Extended Stay News

US Lifts Travel Alert for Europe

11 May 2011

The U.S. Department of State recently lifted an eight-month-old travel warning that had urged caution for Americans traveling in Europe, reports The Associated Press.

The federal alert dates back to October of last year, when the government issued an alert regarding a potential attack on a European city similar to the ones that killed more than 160 people at hotels around Mumbai, India, in 2008.

"This travel alert is a cumulative result of information we have received over an extended period," said a federal official at the time the alert was first released. "We are constantly monitoring a range of threat streams and have monitored this and others for some time."

Luckily for Americans in Europe, however, the alert expired on April 30 - the day after the royal wedding drew millions of tourists to the U.K. - and was not renewed.

According to the source, the alert may have been allowed to expire because the threats that led to its initial creation were no longer considered credible. This means that accommodations in Europe - including extended stay hotels - should be completely safe for Americans traveling around the continent.

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