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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 163456144 ‘Eat and flee’ tourists are ruining this ‘fragile’ popular vacation spot, officials say — here’s their latest attempt at a crackdown https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/eat-and-flee-tourists-are-ruining-this-fragile-popular-vacation-spot-officials-say-heres-their-latest-attempt-at-a-crackdown/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:05:16 -0400 2025-04-18T15:05:27-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/eat-and-flee-tourists-are-ruining-this-fragile-popular-vacation-spot-officials-say-heres-their-latest-attempt-at-a-crackdown/ Marissa Matozzo https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35662635 0 35662635 Tourists overcrowding the narrow streets near St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, encapsulating the issue of over-tourism in the city. A group of people enjoying a gondola ride on Canal Grande in Venice on a beautiful summer day in Italy Tourists walking near the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, contributing to problems of overcrowding on February 16, 2025. New measures are part of a larger crackdown as Venice struggles with overtourism. Tourist holding a phone displaying a QR code to enter Venice, Italy, as part of the city's new entry fee program Crazed passenger carried off plane after chomping down on crew member — see the wild video https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/crazed-passenger-hauled-off-plane-after-biting-flight-attendant/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:53:23 -0400 2025-04-18T14:53:32-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/crazed-passenger-hauled-off-plane-after-biting-flight-attendant/ Ben Cost https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35663355 0 35663355 Due to the disruption, the flight was reportedly delayed by three hours. The passenger is carried off the plane. This tiny church is America’s own Sistine Chapel — visitors flock to see its ‘Last Supper’ and other ‘rich’ frescoes: ‘A very, very special place’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/tiny-church-is-americas-sistine-chapel-visitors-flock-to-see-its-rich-frescoes-a-very-very-special-place/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:08:16 -0400 2025-04-18T13:08:25-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/tiny-church-is-americas-sistine-chapel-visitors-flock-to-see-its-rich-frescoes-a-very-very-special-place/ Associated Press https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35662282 0 35662282 Maine's South Solon Meeting House features impressive frescoes by various artists, drawing a comparison to works in Vatican City's Sistine Chapel. The unassuming South Solon Meeting House (above) was built in 1842. A fresco depicting community members with a model of South Solon Meeting House is seen through a window in the lobby of the building. Veronique Plesch, an art professor at Colby College, gives a lecture to art teachers about the frescoes that adorn the walls and ceiling of the South Solon Meeting House. Newly-installed tables stand under Michaelangelo's frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. A rock wall surrounds the meeting house. Veronique Plesch, an art professor at Colby College, pauses during a recent tour of the South Solon Meeting House. REAL ID’s looming deadline prompts TSA travel warning https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/real-ids-looming-deadline-prompts-tsa-travel-warning/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:08:50 -0400 2025-04-18T11:08:52-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/real-ids-looming-deadline-prompts-tsa-travel-warning/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35660868 0 35660868 Airplane passengers line up for TSA security screenings at Denver International Airport in Denver. A small gold circle with a white star denotes a Real ID driver's license. Passengers at O'Hare International Airport wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint on May 16, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Passenger spends hundreds to bribe his way into first-class — and films his humbling attempts: ‘Respect the hustle’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/passenger-spends-hundreds-to-bribe-his-way-into-first-class/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:06:54 -0400 2025-04-18T10:08:45-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/lifestyle/passenger-spends-hundreds-to-bribe-his-way-into-first-class/ Ben Cost https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35659244 0 35659244 Seidel purchases Starbucks gift cards for crew members. Seidel gives a French Bee crew member a letter. Seidel. Spain’s Sagrada Familia creating space to curb tourist crowds as public area reaches ‘saturation point’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/spains-sagrada-familia-will-curb-tourist-crowds-by-creating-separate-selfie-space/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:49:53 -0400 2025-04-17T22:49:56-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/spains-sagrada-familia-will-curb-tourist-crowds-by-creating-separate-selfie-space/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35656333 0 35656333 Young Couple Taking Break from Sightseeing for Selfie In this Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 file