News – Flung

Flung Is Back!

Sarah Stodola — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:39:33 +0000

Flung is back! If you are reading this, you may have already noticed the completely redesigned website. Among the design improvements are a better mobile experience, enhanced presentation of photographs, a new logo, and a more streamlined reading experience overall. But more significant changes will be found in the content priorities of the new Flung. Gone will be traditional travel writing—the kind that relies on lists of recommendations, or roundups of the best, say, romantic hotels in the U.S. Instead, […]

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Flung’s Seven Most Popular Stories of 2017

Flung — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 16:48:27 +0000

It will probably come as no surprise that two of our top seven stories this year had to do with the changes to the travel universe wrought by Donald Trump, or that our most-read story took a deep dive into Instagram’s influence on travel. Two others on the list offer tips on camping and glamping–traffic for which was clearly helped by stints of virality on Pinterest. I was also happy to see so much attention coming to a simple shopping […]

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What You Need To Know About the Laptop Ban [UPDATED]

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 16 May 2017 22:11:19 +0000

Update, May 18, 2017: After a meeting yesterday between US and EU officials, the ban on electronics on flights from Europe to the United States seems to be on hold, at least for the moment. We’ll update this page again when more news is available. The United States Department of Homeland Security is widely expected to implement a ban on all carry-on laptops, tablets and other electronics on flights to the U.S. from Europe. The ban would look much like […]

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Global Warming Plays Havoc with Maple Syrup Season

Sarah Stodola — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:19:12 +0000

The Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York are blanketed with a forest that has been left largely untouched over the centuries. That forest is dense with sugar maple trees—the best kind from which to extract the sap that gets made into maple syrup–and long before Europeans settled on this continent, Native Americans established the process for extracting sap from the maples and turning it into that delicious syrup that so perfectly accompanies our breakfast pancakes today. The ancient maple syrup […]

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Trump and Travel: The Shifting Reality of the American Vacation

Sarah Stodola — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:37:59 +0000

For a while, it seemed like the Trump presidency would exist somewhere out beyond the scope of what, as the editor of this site, I focus on in my daily life, which is the subject and act of travel. But as these first three weeks since his inauguration have ticked by, posing as months or even years in their propensity to linger, they’ve made clear that Trump is bound to alter our comings and goings in the world. This is […]

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Flung’s 10 Most Popular Articles of 2016

Flung — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 21:51:18 +0000

We do not want to dwell too long on 2016, a year most people who read fact-checked news are happy to see in the rear view mirror, even if the new year brings with it the need to deal with the wake-up call that was the previous one. Still, Flung came into its own as a publication largely over the past 12 months, and looking back at our most successful efforts is something we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we […]

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7 Natural Wonders Newly at Risk Under a President Trump

Sarah Stodola — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:29:55 +0000

Since Donald Trump became the president-elect last month, environmentalists have been scrambling to adjust to a new reality, with everything from the Paris Climate Agreement to The Clean Power Plan to the Clean Water Act of 1977 suddenly far from sure things going forward. Between Trump’s desire to roll back environmental regulations and his thirst to kickstart more oil, gas and other energy exploration, the country’s parks and other federally preserved slices of nature have become newly vulnerable. I spoke […]

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It’s Official: Fewer People Stepping Foot Inside Trump Hotels

Flung — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:38:00 +0000

Earlier this summer I began researching ways to quantify how Donald Trump’s political brand has affected his business one, especially in terms of his hotels. It was tough–like Trump’s own financials (i.e. tax returns), he keeps the books on his business under wraps: Because Trump Hotels is a privately held company, its isn’t required to make its revenues, profits or any other data public. I considered analyzing room prices at Trump hotels. I also considered trying to get evidence from […]

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6 Great Global Cities Made Affordable by the Strong Dollar

Sarah Stodola — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:20:46 +0000

In global terms, it’s a great time to be carrying greenbacks. The US dollar’s strength against the euro has been on American travelers’ radar for some time now, and they’ve been scooping up economical visits to Europe’s great cosmopolitan centers like Paris and Rome. But the American buck has been having a rip-roaring time of it against a number of other currencies around the world, as well. As a result, some cities we think of as prohibitively expensive have suddenly […]

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For the Tourism Sector, a Great Time for a Greek Default?

Sarah Stodola — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 18:05:44 +0000

If Greece defaults on its debts and exits the euro, a scenario that’s become increasingly likely over the past week, one of the world’s biggest summer travel destinations will suddenly find itself mired in economic chaos. At first blush, the timing couldn’t seem worse. July and August constitute the high season in Greece, with well over half of all foreign visits occurring during the three months between July and September, according to a 2013 report from Greece’s Research Institute for […]

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