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Is Holiday Travel Safe in 2020?
Our headline is the question thousands of families are asking themselves in the run-up to the end of the year. Depending on where you live in the United States, you may have already…
Curious About Delaware? New Driving Trail Shows Off Joe Biden’s Home State
As the home state of Joe Biden, Delaware was talked about more than usual during the 2020 election season. But many of us still don't know much about the second-smallest U.S. state…
One of the World's Oldest Travel Bookstores Needs Your Help
There may be no travel bookstore in the English-speaking world that is more venerable than the great Stanfords. The London-based stalwart, packed with books, maps, globes,…
The 50 Best Bars In The World Revealed—But Where's the USA?
Being a barfly is part of my job. Every year, for roughly a month, I become a nocturnal creature, staying out until 3am most nights, researching my city’s nightlife for the next…
Why Key West's Ban on Big Ships Will Change Caribbean Cruises
Once a quiet fishing village and quirky haven for writers, artists, and free spirits, the Florida Straits city of Key West veered toward tourist-trap territory starting in the…
Make the Great Treats from Disney's U.S. Parks: Cookbook Excerpt!
Dole Whip at Magic Kingdom , Mickey Pretzels at Disney’s Hollywood Studios , Frozen Lemonade at Disney’s Animal Kingdom —Disney has so much to offer, and one of its best attractions is…
Travel by Design: See The Places That Inspire Architects and Other Creative Minds
What’s it like to go on vacation with an architect? It’s not all staring at Doric columns and flying buttresses, according to a new book of photographs snapped by more than 150 leading…
New York Changes Entry Rules, Making Holiday Visits Easier
New York State, which used to mandate a vacation-unfriendly quarantine period of 14 days, has changed its entry requirements. The shift brings the state's system in line with what many…
Merriam-Webster Creates a Fun Online Word Game for Travelers
Every time we speak, we travel. English is a polyglot language derived from many tongues and made of an ever-expanding lexicon of borrowed words picked up like souvenirs from all…
Can You Recognize These World-Famous Landmarks from Above?
It’s hard to disguise a colossal green lady in New York Harbor. Or a 1,000-foot-tall pointy whatsit in the middle of Paris. Yet a newly released series of images adds a little mystery…
Free Entry to the U.S. National Parks For Students, Veterans—and Everyone Else
The U.S. National Parks had big plans for little people this year. But like so many things, they went awry. Long story short: 2020 was supposed to have been another year when all of…
Freedom Trail: A New Walking Tour of the D.C. Area's Underground Railroad
A new guided walking tour near Washingon, D.C., explores the area's African American history and hidden connection to the Underground Railroad.
Cruise Lines Need Guinea Pigs to Try Out Virus Safety Protocols on Voyages
The Centers for Disease Control, guided by watching European cruising restart and by reviewing recommendations from the major lines, has finally dropped its ban on cruises and released…
A Delightful New Book About Countries That Have "Fallen Off the Map"
In this time of not being able to travel almost anywhere, one of the most intriguing new travel books is a volume that takes readers to places that no longer exist. I’m talking about…
Iconic Neon Cowgirl "Vegas Vickie" Kicking It Again at New Casino
Circa Resort & Casino, which opened this week on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, is the city's first casino built from the ground up in four decades. But not everything on…
Disney Will Never Be the Same: A Litany of Layoff Devastation
This week, there was an employment cataclysm at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. In one day, the company axed nearly every worker with a speaking role in its U.S. parks. As part of…
New Rules Transform New York City Into a Wonderful, Open-Air Bazaar
What's the top reason people visit New York City? If you guessed Broadway shows, museums, or even restaurants, you'd be wrong, wrong, and wrong. Year after year, shopping is cited as…
Pauline Frommer: A Worthy Vacation Rental Search Aggregator Has Arrived
Fewer travelers may be hitting the road right now, but among those still traveling, the top accommodation choices have shifted dramatically from a year ago. As I wrote last week, more…
WATCH: Kazakhstan Makes Nice—Very Nice!—with Borat By Taking His Catchphrase
The premise of the newly released Borat sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, is that Sacha Baron Cohen's titular character, a clueless Kazakh journalist, must deliver an animal or,…
Get Ready: Travel Is Becoming More Expensive and More Exclusive
The warning signs are everywhere. You will soon be paying more to travel. The headlines are full of news about the airlines cutting capacity. In Europe, Ryanair will fly only 40% of…
Costa Rica Fully Reopens to Tourism—No Test, No Quarantine Required
Starting November 1, all international travelers, including those from anywhere in the United States, are welcome to visit Costa Rica—and neither a quarantine period nor a negative…
Where Great Artists Worked: America's Historic Homes and Studios
Author Valerie Balint's Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios explores three centuries of the United States' artistic heritage, visiting the places where artists were inspired…
The Word Is Out: Language Museum Opens in D.C.
UPDATE, October 23, 2020: Originally scheduled to open in the spring of 2020, the Planet Word language museum in Washington, D.C., began welcoming visitors on Thursday, October 22,…
WATCH: Rare Waterfalls Appear All Over Australia's Uluru
Visitors at Uluru in Australia's Northern Territory got a rare treat this week: the sight of waterfalls tumbling over the surface of the red sandstone monolith. That only happens when…
In a Trial to Rescue Travel, Canada to Test International Arrivals at One Airport
The multibillion-dollar problem for the travel industry right now is how travel will get back to normal. For many, the solution could be summed up in three words: easily accessible…