Travel Tales What Are Your Tips for Long Flights? Tell us how you survive those extra-long flights and you may be featured in an upcoming article on The Discoverer.
Travel Tales The Busiest Travel Day in History Is Just Around the Corner Sunday, December 1 is set to be the single busiest day ever for the U.S. airline industry, with 3.1 million people expected to fly home after Thanksgiving.
Travel Tales These Are the Cultural Sites Most in Need of Preservation in 2020 The 2020 World Monuments Watch is out, and it isn't just raising awareness for the 25 locations that made the list — it's also raising money for them.
Travel Tales Uluru Is Officially Closed to Climbers Also known as Ayers Rock, the popular Australian site is now off-limits to the vertically inclined due to its profound cultural significance to the area's Aboriginal people.
Travel Tales Learn From Our Readers' Biggest Travel Fail Travel blunders happen to the best of us. Whether you lose your passport or get lost, make sure you learn from our readers' biggest travel fail.
Travel Tales A Guide to Bonfire Night in the UK On the evening of November 5th, or the closest Saturday to it, bonfires are lit across the country and eyes turn to the sky for colorful fireworks displays. Learn more about this UK tradition.
Travel Tales Yosemite of the Sea: Cala Gonone, Italy A solo-venture to a distant island helped me rediscover myself while exploring mountains by the sea.
Travel Tales Is the Stanley Hotel Haunted Enough to Scare a Ghost Skeptic Into Believing? I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in horror movies. So I did what any reasonable person would do: booked a haunted room at the Stanley Hotel, which famously served as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King’s The Shining.
Travel Tales The World's Longest Flight Just Landed Qantas is testing a nearly 20-hour flight from New York to Sydney — and seeing how it affects both passengers and pilots.
Travel Tales What Can We Learn From the Happiest Countries in the World? What can we learn from the happiest countries in the world? As it turns out, quite a bit. Read on in hopes of turning some frowns upside down.
Travel Tales This is the Best Croissant in San Francisco (Maybe the Country) Our Editor finally found a U.S. bakery that can compete with the best of them.
Travel Tales Microhotels Are the Hottest New Travel Trend Chic, stylish, and exceptionally functional, these tiny hotels have made a big impression. Here's why microhotels are the hottest new travel trend.
Travel Tales The Best Philly Cheesesteak Is Made in New Jersey Our resident Philadelphia native shares where to find his favorite Philly cheesesteak. Spoiler: it's not where you think.
Travel Tales Redefining Home on the Road The meaning of home doesn't have to be a physical address. Young students in a Vietnamese classroom taught our writer a valuable lesson.
Travel Tales How to Celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico There’s nothing quite like experiencing a cultural celebration on home turf, so here's what you need to know if you’re planning to celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico.
Travel Tales Which Countries Travel the Most, and Where Are They Going? A new study reveals the countries with the most traveling citizens, and how much they are spending on travel.
Travel Tales Go Now: Mountain Running Along the Esplanade Range I joined nine trail runners from around the world for a hut-to-hut journey in British Columbia’s peaks and walked away with more than logged miles. I realized the incredible value of communal disconnectedness—you should go, too.
Travel Tales Discover Tranquility With a Night in a Monastery In our hectic 21st-century lives, monasteries offer relaxing respite from the pressures we face. Here’s why you should spend a night in a monastery.
Tips & Tricks How to Tell a Great Travel Story A story may never be the same as the real adventure, but here are a few tips to help you put the “wow” factor into your tales of travel.
Travel Tales This Country Just Won the First "Accessible Tourist Destination" Award After launching its All for All Programme three years ago, Portugal has won the first Accessible Tourist Destination award.
Travel Tales What's the One Thing You Can't Travel Without? No matter where you're going or why, there are always going to be staple items you just have to bring along. We want to know what you can't imagine adventuring without.
Travel Tales Now's Your Chance to Stay in the Real Downton Abbey Highclere Castle, the show's primary filming location, is opening itself up to visitors for just one night on November 26 — and it only costs $160
Travel Tales The World's Busiest Airport Has Been Revealed (Again) For the 21st consecutive year, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been named the busiest in the world.
Travel Tales The World's First Space Hotel May Be Closer Than You Think The Gateway Foundation has released its plans for the Von Braun Station, a cross between a cruise ship and a hotel that it hopes to put in orbit by 2025.
