Coping With Connections
Today's giant airlines—as well as many smaller ones—make their business on connections. The pervasive "hub and spoke" route system means you can fly from almost anywhere in the U.S. to ...
03-21-2023
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Vail’s Epic Pass Prices Increase, but Early Bird Deals Available for 2023-24
By John Meyer From The Denver Post Vail Resorts has announced early bird prices for next season’s Epic Passes, and passes are now on sale. The Epic Pass ...
03-20-2023
Being Single Doesn’t Mean You Have to Travel Alone
By Nancy Clanton From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution About a decade ago, my boss convinced me I needed to see the world. I hesitated at first because I was ...
03-18-2023
A European Flight With Condor
Last year's canceled flights, shortages of pilots, flight delays, deficiency of ground crews and airport personnel, endlessly slow-moving security queues and images of luggage piled sky-high, gave us ...
03-18-2023
Pittsburgh’s Craft Beverage Scene Heats Up
Pittsburgh has 90 different named neighborhoods, and a local brewery is making each one of them a beer. “In June of 2019 we embarked on this project,” said ...
03-17-2023
Best Times to Book the Lowest-Priced International Flights in 2023
By Patrick Clarke From TravelPulse International travel is back in a big way in 2023 and while the heightened demand and impending peak summer travel season mean higher ...
03-17-2023
Sea Dragon Ride on Santa Monica Pier Swings Into Retirement
By Salvador Hernandez From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—For nearly 27 years, the green Sea Dragon ride swung back and forth on the Santa Monica Pier, but on ...
03-17-2023
5 Historic State Parks in Northern California Worth Visiting in 2023
By John Metcalfe From Bay Area News Group Hankering for outdoor experiences that offer the wonder of the past? Try California, home to the largest state park system ...
03-17-2023
Croatia by Yacht
If you’ve never been to Croatia, you don’t know what you’ve been missing—especially along the Dalmatian Coast. Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast has the sunshine, aquamarine seas, and Mediterranean climate ...
03-17-2023
Taking the Kids: To a Snow Resort When You Don’t or Can’t Ski
The kids and your significant other want to head to the slopes, but you’re thinking you won't have much fun in the snow. Maybe, like me, you can’t ...
03-16-2023
Glamping Meets Mountaineering at This Starlit New 12,500-Foot Destination Near Telluride
By John Meyer From The Denver Post Colorado’s newest overnight backcountry experience offers the pleasures that come with backcountry hut skiing in a spectacular setting, but without the ...
03-15-2023
Americans Are Traveling Abroad Again, and Passport Wait Times Are Skyrocketing
Washington—Attention world travelers: Check your passports, now. The State Department is taking longer than usual to issue new U.S. passports, and to renew existing passports, because record numbers of ...
03-15-2023
Mont-Saint-Michel: Normandy’s Magnificent Island Abbey
I love to scamper, at low tide, shoes in my hands, far from shore, across the mudflat in the vast Bay of Mont St-Michel. Splashing across black sand ...
03-14-2023
Ed Perkins on Travel: Consumer Update
The Department of Transportation (DoT) labored mightily and came up with a—dashboard? After weeks of announcements of great consumer gains, the single positive result is a DoT "dashboard" ...
03-14-2023
Why I Still Send Picture Postcards—Traveling or Not
By George Hobica From Tribune News Service Trust me on this, traveler: Sending picture postcards to friends and family spreads joy back home and in the process reveals ...
03-13-2023
She Walked Across Colorado, Corners to Corners. The Reason Was Complicated
By Seth Boster From The Gazette Colorado Springs—In the summer of 2020, India Wood was hiking the countryside somewhere off Interstate 70 between Edwards and Wolcott. “I really ...
03-12-2023
Dining in the Yakima Valley Feels Like Family Because It Is
Look down on Washington's Yakima Valley in springtime and you'll see one of the great agricultural landscapes of America—miles of lush, green fields of hops, acres of blossoming ...
03-12-2023
Does This New Robot-Staffed Chocolate Emporium Signal a Themed Restaurant Comeback?
By Todd Martens From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—I'm about to take a bite from a slice of Key lime pie at the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium when a ...
03-11-2023
The History Is Real in Winchester, Virginia
Entering the town of Winchester, Virginia, is like traveling back in time. My recent visit echoed those of Shawnee and other Native American tribes who lived for thousands ...
03-11-2023
Trip-Stacking Ideas to Consider in 2023
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com The pandemic-era popularized the idea of “trip stacking,” a concept that encourages crafting a backup to your primary travel plan. Busy families ...
03-10-2023
Savor Your Next Trip by Tuning in to Your Senses
Travel encourages us to sample from a sensory feast. On your next trip, encourage family members to tune in to their senses. Here are five ways to deepen ...
03-10-2023
Blue Highways: Exploring Lesser-Known America
The following roads represent a very small sampling of epic road trips that provide a connection with a less hurried and hectic way of life. Some can be ...
03-9-2023
With the Kidnapping of 4 US Citizens, Is It Safe to Travel to Mexico?
Dallas—Public safety concerns have spiked around travel to Mexico, with the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. The visitors had just ...
03-8-2023