The first thing that hits you on a stay at this ranch resort in Wyoming is the space. In the city you are lucky to have a few hundred square feet to yourself but at a luxury ranch resort like Brush Creek Lodge & Spa, you have 15,000 acres of it. And then there is […]

Story and Photos by Susan McKee “Hold the wheel steady!” yelled Frank Dregallo as he leapt over the ship’s railing and ran to the bow. I held the wheel and Tim scrambled after our captain. On just the second day of our weeklong sailing school, catastrophe loomed. Our chartered yacht was under full sail that […]

By Lark Gould I have been lucky enough to escape the reaper more times than my fingers will let me count during my many years of traveling as a journalist. As a woman, usually traveling alone, I probably took more than my fair share of chances and I would not recommend that readers follow my […]

New Paradise Power in Santa Monica The 71-room Shangrila Hotel overlooking the famous Santa Monica beach walk is setting a new style in this trendy L.A. beach town with tony new suites and an Art Deco theme carried out in sweet details and collectables throughout the property. The full service property has a gourmet comfort […]

The American economy may be heading into a fiscal wall but when it comes to travel at least half the U.S. population is saying, “what wall?” Some 50 percent of Americans have booked or plan to book travel in 2013, and a good chunk of those travelers (87%) plan to spend as much or more […]

Online travel agencies (OTAs) are taking some hits when it comes to customer satisfaction. Most recently a customer satisfaction survey run by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) showed a 2.6 percent drop in the average consumer’s positive experience rating with OTA’s, markedly the biggest among all retail categories measured. The index measures some 70,000 […]

Caesars Entertainment finally has been bitten by hotel fee fever and, as of March 1, added daily fees ranging from $10-$25 at its Las Vegas resort properties. The news is significant because Caesars, with its nine hotel properties, including Caesars Palace, Harrah’s, Bally’s, the Flamingo, the Quad, Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood on the […]

It is now possible for North Americans to go to China without a visa – for three days, that is. As of January this year, North American citizens traveling to Beijing or Shanghai can bypass China’s onerous visa process and get their passport stamped on arrival. But, of course, there are caveats. The 72-hour visa […]

Where do you find calm in bustling, buzzing, brazen New Delhi? The Lodhi opened  on some seven acres of green parkland and nature in central New Delhi in February, directly across from the Delhi Golf Course. The grand expanse was formerly the home of Aman New Delhi and now, as the Lodhi, it serves as […]

Story and Photos by Susan McKee “They tie the children to the cows so they don’t tumble into the fjord.” I looked at the Norwegian guide’s face, but he didn’t seem to be kidding. I looked back at the mountains, with widely scattered farmsteads clinging to steep slopes that started above the tree line and […]