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You could find your next home for free — as long as you’re willing to deal with an unusual roommate. According to The Mirror, a house in Youngsville, Louisiana is looking for a new owner. Not only is the home being offered for free, but it also has a spooky, haunted history. The house itself, located on Verot School Road, was built in the 1920s or 1930s, according to a Facebook post by Sylvia McLain, a real estate agent and a co-owner of McLain Investments....

On one fabled night in October, the outgoing President of the United States demurely declared that New York City had morphed into a ghost town, not, as we had long suspected, the city that never sleeps. Upon this unfounded statement, New Yorkers tweeted and posted and shouted in the streets that New York was hardly dead. Instead, it remains a thundering city where dining reservations are impossible to seize and parks overflow with brass quartets and wine-sloshed picnics....

Even if you only have a handful of paid days off for the next year, you can still maximize your vacation time. According to Project Time Off, 52 percent of Americans do not use up all of their vacation days. Considering that in 2017, the average worker with five years of experience or less has about 15 days of paid vacation (20 days for workers with 20 years of experience), according CNBC, that’s nearly a week of time that we’re not using to travel, be with family, or have new experiences outside the office....

After the August rush of meteor showers and astronaut activity, September is comparatively a bit slower in terms of what’s going on in the skies. But that doesn’t mean it’s totally silent. During the first half the month, you’ll want to keep an eye out on celestial activities, while the last few days of September are scheduled to be busy on the spaceflight front. And use this downtime to rest up before October, which is going to have a packed calendar....

The mere mention of the Maldives conjures up images of overwater bungalows, pristine waters, and perfectly powdery sand. The islands are, in a word, idyllic. Many budget travelers might use another word to describe this dream destination: Impossible. On the other hand, some have creatively found ways to experience the Maldives on a budget. How much does a typical Maldives trip cost? Flights to the archipelagic state in South Asia often top $1,000, with luxury resorts charging that much — or more — for each night’s stay....

The Maldives is welcoming a new resort that will not only allow you to immerse yourself in Mother Nature but will also help you to reconnect with your inner being. Joali Being, a brand-new wellness resort and part of the Joali Maldives family, will officially opens its doors on Nov. 15. And the resort is inviting guests from around the world to come and embark on a truly transformative journey....

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is inviting adults to come and live out all their childhood fantasies with an out-of-this-world experience this winter. Throughout the holiday season, the center wants guests to come and kick back for a cocktail and conversation with an astronaut through its new Chat With An Astronaut series and the relaunched Astronaut Encounter. “Our programs, events, and attractions at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex are designed to bring our guests as close to space as possible, without ever leaving Earth,” Therrin Protze, chief operating officer, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, said in a statement....

Residents of Key West, Florida, have voted to impose new restrictions on cruise ships looking to pull into the four-square-mile island that’s home to the southernmost point in the U.S. Residents voted for three separate referendums: one to prohibit cruise ships carrying more than 1,300 passengers from docking in Key West, another to limit the total number of visitors to Key West from cruise ships to 1,500 per day, and a third that would prioritize dock access for cruise lines with the best health and environmental records....

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is one of the busiest airports in the United States and the world. The airport is located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County, about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles and close to the shores of the Santa Monica Bay. Los Angeles International Airport is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a department of the City of Los Angeles. From its early days in the 1920s as farmland for wheat, barley, and lima beans, the Bennett Rancho attracted aviators who used part of the property as a landing strip....

One of the great mysteries of life is undoubtedly how to keep the wires and chargers for your electronics untangled while you’re on the go. You can organize and neatly wrap your phone charger wire, headphones, and laptop charger, then put them in separate ends of your bag, and still they’ll be one big jumbled mess when you pull them out. All hope is not lost, though: There is a way to keep them neat and, most importantly, separated....

Before COVID-19 swept the globe and disrupted flight schedules everywhere, Qantas was working on plans for the world’s longest flight — and the idea hasn’t gone anywhere. “I think the business case for doing it is very strong,” Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said on a tourism industry webcast, according to Reuters. “The aircraft are not going anywhere … When we are comfortable in doing it and have the financial strength to do it, we will be doing it....

