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...with bigger planes annihilating distances from the U.S. or Europe faster than ever and cheaper tickets bringing in successively larger waves of dollar-toting visitors. That picture has now lost its luster; in its place Asia is seeing nervousness about travel in its long-haul markets as Western consumers opt to take holidays closer to home. Intercontinental travel, in fact, is firmly in the doldrums: with fewer people venturing beyond familiar territory, it's becoming a smaller world, after...
...more people now seem to be breaking their time down into smaller chunks instead of taking one three- to four-week lump. Travel agents even have an ugly neologism for the shift. "It's called deseasonalization," says Maura Chicarella, of Realize Tour in Rome. She says many Italians now opt for, say, a fortnight in summer, a week at Christmas, and a short trip in spring or fall. Others say they see a similar pattern, perhaps attributable to the rise of discount airlines. Horst W. Opaschowski, who heads Germany's Leisure Research Institute, says: "A second travel market of short...
Canadian citizen Wilson R.S. Prichard ’03 had expected to begin work at a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., earlier this month on a special one-year Optional Practical Training (OPT) program...
...went to apply for my OPT visa at the beginning of May, and was told that it would take two to three months to process because they have introduced a new tracking system for non-U.S. citizens in the U.S. called SEVIS,” Prichard wrote in an e-mail...
...opt for a prenup, you need to make sure it will stand up to a legal challenge. To that end, each party needs his or her own lawyer. Felder says the agreement should be signed before the hall is rented or the invitations are sent out. If it's done too close to the wedding date, pressure on a spouse to sign (rather than face the humiliation of being stood up at the altar) could be enough to have the agreement thrown out in court. --By Jean Chatzky and Jonah Freedman