Toronto firefighters stepped in to help Italian newlyweds make their flight after an overhead sign on the highway came crashing down on their rental car. Two of the firefighters at the scene of the accident just happened to speak Italian and heard the couple talking about how they were going to miss the next flight on their honeymoon, which was scheduled to depart shortly for Hawaii.
Wandering around the airport terminal, after learning my flight had been detained four hours, I heard an announcement: "If anyone in the vicinity of Gate 4-A understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately." Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there. An older woman in full traditional Palestinian embroidered dress, just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly. "Help," said the Flight Service Person. "We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this." In my halting Arabic, I was able to soothe her worried mind. Not only that, by the end of four hours, all the women at the gate were as one, bonded by the old woman sharing her cookies.
A blogger on Tumblr shared an inspiring story about her mom who is a waitress and her long-time dream to go to Italy and visit her family's roots. She was telling a diner that her family is from Florence, but she's never been there. This man who we have never seen before tipped her $1,000 dollars for a trip to Italy. Walked out, not another word.
Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Badlands, and Gettysburg: all of these parks, and hundreds more will have free admission for National Parks Week in April.
An American college graduate named Daniel decided to travel around the world using a family member's free airline miles, but the grateful 22-year-old wanted to give back in return for his good fortune. He posted a message on the social media bulletin board, Reddit, asking strangers how he can help. The response from Reddit users was huge, with around 300 requests coming in from people all across the globe.
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, still recovering from wounds after being shot last year, traveled high up into the French Alps on Monday with her astronaut husband Mark Kelly.
A travel insurance company is looking for the good deeds that turned around some travel nightmares for its new contest, "World's Unluckiest Traveler: The Rescue". Travelers are already posting at the website, stories featuring the kindness of strangers, how a stranger salvaged a mishap or saved an entire vacation. The prize is a $10,000 vacation.
Though she may be gone, Driving Miss Norma will always be a loving reminder to act a little kinder and live a little fuller.
Have a box of tissues at the ready when you watch this husband surprise his wife with her prized childhood memories.
Not only can you indulge your thrill-seeking impulses by rappelling a 30-foot building, but you can raise money for charity as well.
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to stand suspended over a 980-foot canyon, plan on taking a walk over this 1400-foot-long glass-bottom bridge.
Every year between June and Oct, millions of wildebeests, gazelles and zebras migrate from the Serengeti to Kenya. Now there is an app that shows live videos.
It's impossible not to smile while watching this guy groove his way through every breathtaking site in China.
This ex-con's chosen method of therapy is driving with the wind in his hair – and memorizing 3,000 different streets in London.
For a combination of adventure and volunteering, more teens and college students are choosing "voluntourism" as a way to help more people than themselves.
Some people can't even recite their own national anthem, but this girl learned the songs of 80 other countries– in the native language, to benefit a charity.
So many students arrive in Australian universities in July surprised by the cold winter, so one school has knit a community together for a loving solution.
Bad weather in Atlanta forced a flight to end up on a tarmac for three hours after major delays, but the passengers had a great story to tell with some happy memories thanks to a compassionate Delta flight crew. Thirty pizzas were delivered to the stalled airplane in Knoxville -- both cheese and pepperoni -- to make the wait a little more bearable.
At 68, Rosie Swale Pope isn't slowing down, she's running straight ahead—from New York to San Francisco—which doesn't impress her all that much. She once ran around the world.
This traveling lawn ornament has just returned to his home with so many tales of adventures from across North America, he's inspiring humans to do the same.
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