Share The Article Not Paris and its hordes of Eiffel Tower scammers. Not Rome with the jam-packed Historic Center and ornate fountains behind paywalls. Definitely not Barcelona. If their menacing graffiti is anything to go by, Catalans don’t even want you in their city, to begin with. Europe’s fastest-growing destination right now is a picture-perfect […]
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Trade the Mega-Resorts for Quiet Sands: 3 Hidden Mexican Beach Towns Americans Need to See
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Share The Article Trust me, I love the zero-stress appeal of a great mega-resort just as much as anyone else when I desperately need a break. But while Cancun, Cabo, and Puerto Vallarta tend to hog the spotlight for US travelers, my 20 years of flying south from LAX have taught me one thing: real […]
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Share The Article I have spent the last 10 years traveling Mexico after relocating from Canada to my new home base in Mazatlán. While I am a little biased, and Mazatlán undeniably has a beautiful historic center, there are three other colonial cities in the country I have visited that absolutely take the crown. Living […]
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These Are The Top 5 Caribbean Beaches Americans Can Visit Without A Passport, From Puerto Rico To The Virgin Islands
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Share The Article A couple of months ago, Liz and I were standing in the TSA line at SDF in Louisville, holding nothing more than our standard driver’s licenses. If you looked at us, we could have easily been catching a quick domestic hop to Chicago or Atlanta for the weekend. But just a few […]
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The 3 Uncrowded Pacific Coast Beach Towns That Still Feel Like the Mexico of 20 Years Ago: From San Pancho To Huatulco
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Share The Article There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes with modern mega-resort travel. You fly thousands of miles just to wake up at 6:00 AM to “reserve” a pool chair with a towel, pay $25 for a watered-down margarita, and fight through shoulder-to-shoulder crowds just to see the ocean. It completely drains […]
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The 3-Country European Sleeper Train With Dedicated Lie-Flat Couchettes, Historic City Stops, and Seamless Border Crossings
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Share The Article Only a few months after one of Europe’s longest rail journeys was announced, linking three of Central Europe’s most beautiful countries, Leo Express has already made it even better. The operator has just added brand-new couchette carriages to what was previously an all-seated overnight train. In other words? No more trying to […]
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Share The Article If you have international travel plans over the next few weeks, you need to check your itinerary. Within a chaotic 24-hour window heading into August 2026, the United States Department of State and multiple U.S. Embassies have rapidly issued synchronized security and health alerts across 16 different countries. These alerts are not […]
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Share The Article U.S. Embassies Issue Travel Alerts For These 3 European Countries Amid Wildfires If you are currently packing your bags for a highly anticipated late summer trip to Europe, you need to check your itinerary immediately. Across the Mediterranean, an intense heatwave coupled with severely dry conditions has ignited a series of devastating, […]
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Share The Article There is a growing epidemic in the travel world right now: algorithm fatigue. You see a stunning, secluded beach on your social feed, book a flight, and arrive only to find three cruise ships docked in the bay and a two-hour wait for a mediocre lunch. When I am plotting my next […]
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Share The Article Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate: booking a true “value” vacation does not mean sharing a cramped bathroom, eating stale continental breakfasts, or taking a red-eye flight just to save a few dollars. Real travel value is about luxury arbitrage. It is the art of taking the exact […]