The underground tunnels in Canada’s most notorious city have always been open to Americans, including rumoured hotshot gangsters – and they want to keep it that way. The Tunnels of Moose Jaw, along with other businesses in the Saskatchewan city say they’re in line with a new campaign to welcome U.S. visitors at a time when tariffs have pushed elbows up. “Forget about annexation, come for relaxation,” the city’s mayor says in a cheeky promotional video. 

Sunwing Vacations’ annual ‘Sun Week’ week-long saving event runs though June 1 with daily deals on resorts resorts across Cuba, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, plus excursion discounts and the chance to win private transfers, vacations and more.

As summer approaches, a new global survey reveals what young travellers are really dreaming about and – spoiler alert – it’s not just ice cream and cartoons. From friendship quests to superhero adventures, today’s young adventurers have spoken, and they’re bringing big imagination to their travel wish lists.

Globus says exotic travel is taking off this year with the travel company reporting record-breaking growth across its “farthest-flung touring destinations” – from the Great Wall of China to the Great Migration in East Africa. Indeed, Global notes that 90% of its departures to exotic destinations this year are already guaranteed to operate.

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While solo travel remains popular and empowering for many, safety remains a top concern – especially when choosing destinations and accommodations The survey revealed that nearly one in three travellers (33%) have been victims of theft, scams or other crimes while abroad.

While the United States was once a top travel destination for Canadians looking for sunshine, shopping, and seasonal escapes, those travel patterns are changing.  According to Laurie Leonard, a senior corporate travel agent with Enjoy Travel in Timmins, American destinations just aren’t drawing the same crowds anymore.

By Michael Baginski/   Travel remains strong in 2025, according to a new survey of Nexion Travel Group (NTG) members in Canada, who report that factors such as global uncertainty, political tensions between the U.S. and Canada, as well as a weaker loonie and economic distrust, have affected where – but not whether – Canadians are travelling this year.

This week: Travel Oregon host Brand USA FAM winners; Virtuoso and Uniglobe Travel Canada members gathered in exotic locals; First in Service enhanced support for members; and a Toronto TRAVELSAVERS advisor received a uniquely prestigious award.

Flames ripped through Nottoway Plantation House in Louisiana last Thursday, destroying much of a historic structure said to be the southern U.S.’s largest remaining antebellum mansion. Used as a plantation house when it was completed in 1859, the site was described as a “a cornerstone of our tourism economy and a site of national significance,” by local officials, having served before the fire as a resort and event venue.