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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
Ski Free If You Fly Alaska Airlines to the Slopes
Airlines and ski resorts have something in common: They're desperate to take customers to high altitudes this winter. Like all the major carriers, Alaska Airlines is doing everything…
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…
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…
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…
Dingle, Ireland's Beloved Dolphin, Fungie, Has Disappeared
Ireland may be the land of leprechauns, banshees, and merrows, but its most magical being was real, and it swam in the waters off County Kerry. In 1984, a lone, bottleneck dolphin was…
Feeling Stressed? Watch These Soothing Aerial Videos of Icelandic Scenery
With coronavirus infection rates surging yet again and the U.S. presidential campaign nearing its nerve-racking climax, we could use something soothing for a change. Fortunately,…
The World’s Longest Suspension Bridge Has a See-Through Walkway
The world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge will soon be getting visitors' spines tingling, hearts pounding, and regrets overflowing above a gorge in Portugal. Held up by steel…
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…
Panama Is Reopening for Quarantine-Free Visits, So Is This the Winter to Finally Go?
As Frommer's Panama author Nicholas Gill writes, "Panama is home to a staggering array of natural landscapes, each beautiful in its own way." That includes lovely beaches, perfect…
Amazing New Observatory Floats Two Miles Up in the Italian Alps
Here's a strong candidate for any traveler's post-pandemic wish list. The brand-new, glass-and-steel Ötzi Peak 3251m observation deck overlooks the Italian Alps at an altitude of…
Alaska's Fat Bear Week Crowns Heavyweight Champ
Weighing in at an estimated 1,400 pounds and appropriately sharing an identification number with the original jumbo jet, bear 747 has been declared the winner of Fat Bear Week at…
After 3,000 Years, Wild Tasmanian Devils Return to Mainland Australia
Tasmanian devils are back in the wild on mainland Australia after an absence of 3,000 years. A small breeding population of the stocky marsupials has been released in a wildlife…
With Peak Season Over, Yosemite to Remove Reservation Requirement
One of the few delightful byproducts of the novel coronavirus pandemic has been relatively empty national parks. To avoid overcrowding, a few of them implemented advance reservation…
Spend Hours Walking Around the World's Great Neighborhoods with These Addictive YouTube Channels
Narration-free virtual walking tours are racking up millions of views as they scratch our travel itch in isolation.
Fat Bear Week: The Election You Don't Have to Dread This Autumn
The NCAA's March Madness college basketball tournament didn't happen this year, and the Summer Olympics have been postponed to 2021. But at least one physical competition will proceed…
America's Greatest National Historic Trails: Scenic Routes in the Footsteps of History
Unknown to many travelers, the National Park Service of the United States has established a National Historic Trails system that's perfectly designed for planning patriotic versions of…
Thailand Is Mailing Trash Back to Tourists Who Litter
Government officials in Thailand have had it with people leaving garbage in nature reserves. In a Facebook post last week, Varawut Silpa-archa, the country's minister of natural…
Rare Pink Dolphins Return to the Waters Around Hong Kong
Style mavens have declared "sorbet pink" one of the fashionable colors for fall 2020. We're happy to report that the waters around Hong Kong are very much on-trend. Rare pink…