Rail Travel's Revival: New Long-Distance Routes Explained
Sleeper trains and cross-border services are coming back. Here's what's driving the expansion and how to plan around it.
Travel News
News affecting access to the outdoors: routes closed after storms or rockfall, revised park entry fees, permit systems moving online, quota changes, search-and-rescue figures and disputes over rights of way. Each item notes the dates involved. For readers whose planned trip depends on a gate staying open.
Trail and park updates as they happen.
Visa Free Travel Changes — Visa-Free and e-Visa Programs: What's New for Travelers
Electronic travel authorizations keep spreading, and the paperwork you used to skip may now be a form and a fee. Here is how the systems work and how to check before you book.
Rocky Mountain National Park Brings Back Timed Entry for 2024
Timed-entry reservations returned to Rocky Mountain National Park from May 24 through October 20, 2024 — and the detail most planners miss is that the two permit types cover different halves of the park.
What to Know Before You Visit a US National Park as a Nonresident in 2026
A $100 per-person surcharge now applies at 11 of the busiest US national parks. Here is who pays, who is exempt, and when the $250 nonresident annual pass is the cheaper route.
What to Know About Federal Recreation Fees Before You Book
August 2026 Is Loaded for Park Trips: Fee-Free Days and a Moved Park Week
National Park Week shifts to August 22–30 for the NPS's 110th birthday, stacking a fee-free August 25 on top of the August 4 waiver — a rare late-summer window.