Summer vacation is almost here, and with more people gaining access to the vaccine, that could mean the return of family reunions is closer than we think. “On the heels of the news… that fully vaccinated grandparents can now visit safely with unvaccinated grandchildren, many are looking to reconnect in a safe and child-friendly environment,” Airbnb shared in a statement. To celebrate this, the home rental company unveiled its most wish-listed family-friendly properties across the U....

This year’s World’s Best Awards survey closed on March 2, just before widespread stay-at-home orders were implemented as a result of COVID-19. The results reflect our readers’ experiences before the pandemic, but we hope that this year’s honorees will inspire your trips to come — whenever they may be. Traveling to the antipodes may not be easy, but the best resorts in Australia and New Zealand — always bucolic, sometimes wild — are worth the long-haul flight....

When my mother and father fell in love, in the summer of 1967, they took off for Provence. They were in Switzerland at the time, and both 21 years old. A few days after they met, an impromptu Mediterranean weekend vacation seemed like the thing to do, and so they boarded a train to Cassis, a pretty fishing village east of Marseilles. They arrived in the evening. My mother decided they would sleep on the beach, and she tossed my father’s too-heavy American suitcase under a bush near the train station with an energetic flourish....

On Tuesday, flight attendant Michael Orsini was eating lunch at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when he noticed a peculiar sight: a rolling suitcase making a break for it. As soon as grounds crew stopped monitoring it, the renegade suitcase picked up speed and rolled away. It spun in delight past several aircraft between the airport’s D and E concourses. It kept rolling and rolling past airport gates in an inspiring search for freedom:...

Recreation.gov wants you to share your favorite outdoor memory with the world. In return, you could be handsomely rewarded. On Tuesday, the website announced the launch of its first “Share Your Story” contest, calling on all adventurers to submit their stories and photos highlighting their recent outdoor activities for a chance to win cash prizes and to have their story featured on Recreation.gov. “This past year, visitors used Recreation.gov to find and book trips where they found solace exploring and spending time outdoors,” Rick DeLappe, Program Manager at Recreation....

Southwest Airlines is reverting to pre-COVID-19 boarding practices, becoming the latest airline to forgo pandemic-era modifications. “Many customers are familiar with Southwest’s standard boarding style, and the expectation for the normal boarding process was becoming increasingly important as additional customers return to travel with us,” a Southwest spokesperson confirmed to Travel + Leisure on Wednesday. “Southwest Airlines maintains physical distancing reminders in airport areas and encourages social distancing.” On March 15, the airline started boarding passengers in groups of 30, increasing the number of passengers allowed to get on the plane at once....

If you’re traveling to or from The Emerald Isle you’ll likely pass through Dublin Airport, just a 30-minute drive from the center of the country’s capital. Whether you need a convenient place to ward off jet lag when you land in Dublin or you have an early morning flight and want to be close to the runways, there are plenty of area accommodations to choose from. Here’s a peek at some of the best Dublin Airport hotels and bed-and-breakfasts with amenities ranging from complimentary cookies to access to a bowling alley....

It’s not surprising that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) confiscates things like drugs, explosives, and weapons, but a few items the agency picked up in 2020 were a little more unusual. Among them, a dead shark floating in a jar of liquid chemical preservative. TSA agents discovered the shark at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in New York, where a passenger was attempting to bring it through a security checkpoint. Oddly, it wasn’t the idea of a shark on a plane that TSA officers had a problem with; it was the chemical the shark was being preserved in....

It’s been almost three years since the world watched in shock as Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral burst into flames,the cause of which is still under investigation. And while the reconstruction of the historic landmark is well underway, the process has proven more controversial than anticipated. First of all, French President Emmanuel Macron had to drop his plan to replace the cathedral’s famous spire with a more modern one after a public outcry....