Most Popular Travel Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Travel Topic Page over the last year.
#1 States Rethink Practice of Setting Speed Limits Based on How Fast Drivers Travel
Aug 20 2025 // Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth sports...
#2 Husband Sues Travel Firm Over Wife’s Death in Hippo Attack on Safari
Feb 19 2025 // A New Jersey man whose wife was killed in a horrific hippopotamus attack last year during a safari in Africa is suing the U.S. company that arranged the trip, alleging it failed to ensure their safety and did not...
#3 NC Man Claimed Almost $300,000 in Travel Insurance Losses. Then He Was Arrested
Jul 11 2025 // Oscar Rafeal Ruiz was a busy man in 2023 and 2024, jetting to numerous places, losing his luggage multiple times and filing travel insurance claims of almost $300,000. The problem, North Carolina authorities said, is that...
#4 Texas Snow Threatens to Unleash Blackouts and Travel Chaos
Jan 7 2025 // A winter storm is poised to pummel Texas and the US South later this week, putting the region at risk of blackouts and travel mayhem. About 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) of snow and ice will fall across southern...
#5 US Health Agencies Cancel External Meetings, Travel After Trump Admin Directives
Jan 24 2025 // U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department of Health and Human...
#6 North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud
Aug 19 2025 // Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance last week charged a man with swindling almost $1 million and attempting to gain another $887,500 from travel insurance companies from 2020 to 2024. Michael...
#7 Premium Insurance Demand Rises With Global Travel Disruptions
Jun 16 2025 // With flight cancellations, delays and other disruptions on the rise, leisure travelers are being increasingly discerning over the level and type of insurance they buy and businesses are turning to specialist advisory...
#8 Nor’easter Knocks Out Power, Snarls Travel Across East Coast
Oct 14 2025 // An early-season nor’easter swept across the US East Coast, killing at least one person as it triggered power outages and travel delays, while across the continent a massive storm wreaked havoc on Alaska. The eastern...
#9 California Hit With Powerful Storms Just as Holiday Travel Ramps Up
Dec 23 2025 // Powerful winter storms are bearing down on Southern California, threatening to disrupt travel with heavy rain, dangerous winds and a high risk of flooding and landslides during the Christmas holiday. As much as six inches...
#10 London Workers Hit by Travel Disruption After Power Outage
May 12 2025 // London commuters face significant disruption to their journeys after a power failure knocked out parts of the capital’s underground network. Trains are delayed or not running on all or some sections of the Bakerloo,...
#11 Another Winter Storm Disrupts US Holiday Air Travel on Monday
Dec 29 2025 // Another intense winter storm system stretching from the upper Midwest to the Northeast will once again test US airlines during the busy holiday travel period. Service is still trying to recover from days of disruption that...
#12 Ryanair Hit by €256 Million Fine in Italy Travel Agency Spat
Dec 30 2025 // Ryanair Holdings Plc was fined nearly €256 million ($302 million) by Italy’s antitrust watchdog for allegedly using an “abusive strategy” to thwart customers who booked through travel agencies. The...
#13 SiriusPoint’s IMG to Acquire Emergency Travel Services Firm Assist America
Dec 30 2025 // Global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint Ltd. announced that its subsidiary International Medical Group (IMG) will acquire Assist America, a New Jersey-based provider of global emergency travel assistance...
#14 British Regulator Cracks Down on Home, Travel Insurers
Dec 19 2025 // Britain’s financial watchdog on Thursday laid out its efforts to raise standards in the home and travel insurance market after a consumer group made a rare “super-complaint” against the regulator,...
