(CNN) – Happy July 4th weekend to our American readers and a wonderful July holiday season to everyone else. Here at CNN Travel, we’re exhausting the prices, the flight cancellations and the chaos, and we’re just thankful that restrictions are decreasing and the open (ish) route is ahead.
This is the newest trip from all over the world this week.
Cabin interiors
Hidden on wide-body aircraft completely out of sight of passengers, there are secret spaces with beds and electric outlets that resemble Japanese-style capsule hotels. They are called crew rest sections, and their location on the aircraft varies. Get information about them here.
Also in aircraft bunk beds, Air New Zealand recently announced its “Skynest” concept: full-length sleeping capsules available to economy passengers. To see also : New Research Reveals Women Scientists Are Less Credited Than Men – News @ Northeastern. It will be among the proposals included on its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which are due to launch in 2024.
On the upper end of the luxury scale, is German Lufthansa Technik, which has recently developed a cab concept inspired by this indispensable object for the ultra-rich, the super yacht. We’re talking about yacht-like luxury right up to having a sauna, a steam room, and a retractable porch.
Travel connections
Disneyland famously claims to be the happiest place on Earth, but for Renata and Brian Mehl, there was a bit more magic in the air than usual when they met at the Anaheim resort in January 2012. A Disney proposal followed, and now the California paro. On the same subject : Abortion in the United States. celebrate a decade together.
And here is another meeting caused by an accident. Two women with the same name, Kimberly Pflieger, became friends after becoming aware of each other online. The two women – one Canadian, one Californian – went on an excursion with their partners in Malibu and have further adventures planned together.
News from Asia
Hedgehogs, armadillos, turtles, lizards and snakes were among the 109 live animals discovered by X-ray in two packages at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport this week. Read also : Increased Food Costs Affecting Summer Chefs. Two women were arrested and charged with smuggling.
The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, another challenger for a happier place on Earth, will reopen to international tourists in September for the first time since the pandemic began. However, travelers will face a much heavier daily tourist tax: It’s now $ 200 a night, more than $ 65.
It is not the only Asian destination to raise prices. Borobudur of Indonesia, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, is also poised for a massive rise in prices.
Alternative transport
So how will we all get from A to B by the 2050s? There are many exciting new vehicle concepts in development.
There may be “flying ferries” that promise to make us work half the time.
Australia’s abandoned places
Photographer Brett Patman has spent the past decade documenting Australia’s abandoned sites, from industrial sites to hotels. Read about his work here.
In case you missed it
Cancel culture: However, more travel chaos is on the way this summer.
Back to popular demand: Lufthansa will return the A380 next year.
Could you land a plane in an emergency?
This is what Anthony Bourdain made of it when he visited in 2013 for “Unknown Parts.”
Cool and collected
Holidays should be about relaxation. But when temperatures rise, and you’ve been walking all day from airport roads to city streets, you need a deodorant you can depend on. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a guide to product reviews and recommendations owned by CNN, have collected 16 of the best deodorants and antiperspirants, as recommended by personal trainers.
