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In case you missed it this week: What to do if you’re driving away from a wildfire; six new travel requirements that could affect your next trip; and the tours cashing in on America’s fascination with true crime.

Wildfire safety

A line of cars on Sunset Boulevard, as smoke billows from the Palisades Fire.

(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

Driving away from wildfires can be harrowing. Here’s what to do.

Experts urge drivers to maintain clean air filters and leave keys behind if they have to flee.

Document prep

An illustration of a plane against a pink background.

(CSA-Printstock/Washington Post illustration; iStock)

6 changes that could trip up travel in 2025

Red tape is coming for Real IDs, travel authorizations in Europe and Mexico cruises.

Dark tourism

Dennis O’Leary lights a candle which has been burned since 1920 and was used during prohibition to signal if the restaurant was serving alcohol at John’s of 12th Street restaurant in New York, N.Y., on January 9, 2025

(Bryan Anselm for The Washington Post)

The next phase of the true-crime boom? Themed tours.

True-crime tourists are willing to shell out to see the sites of mob hits, serial killer trails and missing persons cases.

Los Angeles

Building debris and rubble from the Bunny Museum after the Eaton fire in Altadena, California, with palm trees and a hazy orange sky beyond.

(Sean Scheidt for The Washington Post)

The Bunny Museum, a quirky monument to an L.A. love story, lost in fire

Candace Frazee and Steve Lubanski lost their world record collection of rabbit memorabilia but are vowing to rebuild.

From the archive

An illustration of a red suitcase with a medical cross on it, against a blue background.

(iStock/Washington Post illustration)

Your canceled-flight emergency kit

Here’s what to pack before you head to the airport — literally and figuratively.

Destinations

The decks and pools of the Royal Caribbean Icon of the Seas, with a mannequin of a diver in the foreground.

(Saul Martinez for The Washington Post)

Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the world’s latest largest cruise ship, is all about the superlatives. It boasts the largest ice skating rink at sea, the tallest drop slide at sea and the most expansive pool at sea. Its long list of “firsts at sea” includes a suspended infinity pool, a walk-up champagne bar and a chief dog officer named Rover.

To experience the sheer enormousness of the Icon, we booked passage on its maiden voyage in January 2024. As reporter Andrea Sachs explored its 20 decks from forward to stern, she sought to answer a burning question: Is bigger better, or did Royal Caribbean go overboard? Click here to read more of our 10 travel-tested reviews.

On Instagram

A woman taking a photos of another woman on the beach with text that reads “Tulum used to be for backpackers. Now it’s ‘boho-chic.’

Tulum boasts all the beauty of Mexico’s Caribbean coast. And everyone wants in. As major infrastructure projects near completion, the governor of Quintana Roo has declared a “New Era of Tourism” in the Mexican Caribbean, celebrating the rapid development of Tulum as a tremendous success. For many locals, the story of the city’s growth is more complicated. More tourism brings more income, but that has come at a cost to the environment, its inhabitants and their culture.

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