Travel Tales How Escape Rooms Made Me a Better Traveler While stitching a thread between escape rooms and traveling may seem like a stretch, the more escape rooms I’ve attempted, the more I’ve noticed myself honing the same skills that I use for traveling.
Travel Tales Trekking Through the World’s Premier Jaguar Preserve Belize is home to one of the largest known concentrations of jaguars on the planet. On a solo-guided trip, I traversed through this Central American jungle and up Victoria Peak to see what I could discover.
Travel Tales You Haven't Lived Until You've Eaten Fondue in a Swiss Hut Our editor booked a fondue dinner at the Sunstar Hotel and had an unforgettable night in a hut in the middle of the Swiss Alps.
Travel Tales The Art of Coffee Cupping: Where to Taste Coffee Across the U.S. Move over, wine and craft beer — coffee is taking center stage. Here are 5 cities that also take the art of coffee cupping quite seriously.
Travel Tales What I’ve Learned Running Around the World At best, I’m a reluctant runner. Yet somehow running has become a major part of my life and travels. Now, I run every where I go.
Travel Tales 5 Things That Surprised Me My First Time in Business Class Our editor recently had the chance to take her own business class seat on a trans-Pacific flight from LAX to Hong Kong. Here are a few key things that surprised her about flying business class.
Travel Tales Tech-Free Travel: How I Discovered the Joys of Portland Without My Phone Recently, our writer decided to try an experiment: Go to a city she'd never been to and explore it without using my smartphone. Here's what she learned exploring Portland without a phone.
Travel Tales How Travel Strengthens Romantic Relationships Stepping outside of your comfort zone is one way to reconnect. Here are some of the ways that travel strengthens romantic relationships.
Travel Tales The First Thing You Should Do When You Get to a New City Looking to get the lay of the land in a new city? Here's why you need to find the closest free walking tour upon arrival.
Travel Tales The Top Airlines of 2020 Gearing up for a vacation in 2020? Your choice of airline is often as important as your destination and accommodations. Here are the top airlines of 2020.
Travel Tales How Guilty Should We Feel About Our Travel Footprint in 2020? In our global climate crisis, we often hear that travel is one way to wreak havoc. How guilty should we feel about the impact of travel in 2020?
Travel Tales Why an E-Bike Is Perfect for First-Time Mountain Bikers E-Mountain Bikes promise to transform the novice rider into someone able to handle moderately challenging climbs. Our Editor put that claim to the test.
Travel Tales Here’s Why You Need to Drop Everything and Plan Your Vacation Today In 2018, 55 percent of American workers left vacation days unused. This year, celebrate National Plan for Vacation Day and get going on your next adventure.
Travel Tales Why You Need to Take a Solo Trip in 2020 Traveling solo isn’t about not having anyone to go with. Rather, it’s about purposefully choosing to go on your own — and surprising yourself along the way.
Travel Tales Heading to Hawaii? Discover Which Island is Right for You We've broken down each Hawaiian island’s personality and top attractions to help you decide which ones to add to your list.
Travel Tales Facing Fear and Learning to Surf in Costa Rica On a dream trip, I grapple with a near-broken foot to catch my first thrilling wave. Facing my fear and learning to surf in Costa Rice was no easy feat.
Travel Tales Why a Digital Detox Will Make You a Better Traveler It might seem crazy to disconnect from the world, but the benefits are significant. Here’s why a digital detox will make you a better traveler.
Travel Tales Australia's Bushfires Are Still Burning — Here's How to Help Australia is seeing the worst brushfire season in decades — here's how you can help.
Travel Tales How to See the First Meteor Shower of the Year — and the Decade The Quadrantids will be ringing in 2020 the night of Friday, January 3 and last until dawn of the following morning.
Travel Tales The Top Travel Headlines of 2019 As we enter the end-of-year period of reflection, we're taking a moment to refresh ourselves on the good, the bad, and the inspirational travel headlines of 2019.
The Discoverer Picks for the Best 2020 Destinations We asked our audience which cities they were most excited to discover in 2020, then did a little digging of our own to find some up-and-coming destinations to present our list of top destinations to visit in 2020!
Travel Tales The Psychology Behind Stumble-Upon Discoveries In a world of carefully-structured itineraries, what makes surprising travel discoveries stand out? Our writer set out to explore why stumble-upon discoveries matter.
Travel Tales Rowing One of the World’s Wildest Rivers: the Jarbidge-Bruneau The Jarbidge-Bruneau was ranked among the top 10 adventures in the world by National Geographic. This spring, I rafted these two back-to-back waterways to find out why.
Travel Tales 5 U.S. Airports That Are Actually Getting Better Airports are preparing for the increase in airline travel by renovating their facilities for improved safety, comfort, and efficiency. We picked a few of the most heavily-traveled U.S. airports that are making modifications you should be aware of.
Travel Tales Why You Need to Slow Down When You Travel Switching to an alternative form of transportation can enhance your travel experience. Not yet convinced? This is why you need to slow down when you travel.
