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1 day ago | fodors.com | Amanda Sadlowski

A look inside the country’s first carbon-positive lodging. he travel world is filled with buzzwords that tend to lose their meaning over time: if everything is “iconic” “luxurious” and “off-the-beaten-track”, is anything really? If you’re someone who cares about our planet’s future, it’s easy to worry that “sustainable” is joining these overused ranks.

2 days ago | fodors.com | Rachael Levitt

“Just saw the Puerto Rico news! Y’all got power yet?” ven though I saw the lights flicker in my hotel, I’m not sure I would have noticed the exact moment that Puerto Rico completely lost power across the island–had I not been explicitly informed that it had happened. I just happened to be changing for lunch at the Grand Regency Hyatt Reserve Puerto Rico when our lights and air conditioning flickered off, and then promptly snapped back to life.

5 days ago | fodors.com | Kristine Hansen

The new pope grew up on the Southside. And he has a favorite pizza place. Overnight, Chicago was thrust into the spotlight when one of its own was named by the Vatican as the first pope from America, following the conclave. The conclave’s choice for the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church meant that 133 cardinals from around the world voted him in to replace Pope Francis, who died last month at 88.

5 days ago | fodors.com | Scott Laird

“This is a big step forward in the restoration process of Gulf Coast Rail." Amtrak will return intercity passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, after a nearly 20-year absence this summer with the introduction of the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service.

5 days ago | fodors.com | Bailey Berg

Although Lisa Emmerman, a travel blogger, has been divorced for almost a year, she is still finding travel-related documents and accounts where she needs to change her surname from her married name back to her maiden name. “The ridiculous amount of paperwork, legal documents, and inconsistent processes between different companies make it way more complicated than it should be,” Emmerman said.