Author: Julia Thompson, USA TODAY

In the U.S. and elsewhere, travelers without a history of positive reviews won’t be able to make one-night Airbnb reservations for New Year’s Eve.

The Transportation Security Administration set a new pandemic record Sunday for the number of travelers who passed through U.S. airport checkpoints.

A total of 766,044 passengers were screened at 15 U.S. airports Jan. 17–Sept. 13. One COVID-19 case per 85,000 travelers screened was detected.

Passengers on the SeaDream I cruise ship with at least seven COVID-19 cases disembarked in Barbados over the weekend and flew home.

Hawaiian Airlines announced it would allow its loyalty program members to redeem airline miles for a mail-in COVID-19 test kit.

Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. and Carnival Corp. announced they will cancel most sailings through the end of 2020.

Global wildlife diversity is on full display in the National Wildlife Photo Contest put on by the National Wildlife Federation and its magazine.

Though California theme parks have urged California to let them reopen, expected guidelines from the state aren’t what they had in mind.