While it is not unexpected for holiday travel to be fraught with crowds, lines, delays and rushes, what would travel be like if airports were that chaotic all year? The U.S. Travel Association released new data just before the Thanksgiving holiday that paints a bleak picture for travel over the next five years – especially […]

‘Tis the season of giving and in travel that often means adding a dash of “voluntourism” into a holiday vacation. The growing trend of volunteer vacations attracts 1.6 million participants each year and gives travelers the opportunity to experience destinations in a different, more immersive, and often more satisfying way. Whether for a few hours, […]

  While cold winds blow the sand about the Mojave this winter, Las Vegas will be aglow in lights, adrift in snow flakes, blanketed in colorful sculptured flower gardens, aflutter in holiday entertainment, simmering in aromas from celebrity chef kitchens and saturated with sitting Santas, whether the sexy kind, the cowboy kind, the wet kind […]

While luxury safaris in Africa come in many shapes and sizes, few, if any, offer guests an entire ranch of their own in the middle of Kenya with on-tap amenities that wow. And few, if any, make those dreams happen inside a wild animal sanctuary that is as focused on conservation as it is on […]

By Susan Shapiro In almost every city in North America, interest in wine is growing at an amazing rate. Wine bars are the fastest emerging segment of the bar industry and wine clubs are sprouting up all over. For travel, it means digging into a very popular trend.

Ever wonder what happened to those blacktop schoolyard bullies you used to know … once they passed voting age? Many of them matured to become your coworkers – or worse – your boss.

Christmas in London: Fairytale Stays at Three Boutique Hotels Christmas in London is right within grasp with three magical Christmas packages that bring on the majesty and festivity as only London can offer. Lavish stays at the Egerton House Hotel, ‘41’ Hotel and The Milestone Hotel set the mood and light up the fantasies with […]

Travel to Egypt is no longer a wish to be delayed for better days ahead. Visitors will find much of the old and some things that are very new as the ancient cradle of civilization prepares for a come-back and  a new wave of tourism next year.

When things get tough, the tough get going – to spas, that is. According to a comprehensive wellness travel study released last month by the non-profit research center SRI International, the global wellness market is now worth $3.4 trillion, making it nearly three times larger than the $1 trillion worldwide pharmaceutical industry. Answering the call […]

What does luxury mean? Recent findings of a luxury survey polling U.S. travelers with incomes of $150,000 or more found that a few brand names keep filtering to the top of the A-list.