Consumer Reports recently tested portable carbon monoxide detectors to help travelers stay safe from CO poisoning in hotels, vacation rentals, RVs, and boats.

In 2022, three Americans were killed at a resort in the Bahamas from carbon monoxide poisoning. In March of 2025, three American women were also found dead at a resort in Belize after they, too, ...

This may not top your vacation-packing list, but by the time you’re done reading this column, it may well be: a carbon-monoxide alarm. Yes, that’s right. Carbon monoxide—that invisible, odorless ...