photo, Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, or Holy Family Church, is shown in Barcelona, Spain. ‘Greedy and selfish’ CEO slammed for bragging about first-class plane ticket: ‘Super smug schmuck’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/ceo-slammed-for-bragging-about-first-class-plane-trip-in-ai-post/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:55:14 -0400 2025-04-17T14:51:11-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/ceo-slammed-for-bragging-about-first-class-plane-trip-in-ai-post/ Adriana Diaz https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35648330 0 35648330 Jake Bass in first class Jake Bass sitting in first class First class lounge First class lounge menu Bass's view of the economy travelers from the first class lounge Passengers freak out over how ‘gross’ plane seats are — as proven in swab test: ‘I’ll never fly again’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/passengers-freak-out-over-how-gross-plane-seats-are-proven-in-swab-test-ill-never-fly-again/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:21:27 -0400 2025-04-17T10:21:36-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/passengers-freak-out-over-how-gross-plane-seats-are-proven-in-swab-test-ill-never-fly-again/ Asia Grace https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35647441 0 35647441 A plane passenger looking concerned. A flight speaking to a flyer. A person wiping an airplane seat armrest. Passenger stunned after flight attendant cites ‘unwritten’ rule mid-flight — and even the TSA disagrees: ‘condescending’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/passenger-stunned-after-flight-attendant-claims-unwritten-rule-mid-flight-even-tsa-disagrees/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:03:26 -0400 2025-04-17T13:53:44-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/passenger-stunned-after-flight-attendant-claims-unwritten-rule-mid-flight-even-tsa-disagrees/ Ben Cost https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35646806 0 35646806 A woman knitting. A still from the video. A flight attendant and child passenger. Facing long DMV waits for a REAL ID? Some Americans are considering these alternatives https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/americans-grounded-without-real-id-long-dmv-waits-turn-to-other-options/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:58 -0400 2025-04-17T10:01:00-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/americans-grounded-without-real-id-long-dmv-waits-turn-to-other-options/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35647191 0 35647191 People wait in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 in Troy, N.Y. Miami, Florida, Miami International Airport, TSA checkpoint security screening, Real ID sign. An ID An ID Stella Chan holds a List of Documents to Apply for a Real ID as she stands in line at the Department of Motor Vehciles on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 in Daly City, Calif. A TSA agent in a blue uniform checking a passenger's passport at O'Hare International Airport in 2019 The ‘most expensive airport’ has $20 beers and $7 bananas — and it’s not JFK or La Guardia https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/most-expensive-airport-has-20-beers-and-7-bananas/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:24:39 -0400 2025-04-17T14:05:53-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/most-expensive-airport-has-20-beers-and-7-bananas/ Fabiana Buontempo https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35641773 0 35641773 An Aerial View On Istanbul airplane banana airport Here’s what Europeans really think about American tourists — and why they tolerate us https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/what-europeans-really-thing-of-americans/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:02:16 -0400 2025-04-16T16:04:05-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/what-europeans-really-thing-of-americans/ Ben Cost https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35637963 0 35637963 Friends in Europe. A tourist in Paris. Barcelona. Tourist in Rome. A visitor poses for a selfie in front of the Erechtheion and the Parthenon temples at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. My suitcase ended up in the wrong country — don’t make the same common mistake I did https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/why-you-should-always-check-your-airline-issued-luggage-tag-receipt/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:20:33 -0400 2025-04-16T15:20:43-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/why-you-should-always-check-your-airline-issued-luggage-tag-receipt/ Brooke Steinberg https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35638967 0 35638967 STOCK lost luggage at an airport Woman missed her flight or it was cancelled. Hotel guest balks at request for ‘appreciation’ tip during stay: ‘Abso-f–king-lutely NOT’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/hotel-guest-balks-at-request-for-appreciation-tip-during-stay-abso-f-king-lutely-not/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:05:02 -0400 2025-04-16T14:05:10-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/hotel-guest-balks-at-request-for-appreciation-tip-during-stay-abso-f-king-lutely-not/ Brooke Steinberg https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35638100 0 35638100 Hotel maid in uniform walking along the hall with chambermaid trolley. Room