These NBA Players Travel Well On & Off The Court

The start of the NBA season is just around the corner. But before the era of the dynamic duo begins, let us reflect on the the NBA players that made the most of their summer and have the passport stamps and Instagram receipts to prove it. Jimmy Butler (SF), Miami Heat Jimmy Buckets won summer early with a brand new $142 million contract from Pat Riley and the Miami Heat. We're sure that kind of loot makes globetrotting from Montreal toREAD MORE

Amsterdam’s Latest Tourist Tax Is Designed To Keep You Away

The Dutch government is continuing its campaign to make travelers reconsider visiting Amsterdam. Starting next year, tourists will be hit with a $3 per night surcharge for hotel stays. This is in addition to a newly implemented 7% basic tourist tax already being levied on travelers by hotels. These taxes are part of a concentrated effort by Amsterdam's city council to reclaim the Venice of the North for its residents. In 2016, 17 million people visited the city and that numberREAD MORE

Local Travel Tips For Visiting Prague

Before reading this article, you should really watch our Lokal video guide to Prague starring Linda Mangunda. Linda takes our cameras on a tour of her favorites places in the city. From movie theaters with vintage cars for seating to some of the best places to grab an organic meal, TravelCoterie and Linda are making sure your trip to Prague is memorable. But if you don't have time to watch our really super polished travel guide, here's a cheat sheet:READ MORE

ComfortLA: Skid Row’s Soul Food Restaurant

In 2015, ComfortLA opened its doors in Downtown Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row neighborhood hoping to revitalize the city's estranged community. The "clean" soul food restaurant has since become a popular gathering spot for hungry students, artists and foodies thanks to a laidback vibe and affordable food. Southern cuisine prepared inside the eatery include "Cousin Kina's Mac ‘n’ Cheese," Clean Mean Greens" and their signature "Organic Not Your Average Fried Chicken" with “That Sauce." All of the ingredients used in theREAD MORE

Man Proposes On Flight From Jamaica To Miami

A romantic vacation in Jamaica seems like an ideal setting for a proposal, unless you're the man in this video. He popped the question on a flight departing the Caribbean island. TravelCoterie's Kevin Frazier was onboard the American Airlines aircraft and captured video of the proposal. He says that flight attendants called the woman to the front of the plane just before landing where her boyfriend was waiting to pop the question. With Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" playing through the plane'sREAD MORE

7 Types Of Friends You Should Travel With At Least Once

Originally posted at http://memoirsmusings.com by London-based travel and lifestyle blogger, Char. You can keep up with her travels on Twitter - https://twitter.com/char_x0 and on http://Instagram.com/char_x.o. Although my travels in the past couple of years have been solo I have had group trips in-between. That got me thinking about the types of friends you should travel with at least once. And you know what they say – holidays make or break a friendship. The Spontaneous Friend This is the friend whoREAD MORE

Flying High: TSA Changes Stance On CBD Products

It's now legal to travel on commercial airlines with CBD products. TSA quietly changed stances on a previous policy that noted medical marijuana, including CBD oil, as no-gos for either checked luggage or carry-on bags. On the TSA website today, you'll find a message that reads:  “Products/medications that contain hemp-derived CBD or are approved by the FDA are legal as long as it is produced within the regulations defined by the law under the Agriculture Improvement Act 2018.” This isREAD MORE

Five Expert Travel Tips For Visiting Lisbon

If you've seen Portugal geotags on the social media feeds of your friends this summer, you're following the right people. Thanks to a litany of positive travel press, the country has in recent years become synonymous with being a premier vacation destination. It's a crown worn regally thanks to its numerous beaches, delectable seafood, bold port wines, colorful citizens and rich (literally and figuratively) and often complicated history. Portugal's capital city Lisbon is also a rewarding and complex destination. BuzzingREAD MORE

Is Gun Happy America Too Dangerous For Tourists?

Amnesty International has announced a stunning rebuke of the United States' lackadaisical gun laws by issuing a travel advisory against the country. The London-based organization issued the warning following two consecutive mass shootings that left 31 people dead in the cities of Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. The incidents mark the 250th and 251st mass shootings in the United States this year. Amnesty International joins the countries of Uruguay, Venezuela, Japan, Germany, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand with their advisoryREAD MORE

Sitting On The Spanish Steps Just Got Very Expensive

A major change at one of Italy's more underwhelming tourist traps has arrived. Roman authorities have begun cracking down on people sitting on the famed Spanish Steps. Squatters, once free to laze on the stairs indefinitely, will now be greeted by officers equipped with whistles and refined lung capacity. The regulations are intended to “guarantee decorum, security and legality” by prohibiting actions that are “not compatible with the historic and artistic decorum” of Rome’s center, according to the city’s website. FailureREAD MORE

London Travel Tips As Told By Idris Elba

"London is dope because it's one of these big melting pots, know what I mean? And it has been for a very long time." Most Londoners would argue that perennial thirst magnet Idris Elba's take on their native London is spot-on. And they of course, along with Idris, would be right. With over 300 languages spoken on a daily basis, London epitomizes diversity. It's also a region ripe for frequent pint consumption. In London, drinking a daily beer at theREAD MORE

Explore Jimi Hendrix’s Seattle With This Travel Guide

Every hero has an origin story. The city of Seattle played the backdrop in Jimi Hendrix's. The rock legend was born and raised in the dreary metropolis, gaining fame in school for playing air guitar on a broom. At the age of 15, Hendrix acquired an old one-string acoustic guitar as a $5 gift. Hendrix left Seattle to join the United States Army at the age of 19, serving as a paratrooper before being discharged after an injury. Hendrix neverREAD MORE

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