When there’s a plane to catch and not the requisite hour needed to worm and whine through the TSA security line travelers in a hurry will wish they had this number in their carry-on bag of travel tricks: TSA Pre-Check or TSA Pre✓™. For $85 (for a five-year clearance), a few minutes of application hub-bub […]

A vacation in Costa Rica can be as neat as a cliff retreat with its own private beach, if you know what to seek. That spot would be Villa Manzu, a drill down through the offerings at the Four Seasons Costa Rica to the exclusive, hidden eight-suite manse overlooking the country’s North Pacific Coast. Dive […]

Virtuoso selected 10 winners from the network’s program of 983 hotels, resorts, villas and private island retreats in 100 countries. Award categories and recipients include: Best Achievement in Design: Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve – Dorado, Puerto Rico Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve is a sleek 115-room retreat with an open and modern design. Once […]

Travelers to La Paz will certainly find their share of  “The Peace,” on this quiet inlet on the southern tip of Baja, California. It has all the tough character of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. But there is a newer, side to this once-backwater fishing village on the Sea of Cortez.  There is a certain luminous […]

  Wine lovers are popping corks at festivals, special tastings, wine immersion experiences and tours during month-long celebration across the Golden State. From picking and crushing grapes to events, VIP tours, tastings and concerts, vintners in many of California’s 116 diverse winegrowing regions are offering ways for visitors of all wine appreciation levels to enjoy […]

Lush Fall Packages at St. Regis Bahia, Puerto Rico The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, which opened in late 2010 in Puerto Rico as the first St. Regis in the Caribbean, offers a Starpicks rate of $329 per night for weeklong stays through October 2. The property is located seaside, on the northeastern corridor of […]

The use of both Smartphones and tablets has increased so rapidly since 2011 that it has spawned a new class of traveler – the “Digital Elite.”  These individuals own and use at least two digital devices (a Smartphone and tablet) on which to plan and purchase travel services. This segment has grown from 5 percent […]

Los Angeles to New York flights can be dreary, especially in the midnight hours. But Jetblue, mostly known as a progressive discount airline, has just pushed the comfort factor up a notch with a new lie-flat seat option announced this month at the Global Business Traveler Association conference in San Diego, CA.

What’s the cruise for the person who has everything? The traveler who’s been everywhere? The cruise aficionado that has visited every port of call? Perhaps it’s the cruise company Downunder that sails True North. Northstar Cruises Australia, part of the exclusive Kurtz-Ahlers Collection, dares to do what few luxury cruise companies have tried: to show […]

History loves company and the renovated 102-year-old US Grant Hotel in San Diego is a dazzling host, if you want to sleep in the imprints of 13 US presidents, heroic legends of the last century and Hollywood’s greatest stars. The $52 million spent on a nearly two-year redo that allowed the hotel open in its […]