Here, to fill the gap between P.J. O’Rourke’s Holidays in Hell and Jackass, comes the Vice Guide to Travel.

5 years out from 9/11 and one month from the foiled air-terror plot in the UK, the harsh new realities of air travel were, understandably, tops in the headlines this weekend.

Travel news headlines for the weekend of August 13, 2006: new airport security rules, and play-it-safe summertime destinations.

The business-traveler fantasy of the carry-on-only flight is no more. In response to Thursday’s news of the foiled plot to blow up trans-atlantic flights using liquid explosives, air travelers were greeted with an onslaught of new security restrictions.