How to Save Up to 60% on Hotels ✈ The Sunday Round-Up

It was another busy week in the travel industry and it's going to be even busier this week since Thanksgiving is on Thursday! Can you believe it? For those taking to the skies, I just wrote a post with 12 tips to make your Thanksgiving travels smoother and safer.

JUST IN: TSA officers screened 2,004,579 individuals at airport checkpoints nationwide yesterday, November 20. A week ago on same day: 1,559,772. In 2019: 2,194,291. Airports are going to be packed except on Thursday and Friday.

I just got my Moderna booster shot yesterday and so far, no side effects! A big reason why I just got the shot is because the COVID news coming out of Europe isn't good and the USA usually follows their lead.

Scroll down for all the travel news stories and my travel tips this week.

Surprising My Dad for His Birthday Part 3
If you subscribe to my daily travel tip (you can update your subscription here) or follow me on social (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), or read last week's round-up, then you know I flew to New York's JFK to surprise my dad as an early 93rd birthday present. I hadn't seen him in months, including after he caught COVID-19, which truly made me worry I would never ever get to hug him again. It was very emotional for both us. I just finished writing part three, my final leg of the trip. Here's part one & part two.

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5 Family-Friendly California Road Trip Ideas From Los Angeles
There are many reasons to love California (the friendly people, the weather, those swaying palm trees!) but one of the things I love best is the endless opportunities for an epic road trip. We live in Los Angeles and two hours in any direction from LA will take you to a completely new and exciting part of the state to discover. With so many tempting California destinations just around the corner, we’ve spent a lot of time exploring Southern California lately. Did you know that California has 840 miles of coastline and more National Parks than any other state? Driving is the best way to see all that California has to offer so if you’re planning a road trip, here are 5 family road trip ideas from Los Angeles. Read the story.

The Sunday Round-Up | November 21, 2021