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Courtesy Marriott The Marriott in Kauai, Hawaii. From familiar hotel brands and B&Bs to wineries and corporate travel companies, here’s a look at some of the ways they’ve helped support small businesses and keep hope alive this year. All around the world, hotels and travel companies have been doing what they can to help communities

A look at what will trend in 2021. Pinterest recently released its seventh annual Pinterest Predicts report, providing a look into what people around the world have been searching for in 2020 and what it could mean for trends in travel, health and wellbeing, beauty, home décor, special events, parenting, fashion, food and beverage, finance

©ESB Professional/Shutterstock America’s Best Idea is welcoming a new park to the National Park system. New River Gorge National Park ​was designated as the United State’s 63rd National Park. America’s Best Idea is welcoming a new park to the National Park system. New River Gorge National Park was designated as the United State’s 63rd National Park. 

We spoke with Dr. Kunjana Mavunda, M.D., a travel medicine specialist and pulmonologist at the International Travel Clinic, to find out how to be smart about flying during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Coronavirus cases are continuing to spike in the United States making it quite unappealing to fly as it’s impossible to socially distance on

©Vitalii Bashkatov/Shutterstock Jupiter and Saturn will align for the first time in 400 years on December 21. Stargazers who look to the sky on Monday night, December 21, will be rewarded with the Great Conjunction – the first time in 400 years that Saturn and Jupiter will be aligned in the night sky. The closeness

Get into the holiday spirit outdoors and admire holiday decorations and lights from a socially distanced walking path. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, though things may not feel as festive this year thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. The CDC recently released special guidelines for holiday travel and gatherings and officially recommends staying

As the current pandemic is changing how we celebrate the 2020 holiday season, the tradition of seeing public holiday lights displays at night can now be done from the safety of your car. From readapted walking tours to first-time happenings or continuing events, here are holiday lights drive-throughs around the U.S. to take a ride-along.

©Leonard Zhukovsky/Shutterstock New York City residents can request to book a holiday sleepover at FAO Schwarz starting on December 15th at noon EST for the chance to make your kiddos’ holiday wishes come true. Airbnb is coming to the rescue for one very lucky New York City-based family to create a magical holiday season for

If you’re looking for a road trip that combines nightlife, laid back beaches, and a little Key Lime pie, the four hour drive from Miami to Key West is the perfect adventure. The Florida Keys are a chain of islands just south of Miami that stretch 125 miles, and the most ideal time to visit

©spreephoto.de/Getty Images A geomagnetic storm should allow the northern lights to be seen in the Northern United States. The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has put out a geomagnetic storm watch for December 9-11, 2020. The storm should make the Northern Lights viewable across a large swath of the Northern United States. The forecast is the

Everyone told us we were crazy to try to travel with a cat in our tiny, 17′ Casita travel trailer. Dogs? Dogs are easy. But, cats are a different animal altogether — literally. (There’s a reason I put together an entire guide to traveling with a cat in a car long-distance.) Vagabondish is reader-supported. When

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Lake Tahoe is a perfect location for adventure travelers, photographers, and winter sports enthusiasts. Lake Tahoe sits on the border of California and Nevada, and offers beautiful scenery, hiking, beaches and winter sports. It is a perfect location for adventure travelers, photographers, and winter sports enthusiasts. Here is our guide to getting the best deals

Pre-employed are invited to spend a month working in Hawaii. Hawaii has just launched a new “travel” program focused on remote work from the Hawaiian Islands. The state/private-supported program, “Movers & Shakas” will initially provide 50 FREE roundtrip flights to Oahu to pre-employed people who must stay a minimum of one month. In exchange, they need

Check out these flexible deals that can be booked into 2021. Whether you’re planning a staycation or an epic adventure, these Black Friday and Cyber Monday travel deals will help you do it for less, with rates starting under $200 per night and most travel dates extending through 2021. Note that blackout dates apply, most

©Connie Coleman/Getty Images Here’s what you can do to feel a little closer to family and friends while staying #togetherapart. **If you or anyone you know is planning on traveling to meet with family this season, be sure to check out the CDC guidelines for holiday gatherings.** This year, there are two sides of the

The holidays are a hard time of year for lots of people. We have some tips and resources to help you through this rough year. It’s tough to know exactly how the holidays will impact the spread and effects of COVID-19, but we can certainly agree the season is unfolding differently this 2020. There’s a

©Thaspol Sangsee/Shutterstock The CDC warned against traveling for the holidays as COVID-19 cases surge. TSA data indicates that over 2 million people passed through security checkpoints the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was only the second time since March that domestic flight travel had over 1 million flyers in a day. While this is a high

The Smithsonian Institution announced today that all of its museums and the National Zoo are closing indefinitely, due to the rise in COVID-19. The museums are mostly in the Washington DC area.  The Smithsonian announced the closures on Thursday, Tweeting: “Due to rising regional and national cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Smithsonian museums,

Airbnb is inviting the entire North Pole to become Online Experiences hosts © Airbnb While many things are different this year around travel, one sure thing is that Santa will still be coming. However, pre-Christmas visits to Santa are not a given, which is why Airbnb is inviting the entire North Pole to become Online