Japan is slowly reopening to tourists: Here’s how I visited without a group tour

Japan currently requires almost everyone without a Japanese passport to apply for a visa to enter the country. And for most of the pandemic, tourist visas weren’t available. Finally, in June, Japan began allowing tourists on guided package tours to apply for visas. Visiting Japan on a guided package tour wasn’t very appealing to me, however. I wanted control…

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T-Mobile expands travel-focused ‘Coverage Beyond’ benefits

Editor’s note: This is a recurring post, updated with new information and offers. the United Airlines announcement of new T-Mobile benefits. Over the summer, T-Mobile announced its new “Coverage Beyond” suite of benefits for wireless subscribers. The benefits, which launched June 21, include free airline Wi-Fi and expanded high-speed international data coverage, as well as other perks such as…

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