The Best Fall Travel Books
This fall, we’re seeing a heap of new #TripLit stocking the shelves, the kind of books that — no matter if they fall under the fiction, adventure, history, or foodie categories — open up the world and...
View ArticleThe Best #TripLit This Winter
Winter may be the perfect time for hibernating with a page-turning read. But the seven new books listed below all convey a deep sense of place that just might inspire you to break out of your warm...
View ArticleBudapest’s Grand Hotels
With its title alone, Wes Anderson‘s new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, conjures up a vision of Old World elegance. The quirky comedy stars Ralph Fiennes as a concierge of a legendary hotel in a...
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Beyond the Beach in Aruba
Visiting Eagle Beach for the first time feels like déjà vu. Haven’t I seen this place before? Oh yeah, it’s the dream beach on my credit-union checks and desktop wallpaper. Except that nothing beats...
View ArticleUltimate Summer #TripLit Reading List
The dog days stretch out in front of us in all their indolent or pulse-quickening glory, depending on your style. This sunny season is paved with compelling stories to be lazily read by the beach or...
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The Postcard Project
“Are postcards obsolete?” asked a recent article in the Washington Post Travel section. Well, it depends on who’s answering. I’ve been collecting postcards since I was a little kid—keepsakes from my...
View ArticleRiver Cruising With Kids: Three Reasons to Go
River cruising is hot right now, one of the fastest growing markets in travel. A river ship doesn’t have the climbing walls, play zones, or indoor skydiving activities that filigree ocean-going ships,...
View Article@NatGeoTravel Twitter Chat: Best Fall Trips
Savvy travelers know that fall is the best time to hit the road: destinations are less crowded, less expensive, not as muggy. A flurry of autumn festivals and events fill the calendar, and seasonal...
View ArticleVicarious Travel: 15 Great Holiday Books
My favorite present to receive is: 1) a trip somewhere or, barring that, a great book that gets me dreaming about a trip somewhere. If you have travel-mad bibliophiles on your holiday gift list, here...
View ArticleHelp Make 2016 the Year of the Postcard
A year ago, I wrote a blog post about my longtime postcard obsession. I asked our readers to join me in helping keep the iconic form of travel correspondence from going the way of the Mastodon with a...
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