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6 Ways to Dream a Vacation Now, but Pay Over Time or Take It Later
News about vaccines is making people wish we could be traveling again. Vendors are already helping customers make future plans—and spread the costs over time.
Canada's Famed Rocky Mountaineer Train Expands to the American West
Lovers of great rail journeys will tell you: The Rocky Mountaineer, a privately owned luxury train that threads through the Canadian Rockies in the summer with special bubble-top…
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 Travel in 2020: Safer Places to Go, Places to Stay, Road Trips
It sometimes feels like Covid-19 stripped us of the most precious parts of our humanity. Thanks to the virus, theater, dance, and music performances are too dangerous to attend, as are…
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…
Take a Cinematic Driving Tour Through the Hometown of the “Halloween” Creator
We'll say this for Michael Myers, the embodiment of pure evil in the Halloween movies: At least he wears a mask when he's within 6 feet of people. His bare-faced victims, on the other…
America the Beautiful in National Geographic Photos: An Exclusive Book Excerpt
Fall in love with the U.S.A. all over again with America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs , a patriotic collection of National Geographic 's images. The publication includes more…
How to Find the Best Rates for Last-Minute Car Rentals
Save money when you rent a car—every time—using our time-tested, expert-approved tips
Luxury Rock Star Tour Buses Become A Travel Option in This Pandemic
There’s a certain flavor of fear that comes from trying to do something potentially dangerous that you are in no way competent to do. I experienced that intense mix of panic and…
Next Exit! America's Most Epic Roadside Attractions
With all due respect to the World’s Largest Ball of Twine , one-off stunts like that have been left off this roundup of the most epic roadside attractions in the United States.…
A Fall Getaway for Two: Amtrak’s BOGO Sale for the Northeast U.S.
Just in time for leaf-peeping season, Amtrak is making it easier to plan a New England getaway for two with a buy-one-get-one-free sale. Book a seat on one of the rail carrier's Acela…
The Disney Monorail: The Amazing True Story of the "Highway in the Sky"
Walt Disney is renowned as a cartoonist, filmmaker, showman, and entertainment icon. But he was also a farsighted futurist, a transportation buff with practical roots in the past—and a…
Beloved Tour Operator TrekAmerica Calls It Quits
It’s no secret that travel businesses are in trouble right now. Airlines are planning huge layoffs for the fall and a large percentage of hotels will likely never reopen. Now a major…
Class Up Your New England Road Trip with Picnics at Gilded Age Estates
A recently introduced offering in elegant Newport, Rhode Island, gives visitors the chance to practice social distancing, Vanderbilt style. The new "Stroll the Gardens and Grounds"…
Ghouls of the Road: Drive-Through Haunts Are a Frightful Halloween Trend
Given the still-raging pandemic and the looming U.S. presidential election, there's plenty to fear this fall, even with the cancellation of haunted houses and other Halloween…
For Better Social Distancing, Amtrak Now Shows How Many Seats Have Been Sold
It's a start. Amtrak's booking engine (Amtrak.com) now lists the percentage of seats that have been sold for each departure. That means that before purchasing a ticket in coach class,…
Road Trip Essential: Map of Fastest Route to USA’s Top Breakfast Spots
One key to a successful road trip is maximizing your pit stops, and we've found an online resource that could help considerably. SavingSpot, a personal finance site sponsored by…
Limited Sale: 2-for-1 on Roomettes for Socially Distanced Amtrak Travel
Travel with a companion you know is virus-free, and you can go anywhere you want. Amtrak, the USA's national rail carrier, is making it easy and more affordable to get out of the house…
The USA's Most Expensive (and Cheapest) Cities for Rental Cars
Every now and then, the rental car booking site CheapCarRental.net aggregates the price quotes it's been seeing and comes up with a list of the best and worst American cities for…
WATCH: Pauline Frommer's Road Trip Tips on Good Morning America
Our own Pauline Frommer was on ABC's iconic show Good Morning America to help viewers plan the perfect road trip for summer 2020. She has suggestions for smart planning websites, for…
Lawsuit: Hertz Customers Jailed After False Accusations of Stealing Rental Cars
Rent a car from Hertz and your road trip could end in unjustified jail time, or so a lawsuit filed in Delaware on behalf of nearly two dozen plaintiffs alleges. The accusers—all…
Deal Alert! Amtrak Slashes Fares Deeply for Summer Travel
Though it looks like Amtrak will cut service drastically in October, for now the trains are running as usual—but mostly empty. To better fill them, the railway is throwing a sale, and…
Amtrak Cuts Deep: Over 460 Stations Across the USA Will Lose Daily Service
Reuters has obtained an internal Amtrak memo that says that as of October 1, the national railway is planning to cut roughly a third of its weekly service. It will do that by reducing…
10 Eye-Popping Road Trips with Scenic Drives at U.S. National Parks
Like the Louvre and Rihanna, U.S. national parks reward various levels of engagement, whether that means hitting the highlights or delving for deep cuts. You don’t have to rough it in…
[Updated 2021] Find a Hookup or Site for Your RV in Four Easy Steps
Availability is far harder to come by this summer, but here are some resources for finding empty campsites for a road trip.