When seeking a Wyoming guest ranch experience, one of the first things guests should ask is what can you do there. At the Lodge and Spa at Brush Creek Ranch — top on Condé Nast’s Reader’s Choice awards list — the answer is actually a question: how fast can you go? An ultra-luxury Wyoming guest […]

A new Shanghai museum is grabbing attention. As the Shanghai Natural History Museum reopens, the new home for the venerable collection may be as much an attraction of architecture as it is for the artifacts themselves. The Shanghai Natural History Museum is the work of Perkins+Will’s Global Design, whose work is seen all over the […]

Pre-wedding celebrations, such as bachelor and bachelorette parties, can put a big gash in wedding party plans. Possibly the quickest way for bridesmaids to be to lose their BFF status with the bride is to decline to shell out big bucks to attend a friend’s bachelor or bachelorette getaway.  In a new survey from priceline.com, approximately […]

Portugal Story and Photos by Susan McKee Portugal is full of surprises. Among them: assorted “hidden” communities of Jews, unusual confection creations called ovos moles, and the oldest university in Europe. That university — established in 1290 — is in Coimbra, an ancient city on the banks of the River Mondego that was the capital […]

Summer Travel Deals on High Seas with Princess Cruises For those who are fast enough and savvy enough to book their next cruise vacation by May 14, the world can be their oyster on a Princess Cruises vacation. A Summer Clearance Sale is underway from Alaska to the Aegean offering substantial savings on a variety […]

Those people born somewhere between the end of World War II and the Age of Aquarius have likely heard this story before. Their label is Baby Boomers, they represent one in six Americans (and these are not the seniors of yore), and they are a key part of the greatest transfer of wealth this country […]

2015 may be a banner year for travel deals in Europe. Europe may be the great “it” spot this summer for Americans eager to exploit the dollar to euro rates this summer. The dollar to euro conversion rate is the best it’s been in years. But what many travelers don’t know is that not all […]

River cruising may be the least understood among all the ways to tour around and see the world. And, with more than 40 new river cruise ships launching in 2015, the field of choice in river cruising is exploding. A little clarification and new must-dos can go along way in choosing where and how to […]

  Go ahead, make a guess: What property out there is considered the Best Hotel in the World? Hint: It’s not owned by Donald Trump. If you look east – way east — to the Maldives archipelago in the Indian Ocean you would be warm. According to TripAdvisor, Gili Lankanfushi gets top honors as the […]

Things are not looking up for those planning on flying the friendly skies. A new report examining quality of experience for airline passengers and quality of behaviors for the airline companies servicing them shows, in fact, that those sunny skies are getting harder to find. U.S. airline performance slipped in 2014, according to the latest Airline […]