One might expect the largest airport in the world to be located in one of the world’s most visited cities.
If the tourists are coming, then the city could probably use a really big airport! I’m thinking of cities like Bangkok, Paris and New York City, just to name a few.
Surprisingly, the world’s largest airport is located 45 minutes away from Saudi Arabia’s sixth largest city, Dammam. Continue reading Largest Airport In The World Is Bigger Than Singapore!
A China Eastern plane was getting ready to take off at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on October 11, when the pilot noticed imminent danger fast approaching.
Luckily the pilot, He Chao made a quick decision which ended up saving the lives of 439 people. Continue reading China Eastern Pilot Gets $443,000 Bonus For Saving 439 Lives
These days just about anything goes when it comes to emotional support animals.
In Australia, a service kangaroo was kicked out of McDonald’s and a service pig was kicked off of a US Airways flight a couple of years back.
Recently, someone brought a monkey helper on a Frontier Airlines flight which caused some trouble, so to speak… Continue reading Bizarre Emotional Support Animal Loose on Flight
Some of the shortest flights in the world include “Loganair’s journey from Westray to Papa Westray in Scotland’s Orkney Islands (which can take as little as 47 seconds), and various five-to-ten minute flights that include LIAT airline’s five-minute flight from St. Kitts to Nevis and Olympic Air’s 10-minute trip from Karpathos to Kasos,” according to Travel + Leisure.
Now a new flight in Canada will be joining the list with some of the shortest flights in the world and it will allow you to visit a pretty impressive site. Continue reading Canada To Have One of the Shortest Flights in the World
One of the biggest problems with visiting popular attractions is that they’re busy. This is usually the case for good reason. Tourist trap or not, most busy sites are busy because everybody wants to see it…
Ever wish you could have a popular site all to yourself? It sure would be nice to get to see the site uninterrupted. There’d also be no chance of getting photo cock blocked!
An American tourist was visiting the Milan Cathedral and got locked inside! Continue reading Tourist Gets Locked Inside Milan Cathedral Overnight
A little over a week back an Emirates plane crash landed at Dubai Airport. Luckily, all of the passengers and crew survived. One firefighter died at the scene helping with the rescue.
One passenger onboard has to be one of the luckiest people in the world. Continue reading Lucky Week! Man Wins Lottery After Surviving Plane Crash
When Kim and I visited the Colosseum in Rome during one of our trips to Italy we were totally amazed by this ancient site.
Like just about anyone visiting the Colosseum, we found it was pretty busy inside and out. We also spent New Years Eve outside, watching fireworks go off all around.
Wouldn’t it be cool to get a site like the Colosseum all to yourself? Continue reading German Tourists Sneak Into the Colosseum at Night
Many of us have TSA PreCheck thanks to a free benefit offered by credit cards to sign up for Global Entry. Thanks to this benefit, the Michael W Travels family are all enrolled.
Recently there’s been a couple of new ways to get TSA PreCheck for free. JetBlue gave Mosaic members TSA PreCheck enrollment vouchers. Another way to get the service for free is by redeeming Southwest points for a code. Continue reading Enroll in TSA PreCheck at a Summer Pop-Up Center
Have you ever wanted to pick up and move to a new destination far from home? If so, maybe you should consider heading to New Zealand.
A small New Zealand town has lots of jobs available but not enough people to do them. So what’s a small NZ town to do? Try to get people to move there by offering a very generous recruitment campaign! Continue reading New Zealand Town Will Give you $160,000 To Work There
There’s a good reason that museums have do not touch signs…
A man was visiting the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, Pennsylvania when he got quite interested in one particular clock hanging on the wall. He took some photos and then felt the need to “poke and prod it,” according to T+L.
The man’s decision led to very bad things and it was all caught on video. Continue reading This Is Why We Do Not Touch in Museums!