service concept. Horizontal shot The sign read, "Tipping just got easier," and had a QR code for customers to scan and leave a tip for the "room attendants team." Young hotel maid making the bed with clean fresh towels Passengers will no longer need this travel essential to fly as industry plans major shake-up https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/lifestyle/travelers-will-soon-no-longer-need-a-boarding-pass-to-fly/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:17:23 -0400 2025-04-15T15:09:01-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/lifestyle/travelers-will-soon-no-longer-need-a-boarding-pass-to-fly/ Brooke Steinberg https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35623380 0 35623380 Flight Boarding pass on mobile phone screen. Online registration. Internet business and technology concept Smiling young female staff holding boarding pass of passenger at airport check-in Close up of passport and boarding pass at indoor airport. Flat lay image of a passport with airplane model and boarding passes on a light blue background, symbolizing travel and vacation planning 5 foods and drinks you should avoid at the airport, according to nutrition experts: ‘Rather not chance it’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/health/5-foods-and-drinks-you-should-avoid-at-the-airport-revealed/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400 2025-04-15T14:39:37-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/health/5-foods-and-drinks-you-should-avoid-at-the-airport-revealed/ Tracy Swartz https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35592563 0 35592563 102736498 Flyers use the self-service kiosks to place their orders at a McDonald's at Portland International Airport in February 2020. Having a beer or two at the airport may leave you dehydrated with an urgent need to use the restroom. Here, a man drinks a beer at the airport. Coffee may get your flight off to a rough start. Here, two people toast with coffee at the airport. Bottled may be better than fountain drinks in terms of food safety. Here, a young couple pays for bottled drinks at an airport vending machine. It's not just coffee beans to worry about. One registered dietitian nutritionist warns of consuming beans at the airport. Here, a young couple eats from lunch boxes at the airport. The Delta Sky Club at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport features a buffet with a bevy of options. Bring a bottle from home and fill up on the free water. Here, a woman fills up her reusable bottle at an airport water fountain. This woman lives on a cruise ship for free — as long as she follows this one bizarre rule  https://nypost.com/2025/04/14/lifestyle/this-woman-lives-on-a-cruise-ship-for-free-as-long-as-she-follows-this-one-bizarre-rule/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:26:53 -0400 2025-04-15T06:50:52-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/14/lifestyle/this-woman-lives-on-a-cruise-ship-for-free-as-long-as-she-follows-this-one-bizarre-rule/ Fabiana Buontempo https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35618276 0 35618276 Interior of cabin at cruiseferry MS Baltic Princess of Tallink shipping company cruise room cruise cruise Rare Eleanor Roosevelt letter, $20K gold Rolex among lost luggage items noted in ‘The Found Report’ https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/lifestyle/eleanor-roosevelt-letter-20k-gold-rolex-among-lost-luggage-items-noted-in-the-found-report/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:35:11 -0400 2025-04-13T18:35:13-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/lifestyle/eleanor-roosevelt-letter-20k-gold-rolex-among-lost-luggage-items-noted-in-the-found-report/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35606234 0 35606234 A sign in front of Unclaimed Baggage Center building Newspaper open to a page with a picture of a soldier, identified as La Parka, as seen on Unclaimed Baggage Facebook page A letter from a politician as displayed on Unclaimed Baggage Facebook page A gold watch with diamonds from Unclaimed Baggage Center's Facebook page Couple sells their business and sets sail on all-inclusive, 15-year cruise — for just $3,500 a month https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/real-estate/couple-sells-their-business-and-sets-sail-for-15-year-cruise/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:23:06 -0400 2025-04-13T12:23:08-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/real-estate/couple-sells-their-business-and-sets-sail-for-15-year-cruise/ Realtor.com https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35604146 0 35604146 Lanette and Johan Canen traveling odyssey ship in the water Lanette and Johan Canen in front of leaning tower of Pisa ship Lanette and Johan Canen on a cruise ship Flight passenger ‘guilted’ into swapping seats by ‘stupid parents’ with baby https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/lifestyle/flight-passenger-guilted-by-mother-who-paid-for-already-bought-tickets-to-swap-seat/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 11:09:18 -0400 2025-04-13T11:09:20-04:00 https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/lifestyle/flight-passenger-guilted-by-mother-who-paid-for-already-bought-tickets-to-swap-seat/ Fox News https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=35603967 0 35603967 Airplane A group of people inside an airplane Woman holding her sleeping child on a plane during a flight