The Travel Sauce

04/22/2026

How many of your vacations has this administration ruined? 👎

Oil prices have climbed more than 55 percent since the U.S. and Israel launched joint military strikes on February 28.

03/20/2026

"I don’t care what shade of the political spectrum you color yourself: the war is wrong, morally and politically."

War changes the world. So does travel.

01/30/2026

Bravo 👏👏👏
It's time we have alternatives to alcohol at venues

The United Center is making history as one of the first major arenas to now offer THC beverages.

01/22/2026

March 2-6, 2026
Sail with us on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas!
Cabins are still available, with interior rooms as low as $372 per person (gratuities not included).
4 nights: Los Angeles ▶️ Ensenada ▶️ Catalina ▶️ Los Angeles

Prices are based on availability and subject to change.

01/07/2026

1997: you'll be replaced by the internet
2026: you'll be replaced by AI

An imagined town in Peru, an Eiffel tower in Beijing: travellers are increasingly using tools like ChatGPT for itinerary ideas – and being sent to destinations that don't exist.

01/06/2026

Bravo to the staff & owners of Hampton Inn by Hilton Lakeville Minneapolis. More hotels should be denying the American Gestapo 👏👏👏

A hotel in the Twin Cities canceled reservations for at least one room meant for federal law enforcement officers and agents, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday.

12/30/2025

The colors of Mexico 😍

Blusas de San Juan Chamula, Chiapas. These manta (type of cotton) blouses are embroidered by hand by the Tzotzil Mayan Indians.

12/09/2025

"The U.S. chose something else: let real estate, private equity, and short-term rental platforms optimize for return on asset first, and let “the market” figure out if the average family can still take a road trip."

Great article explains why middle class Americans can't afford road trips anymore.

The backbone of American middle-class travel is the drive vacation, and big U.S. hotel groups have mostly abandoned it.

12/06/2025

The obvious racism:

Free days at the U.S. National Parks have been changed to no longer include Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, just weeks after the Trump administration announced it would be raising fees for visitors who are not American citizens or permanent residents.

11/06/2025

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