For about $100, curious tourists can experience a simulated marriage ceremony in the capital city of The Netherlands. It comes with all the trimmings, including flowers, wedding dinner, flowers and confetti.

However, there’s no promise of a steamy wedding night to follow. Except maybe later in the city’s infamous Red Light District. www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/travel/060619/marry-a-local-for-a-day-in-amsterdam

Designing and testing are now happening in Japan, China, USA and other parts of the world. In the not-too-distant future you’ll be able to travel by train from New York City to Los Angeles in one hour, and NYC to London thru an underwater tunnel in two hours! Of course, it could take you three hours in heavy traffic to drive the 20 miles from home to the busy downtown station before you can board your bullet train. www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2019/05/10/bullet-train-fastest-travel-prototype-testing-begins-japan

New supersonic aircraft are being planned that within five years, passengers aboard will fly at 3,000 miles per hour non-stop across the ocean in just 90 minutes. They can then go from lox and cream cheese on a bagel to bubble and squeak.

If you’re in good physical shape and need to roam quickly around crowded downtown areas, seek online info about bike share. It’s more convenient and much cheaper than ever-rising charges for taxis, Uber or Lyft. Many cities already offer the bike service free or at very low cost.

They include Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Phoenix and Portland. When you roam foreign cities and want to bike your way around, you’ll  find many of them offer similar economic bike share programs.