on the Airbus A380 superjumbo, the largest and most expensive commercial airliner in history. While there were a lot of perks that blew me away — including the …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. When you have the Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express, you’ll earn a …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. If you have the IHG Rewards Club Premier Credit Card, you can earn a free …
A year ago, I left New York to travel around the world as Business Insider’s international correspondent. Over that time, I’ve visited over 20 countries, taken dozens of flights, and stayed in nearly 100 hotels. A lot of travel bloggers recommend Global Entry, a US government program for approving “trusted travelers” to gain quicker access …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network. Credit cards frequently offer large sign-up bonuses to try and entice new customers. Opening a new card and earning these bonuses is the fastest way …
Through recent mergers, airlines such as American, Delta, and United have grown to become colossal mega-carriers. Recently, aviation data firm OAG provided us with data sets that ranked the 20 largest airlines in the world based on the number of seats each carrier made available to passengers during 2018. As expected, US carriers made a …
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I moved from Connecticut to San Francisco more than 30 years ago. I was surprised by several things about living in San Francisco, like the chilly summers and people’s shyness about crossing the street. I’m still not used to all of the cultural differences between the East Coast and West Coast. I visited California just …
Personal Finance Insider writes about stuff that can help you make smart decisions with your money. We receive a small commission for certain products or services, but our reporting and recommendations are independent and never influenced by our partners. There are currently great deals available from many US cities to Tehran, Iran. Flights start at …
Global Entry is a government program that allows pre-approved travelers to quickly go through customs when returning to the United States. I recently used my Global Entry status on a recent trip back to the US, but didn’t get the expedited experience it was cracked up to be. Because of computers that were out of …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may receive a small commission from our partners, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. IHG, the parent brand of hotel chains like Holiday Inn and InterContinental, has a rewards program that’s often …
The newly unveiled Empathy Suite, designed by artist Damien Hirst, is the most expensive hotel room in the world at $100,000 per night with a minimum two-night stay. Located off the Las Vegas Strip in the Palms Casino Resort, the two-story sky villa features two luxury master bedrooms, a 13-seat bar, and six standalone Hirst …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network. There are plenty of good travel cards out there. However, few are attached to such a flexible and easy-to-navigate program like Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan. …
JetBlue is offering three lucky winners the chance to fly for free for an entire year as part of its All You Can Jet sweepstakes. To enter the sweepstakes, contestants must delete all of the photos from their Instagram accounts. Each grand prize is valued at $20,000. All entries must be completed before 9 a.m. …
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. Business Insider may receive a commission from The Points Guy Affiliate Network. If you fly even just a couple times a year, it’s worth having an airline credit card. These cards come with perks and benefits that …