If you’re flying into the US from abroad, there’s a new form to sign. As of this week, every passenger on a US-bound international flight has to confirm they haven’t been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the past 21 days. Skip it, and the airline has to deny you boarding.

The CDC rule covers every nationality, US citizens included, plus anyone connecting through the US. And it counts even if your plane just stopped in the DRC and you never got off.

You don’t need pricey shore excursions to see Iceland from a cruise ship.

On a sail around the island, you can skip the organized tours at nearly every stop and still find empty cliff-top trails, near-private geothermal pools, and whales you can spot right from shore.

Spotted this week by our friends at Daily Drop Pro

For years, business class seemed like a vanity splurge.

Everyone on the plane lands in the same place, right? But one 13-hour Korean Air Prestige flight to Seoul made the case that premium is barely about the bibimbap or the lie-flat bed.

A hair transplant that can run up to $16,000 in the US costs about $3,500 in Istanbul, and clinics there package it like a vacation, with airport transfers and a five-star hotel included.

One traveler tagged along while a friend went under the needle and found Türkiye’s booming medical tourism scene feels less like a procedure than an all-inclusive getaway.

Generations of Icelanders spent their summers skiing in the Central Highlands until the snowfields shrank, and their old ski school is now Highland Base Kerlingarfjöll. Expect steaming hot springs, rhyolite peaks, dark skies for the northern lights, and a daily waffle bar at the end of a mostly unpaved drive.

The Matador Editorial Team

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