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How Soon After Receiving the Vaccine Can You Travel?
Can you start traveling as soon as you're vaccinated for the coronavirus? The answer is complicated, balancing personal risk and the safety of others.
Vail Resorts Cuts Price of Multiresort Ski Pass by 20% for 2021–22
A season pass to ski at some of the top mountain resorts in North America will be significantly cheaper next winter. Vail Resorts, which operates dozens of properties, began selling…
Munch's "The Scream" Gets a New Home Amid Arts Resurgence in Norway’s Capital
Norway, the country that gave the world The Scream, Edvard Munch's iconic representation of existential anguish, was the eighth happiest place on earth in 2020, according to a recently…
Cruise Companies Are Still Touring Alaska This Summer—Without Cruise Ships
Barring the unlikely success of emergency legislation in the U.S. Congress, there won't be ocean cruises to Alaska this summer. Due to longstanding laws requiring foreign-flagged ships…
A New Nordic Airline Steps in to Launch Low-Cost Transatlantic Flights
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Anybody know how to translate that adage into Norwegian? It's only…
PHOTOS: The USA's Largest Daffodil Display in Bloom
Did you know that a town in North Georgia lays claim to having the largest daffodil display in the United States? Around 20 million of those cheerful white-and-yellow harbingers of…
Travel Search Site Kayak Opening Its First-Ever Hotel
Kayak, the travel search aggregator that sells airfare, hotel stays, car rentals, and other vacation-related offerings, is opening its own hotel. The 52-room Kayak Miami Beach will be…
How to Get the Most from a Visit to the Frick Madison in New York City
History's wealthy sleazeballs have been getting their comeuppance of late. The slave traders, labor exploiters, womanizers, and polluters who made fortunes in their day by being…
Disneyland Finally Sets Reopening Target—But Don't Buy Plane Tickets Just Yet
After a closure that has lasted since March 14, 2020, California's Disneyland has finally set its sights on reopening. Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced to shareholders that he hopes…
Awe-Inspiring Images of Wintry Niagara Falls Amid Ice, Snow, and Rainbows
Niagara Falls is a gobsmacking sight all year round, but winter weather can bring an added wow factor, cloaking the thundering cascades in ice and snow. As you might have noticed,…
Finland Created a Kitchen Made Out of Ice—and It Works
As if a hotel built from more than 20,000 tons of ice and snow weren't impressive enough, the designers and igloo constructors of Lapland Hotels SnowVillage in northern Finland keep…
Alaska Opens Up: Visiting No Longer Requires a Negative Covid-19 Test
As of this week, travelers entering Alaska are no longer required to show proof of negative Covid-19 test results upon arrival. That was one of the provisions in the state's emergency…
Yardi Gras! With Parades on Pause, New Orleans Decorates Homes Like Floats
In response to the pandemic, New Orleans has banned the following from the 2021 Mardi Gras celebrations in the days around Tuesday, February 16: parades, bars, to-go drinks, and large…
The Testing and Quarantine Rules for Traveling to Hawaii During the Pandemic
A guide to untangling Hawaii's knotty rules for quarantine, testing, resort bubbles, and inter-island travel
Appalachian Trail: Please "Postpone Hikes Until 2022"
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy, the group that maintains one of the greatest long-distance footpaths in the United States, is imploring hikers to postpone visits for another…
Endless Summer: More Theme Parks Now Staying Open Year-Round
Outside of Florida and Southern California, where the weather allows theme parks to stay open year-round (provided there's no plague on), the standard operating procedure at most parks…
Music City Gets a Museum About African American Music
The first museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating African Americans' considerable contributions to music is opening to the public this month in downtown Nashville. Originally…
The Marshmallow Test for Holiday Travel (Or Why You Need to Stay Home Right Now)
Over six years, from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, psychologist Walter Mischel and his colleagues tempted small children. In one of the most famous psychological experiments of…
A Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide to Traveling Again After the Pandemic
The year 2020 gave all of us a priceless gift. It kicked us all in the ass, too, no doubt about it. But the year's central lesson, the one that gnawed at our fearful inner cores no…
SoCal's Six Dazzling Holiday Drive-Throughs, from Stranger Things to Elf on the Shelf
The notion that Southern Californians spend all their time in their cars is a tired cliché—but in 2020, it feels freshly apt. As one of the few options for getting out of the house…
Holiday Air Travel in 2020: Safety, Finding Cheap Fares, and More
If you plan to fly over the holiday season, let’s start with the good news: Your airplane ride may be the safest part of your trip. To be frank, I'm not convinced that holiday travel…
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…
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…
Beach Escapes Americans Can Travel to Without Quarantine This Winter
Hoping to get away to some place with sun and sand this winter? These popular beach destinations are accepting American tourists without quarantine.
Berlin's Long-Delayed Airport Is Finally About to Open—for Real This Time
Germany may still hold its reputation for punctuality and efficiency, but it's no thanks to Berlin Brandenburg Airport. That seemingly endless construction project began in 2006, when…