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Light Shows and Where to Stay
During the holiday season, as the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, Christmas lights begin to sparkle along the streets. Capturing the imagination of children and adults alike, it is a...
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Amelia Earhart Found? Not Everyone Agrees
This past summer I posted a story in these pages about my Irish friend Colin Cobb, who heads something called The Stratus Project, which is set to find the plane Amelia Earhart was flying when she...
View ArticleSouthwest and AA Offer Best Rewards -- Starwood and Chase Ink Cards Tops for...
When it comes to sorting out the value of airline rewards programs, confusion and frustration seem to be frequent states of mind among business travelers and frequent flyers, in general. With industry...
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7 Things You Absolutely Must Try in a National Park
By Dalia Colon for the Orbitz Travel Blog President Franklin Roosevelt once said, "There is nothing so American as our national parks.... The fundamental idea behind the parks...is that the country...
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New 'Tripr' App Makes Your Friends For You, Ahead Of Time
Instead of taking chances that you'll meet some good-looking backpacker at the next hostel or run into a gaggle of handsome travelers on a Parisian street, why not just "book them" ahead for your next...
View ArticleAlabama's Dauphin Island Whole Again 9 Years After Katrina
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Nature and a multimillion dollar rock pile built in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil spill have healed a large barrier island nine years after it was sliced in two by...
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4 Travel Memoirs You've Probably Never Heard of
"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" -- Mason Cooley. Most of us only have a small amount of time each year, allotted by our employers, to travel the world. Picking up...
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The Scoop on Poop in South Korea
I sip my latte and stifle a chuckle as I take in my surroundings at Ddoong Cafe in the Ssamzigil shopping complex in central Seoul. Colorful mini plungers hang delicately from a tree in the corner,...
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Bali Time
It has been some time since my last visit to a tropical destination. Gloomy October days are perfect for for a quick escape closer to the equator. A couple of days in Bali were a perfect little...
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Recognition of Expeditions Past
'Let him speak who has seen with his eyes' - Congolese proverb This proverb is going to become the philosophical touchstone of my Congo expedition; at least I hope it does. When I found it, while doing...
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Surviving a 24-Hour Food Tour
Some leered into the pig intestines and prayed there were no "stuff" still stuck inside, as the whole platter of pig offal stew stared at them, for brunch. Some just went for a piece of the...
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Best Family-Friendly Ski Resorts in Europe
Val D'Isere in France (Photo Credit: Val D'Isere) Fresh air, fresh snow, fresh food, and mulled wine -- the latter not for the kids! What's not to love about skiing in Europe? Whether you prefer Italy...
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4 Things You Didn't Know About The Mansion In Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Video
Taylor Swift's stunning video for "Blank Space" is basically the best thing she's ever done, and if you are anything like us, you definitely took notice of the majestic mansion where her nightmare...
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Judging by the Cover: The 10 Best Hotel Facades
We're taught as children not to judge a book by its cover, but does that principle apply to hotels? After all, when it comes to a spot that you've likely spent a good amount of money on, the first...
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5 Tips to Survive a Long Flight
Jonathan Scott Chinn / Flickr We all love to travel, but not many of us enjoy the exhausting process of getting to our chosen destination. Spending half the day in a metal tube with more than 300...
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25 Years After the Fall of the Wall: My Trip Behind the Iron Curtain
I Traveled Alone Behind the Iron Curtain During the Cold War. By Paul Iorio This is the transit visa that enabled me to get through the Iron Curtain, August 20, 1976. The border crossing, as shown on...
View ArticleWalls Come Tumbling Down -- or Do They?
Everything old is new again. Walls are back in style. Twenty-five years ago, I was traveling from Venice, Italy to Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) by train aboard the Gypsies, Thieves and Tramps...
View ArticleFake Taylor Swift Explains What New York Is Really Like
A few weeks back, Taylor Swift was named Global Welcome Ambassador for New York City. But Swift's New York -- the New York of $20 million Tribeca apartments and court-side seats at Knicks game -- isn't...
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Summer in Fairbanks, Alaska, With the 2014 Toyota 4Runner and a Good Ending...
On most bucket lists and the kind of destination that not only gets you back to nature, but allows for a one-of-a-kind experience, Fairbanks, Alaska, paired with the 2014 Toyota 4Runner is a match made...
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7 Street-Food Eats Not to Miss on Your Next Visit to Bangkok
By Heather Van Deest, InternationalLiving.com This article comes to us courtesy of InternationalLiving.com, the world's leading authority on how to live, work, invest, travel, and retire better...
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