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Fall is the perfect time to escape for a quick trip: the weather’s cooled, prices are coming down and the crowds have disappeared. These are some of our favorite fall trips for families. School may be in session but getting away for a short trip in the fall is a great way to ease out

Steven Cukrov | Dreamstime.com Google Flights is a powerful tool for researching and booking airfare at the best rates. Here are a few tips for using it. Booking airfare is a common cause of buyer’s remorse. You diligently research the best fares, track them with price alerts, and finally book — only to see the

If you or someone you know struggles with fear of flying, these 10 expert strategies will help ensure a comfortable, panic-free flight. Does the idea of flying cause you to break out in a cold sweat? You aren’t alone. More than 25 million Americans suffer from some form of flight anxiety, making aerophobia (fear of

An easy train ride from Seattle, Glacier National Park offers year-round adventures that are within reach. In a remote region of North America, there’s a place where trekking across glaciers and through alpine meadows are a common pastime. A destination where wildlife outnumber people and bighorn sheep, mountain goats, and bears are common sights. Nearly

Arts, live shows, great restaurants, and incredible nightlife are all on the menu for New York’s LGBTQ visitors. New York City is home to the country’s largest LGBTQ population. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer residents add to the city’s great diversity – and so do millions of LGBTQ travelers. They come from around the

We’ve got some surprising answers to the travel question we get asked most often. Cost-conscious travelers have always been obsessed with paying less for plane tickets, but as airlines consolidate, raise prices and fees, and slash amenities, gaming the system in search of a good deal has become a standard step in the booking process.

Miroslav Liska | Dreamstime.com A new ranking lists the world’s friendliest cities – did your city make the cut? Vancouver has long been rated as one of the world’s most liveable cities but it’s just been recognized as the world’s friendliest in a new international survey. Vancouver is dripping in charms from dazzling skylines to coastlines,

The tight squeeze is getting even tighter on a number of airlines. Knowing what carriers offer the most (and least) space in economy can make your next flight more comfortable. If you’ve been feeling extra cramped on flights these days, you’re not alone. Air carriers have been been slowly shrinking the amount of legroom customers

Courtesy whimsyj/myBudgetTravel As I took in my second Mediterranean sunset from the top deck of a cruise ship, I thought to myself, “This isn’t a bad way to see Europe.” Although I had visited the continent before, this was my first time cruising it, and I was doubtful if the growing trend was a worthwhile

Surely one of the reasons we get off the couch and head abroad is because we have questions that must be answered. Or, at the very least the desire to find new things to ask questions about. If you ask the right questions on your travels, you’ll not only learn much more about the local

Explore Texas Hill Country’s many delights, from hillsides carpeted in wildflowers to refreshing sauv blancs. From city streets to rolling countryside, the Texas Hill Country is a geographical juxtaposition. The vast scenery ranging from hills to rivers to protected areas and long-standing sites is full of wonder, to boot. Spanning across Central Texas and correlating

Bus and train trips, flights, delays in airports and train stations, hostels without TV or much light; the list of situations where a traveler has time to kill is long. That’s right — travel is not always exciting. There will be dull downtimes, and you may not always be able to read a good book,

Over ten years ago, I quit a great job to live and travel abroad. People told me I was crazy, and a few tried to persuade me not to do it. Given that a decade has since passed and my life is going pretty well, I think I’m qualified to say that those people who

Wise travelers know to “get their jabs” before setting sail to some far off place. But why? What exactly are these diseases we’re all getting inoculated against? Will they lead to a grim and grisly death or just a good story to tell the grandkids? We combed CDC Travel and other health resources to gather

Long-haul flights are the worst. If you’re on a 10-hour flight, cramped up with legroom that even a dog couldn’t fit in, food that is only fit for a prison cafeteria, in seats that I can only imagine are filled with more germs than a toilet, you’re in for one hell of a ride (literally).

“Dogs have owners; cats have employees.” So goes the conventional wisdom. So, when we decided to take our “boss”, Lizzi, on a three-month road trip of the U.S. East Coast, people told us we were crazy. They weren’t wrong. Frankly, we had no clue how to travel with a cat in a car long distance.

Colicaranica/Dreamstime TSA workers are being redeployed to help with immigration at the Southwest border, CNN reports. For some domestic travelers, airport security will soon become a whole lot easier. Ninety-four per cent of people in the Transportation Security Administration’s PreCheck lanes clear the scanners in under five minutes, and now even more passengers are set

It was 4:48 a.m. 4:49 … I awoke to a pattern of lights gliding across my bedroom ceiling. A pale, yellow apparition in the shape of my window that twisted in upon itself before vanishing. Seconds later, another. Then … a third. For a moment, I was captivated. In the quiet morning hours, it felt

I overnight in up to 20 different hotel rooms each month. So I’ve become something of an expert in “hotel stay-ology”. (That’s a real degree. University of Phoenix confirmed it.) According to a prominent study that I just made up for this post, we know travelers (want to) spend up to two-thirds of their vacations

With razor-thin profit margins, hotels are getting downright sneaky with their tactics to fill rooms. In an effort to avoid being sued, I won’t call them outright “scams” or “bait and switch” tactics. No, these fall into more of a gray area. Enough plausible deniability on the hotel’s part (“What? We told you there was