Traveling to new places is a highlight of many people’s vacations. However, even without the recent burdens of inflation, travel costs such as airfare, accommodations and food can quickly add up.

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Figuring out a vacation plan that doesn’t cost several months’ pay can be challenging to say the least. However, there are some wonderful destinations that are well worth your while and don’t have to put you over budget. Here are five US destinations that you

A Black man has hit out at the “discriminatory” policy of banning ‘Afro-style’ hair for workers at The Ritz London hotel.

Jerelle Jules, 30, said he pulled out of the application process for the dining reservation supervisor position after he found about the hotel’s rule on “unusual” hairstyles, which included Afro and “spiky”, in the policy document he was sent ahead of his final interview.

The Ritz said it “does not condone discrimination of any kind” but Jules, from Hammersmith, west

Now in its 22nd year, Tokyo DisneySea is Tokyo Disneyland’s sister amusement park, themed around the seven ports of call. This year is special as Tokyo Disney Resort is also celebrating its 40th anniversary. Japanese locals often call Tokyo DisneySea a Disney park for adults as it serves alcohol and has more extreme rides.

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Origins of Tokyo DisneySea

Tokyo DisneySea officially opened its doors in 2001 with a theme based on the Seven Seas. Due to cultural differences, there was a huge debate between Japan and the United States over the park’s main symbol. The

At just 18, Yukiko Okada was already on her way to becoming one of Japan’s biggest idols. A popular actor and singer, she topped the Oricon charts for the first time with her catchy track “Kuchibiru Network,” released in January 1986. It was supposed to be the first of many. Tragically, it was to be her only number one single. Less than three months after its release, the teenager, known as “Yukko” to her fans, took her own life, leaving the country stunned. On the 37th anniversary of her death, we’re looking back at her short yet impactful career for

There are more animals than people here where I live,” artist Daisuke Tajima says when we meet online, attempting to hammer home how remote his studio is in the far reaches of Nara Prefecture.

This land of millennia-old wooden temples and hundreds of tame bowing deers will sound like a Ghibli-esque fairytale to many, beautiful and unreal, but it’s the ordinary world where Tajima grew up. For him, conversely, the land of fantasy was a concrete maze of skyscrapers reaching to the heavens like those shown in his favorite animated works, namely Akira and Ghost in the Shell. “That

Most travel insurance policies offer multiple types of coverage for travel-related events, such as flight cancellations, medical emergencies and lost baggage. If you’re on a tight budget, even cheap insurance policies can provide a wide range of protection options. In the sections below, we provide an overview of what travel insurance typically covers.

Trip Cancellations and Trip Interruptions

Trip interruption and trip cancellation insurance reimburses you for non-refundable costs when a trip is canceled or cut short due to a covered reason. Covered reasons are generally emergencies or events that are out of your control, which may include:

• Acts of