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Half Off Colorado Ski Vacations Just Announced
Skiing is innately socially distanced. After all, it's done in the open air—and this year, ski resorts around the United States are creating new protocols, such as limits on the…
Time Is Running Out to Visit These Natural Wonders Now in "Critical" Decline
If the Great Barrier Reef (pictured above) in Australia and the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California on the Pacific coast of Mexico are on your must-see list, you…
The Best and Worst International Cities for Relocation? A Global Survey Names Them
There's nothing quite as sexy, it seems, as packing up and moving somewhere foreign for a spell. That may be why my recent post about countries that are popular in searches by would-be…
It's Official: Emotional Support Animals Can No Longer Fly Free
The days of getting free flights for your untrained emotional support Pomeranian are over. The government has closed the doggy door. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has…
Live and Work in Paradise! Hawaii Has a New Program for You
As I have written recently, more and more destinations are pursuing digital nomads to replace the tourists that once filled lodgings. Barbados has a new visa program that allows…
Writers in Residence: How to Visit Where Great American Authors Lived and Worked
Though the best way to engage with great authors of the past is, of course, to read their work, there’s plenty to gain from visiting the places where they lived and scribbled. Touring…
Kauai Drops Out of Hawaii's Testing Program, Will Force Quarantine
Hawaii, you may have heard, has been working to salvage its tourism-dependent economy. In October, the state began the new Safe Travels system that allows visitors to skip the…
You Can Now Visit the Studio Where Bob Ross Made His Iconic PBS Art Show
Fans of painter and icon of chill Bob Ross—the bearded PBS host with the Chia Pet hairdo, ASMR voice, and penchant for bucolic nature scenes—can now visit the studio where he presided…
Grand Canyon Rafting Trips Are Already Filling Up for 2022
Imagine owning a business that, year after year, mostly sells out its products just minutes after they're released to the public. And this is for something that won't be used until…
Relocation Is the New Way to Travel, but Where Do People Want to Move?
Given that the coronavirus is raging in most parts of the world, a weeklong vacation isn’t socially responsible right now. But with so many working remotely, inveterate wanderers are…
Volunteering Can Earn You a Free Night at a Hawaiian Hotel
Many eco- and culturally conscious Hawaiians are hoping that the state's post-pandemic travel industry will be more sustainable than the way things were before. (Frommer's reported on…
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…
Latest Dining Trend? Rapid Covid-19 Tests at Restaurants
What pairs best with a nasal swab—prosecco or champagne? The City Winery restaurant chain is about to ask that question. City Winery locations, dedicated to wine appreciation and live…
What Road Trips Are Really Like Right Now: Staying Safe, Saving Money
Life goes on. Although it may be wiser to wait until there’s a vaccine before hitting the road (a prospect that, knock wood, seems right around the corner), many of us want, or even…
Open a New Window: See Video Views from Homes Around the World
It may not be the most dramatic part of a trip, but there is one moment when it really hits me that I’ve left my normal life behind. After the whirlwind of flying or driving to my…
Meow! It's Japan's New Covid-Fighting Kitty Cat Mascot
Japan is putting the cat in catastrophe with its new pandemic mascot, a coronavirus-combatting kitty named Koronon. On most days, the mascot can be spotted in busy parts of Tokyo such…
Princess Diana Hotel Package Obsessively Retraces Her Stay in Chicago
Just in time for the release of The Crown's fourth season on Netflix, the Drake hotel in Chicago has put together a royal package that takes our still-burning cultural obsession with…
Royal Caribbean Calls for Volunteers for Test Sailings
As Frommer's reported a few weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control has stipulated some changes for the giant cruise lines. If they want to start regular U.S. sailings again, they…
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…
Lego's Epic Colosseum Set Is Company’s Largest Ever
The biggest Lego set ever created goes on sale on Black Friday. The Danish toy company's plastic-brick replica of Rome's Colosseum contains an anxiety-sparking 9,036 pieces. Can you…
Iconic Shakespeare & Co. Bookstore in Paris Fights for Survival
The bookstore beloved by the Lost Generation is now in danger of being lost itself. Shakespeare and Company was founded in Paris by Sylvia Beach just after World War I. Specializing in…
Move Over, Monkey Christ: The Potato Head of Palencia Is Spain’s Newest Botched Restoration
The restoration of another artwork in Spain has gone hilariously awry. As you'll see in the before-and-after photo above, the sculpture of a smiling woman on the facade of a bank in…
You Can Take a Tiny Sub to the "Titanic" Shipwreck—for $125,000
Starting in May 2021, OceanGate Expeditions will take small crews of "citizen scientists" in a 5-person sub to see the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean.
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…