Why cheap bus travel is disappearing in America

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Megabus was once known as an affordable travel service, but its parent company, Coach USA, has filed for bankruptcy. The bus industry is half the size it used to be. Can bus travel be saved?

My family spent Hurricane Milton at Disney. We weren't allowed to leave our hotel rooms at night, but meals were discounted.

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A selfie of a family of 5 taken at Disney World in front of the Magical Kingdom.
Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk enjoyed time at Disney with her family before the park was shut down by Hurricane Milton.

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I toured a $65 million Gulfstream G650ER private jet like the one bought by Michael Jordan to see how the ultra-rich travel

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Gulfstream G650ER.

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I bunked with 3 strangers in a shared cabin on an overnight train in Europe. It was bumpy, cramped, and I wouldn't do it again.

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A blue train with a red stripe stopped at a platform at night
Business Insider's reporter took a Nightjet train from Venice, Italy, to Vienna, Austria.

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I've been to over 80 countries, and there are 5 that stand out from the rest

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boats in the water off the coast of vietnam
I don't think enough people are talking about Vietnam as a travel destination.

Latifah Al-Hazza

A United Boeing 787 with 176 people on board had to divert after the pilot's screens went blank over remote northern Canada

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A United Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taking off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport.
A United Airlines Boeing 787.

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I supercommute over 7 hours to get to work. I won't move out of NYC and the journey is productive and relaxing.

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a man in a blue shirt sits on a ledge at a park
Jeff Strabone is a professor at Connecticut College.

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I'm waiting out Hurricane Milton in a Universal Studios hotel with my daughters. We're not scared.

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A mother with her two young daughters outside an arcade in a hotel.
Allison Gilgenbach is hunkering down ahead of the hurricane with daughters Reagan, 11 (far left) and 8-year-old Reagan.

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I worried my husband and I wouldn't last once we became empty-nesters — but we've since discovered how to keep our 24-year marriage strong

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Felicia Slattery and her husband dining on a cruise ship and smiling
My husband and I try to go on two cruises together a year.

Felicia Slattery

Over 1,800 flights canceled and 10 airports closed as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida

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David Sampson and Danny Welker board up a house before the arrival of Hurricane Milton, St. Pete Beach, Florida, U.S., October 7, 2024.
Florida is bracing for Hurricane Milton ahead of its expected landfall on Wednesday night.

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