2026 Trends: Backroads Predicts a Surge in Wellness and Women&Focused Adventure Travel

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Backroads announces 2026 trend outlook, including Unplugged acoustic non-e-bike trips. – Image Credit Backroads    Backroads has unveiled its 2026 Adventure Travel Trends, highlighting a shift toward unplugged, wellness-oriented experiences. The trends emphasize demographic changes, with a notable increase in women and solo travelers, and a growing preference for authentic, localContinue Reading

Jim Ward, Voice Actor on ‘Fairly OddParents,’ ‘Ratchet & Clank’ and Lots More, Dies at 66

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Jim Ward, the wildly versatile, Emmy-winning voice actor and impressionist known for his work on The Fairly OddParents, Ratchet & Clank and scores of other animated projects, has died. He was 66. Ward died Wednesday at a memory care facility in Los Angeles after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease,Continue Reading