Paris for Children: A Stay at Le Royal Monceau Children are in the spotlight at Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris with a great travel package complemented by some just-for-kids fun. The luxury property has launched a series of inspired activities for children and teenagers, starting with line-up of weekend workshops at the hotel’s Michelin-star […]

Running with the bulls is big this year. But If you missed out on the adrenaline-pumping opportunities in Pamplona, Spain, worry not. Running with the bulls is now a great American sport – with money attached – and open to anyone willing to brave the beasts this fall in Cave Creek, AZ. For the third […]

Spa guru Susie Ellis calls them “high yield tourists.” A white paper from a recent Global Spa Summit refers to them as “borderline tourists,” or those who seek perfect packaging in the blend of spa with experiential vacations. Either way the emerging wellness-focused traveler is getting identified by travel counselors as the new mother lode […]

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is on budget and on schedule for a long awaited airport upgrade that is turning the primary international terminal into a shopping and dining paradise and a great place to wait for a flight. The Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX (TBIT) provides gates and docking for some 30 international […]

The best of Vermont may be contained in its seasons. Who could argue the bliss of being kissed by the sting of cool fall air in a place where the turn of maple leaves sets the land on fire and the steam of warm cider claims the soul? Some would argue the best of Vermont […]

Travel with a baby is not for every mother. And in a season when it seems to be raining babies, including reigning babies, a few tips can go a long way to mean the difference between a quiet, peaceful trip or a stressed out tale from the dark side of parenthood. “No new parent wants […]

Holland America is allowing would be world cruisers to take the world in whole or little chunks on its new 2014 world cruise schedule. Cruisers can spend from 14 to 28 weeks sailing the far and exotic corners of the globe with Holland America in four geographically themed segments – three of them departing from […]

Book & Go: Last Minute Vacations Deals on Celebrity Cruises Celebrity is bringing some powerful last-minute travel deals to the table with its Book & Go vacation packages that need to be booked by the end of July. A seven-night southbound, Seward to Vancouver Alaska journey on the Celebrity Millennium starts at $1,049 per person, […]

Air ticket sales by travel agents remain flat year over year for 2013, despite tales of profitability from the airline industry this year and last. But the latest figures from the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC) do not diverge that significantly from a new story emerging from the airlines citing rising cost pressures. While the airline […]

By Bill Becken A recent study focusing on business travelers found frequent, extensive travel may increase cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Past one or two nights per month, the more a person travels on business, the more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease they are likely to be, according to […]