10 Hotels That Are Owned By Celebrities
Celebrities travel the world and stay in countless luxury hotels, which means that they know the difference between a good hotel and a bad one. And when a celebrity decides to open a hotel, the hotel...
View ArticleThis App Can Make You Into A Full-Time Hitchhiker (AAPL)
Ridejoy is a startup built around helping you find a ride somewhere or a passenger to help cut costs for a road trip. Think of it as app-assisted hitchhiking. Tell the app where you're going and when...
View ArticleFive Affordable Labor Day Trips Every American Should Take
Labor Day Weekend is the perfect time to soak up the last few days of summer in a new place, but it's also one of the most expensive times to travel. If you haven’t made plans yet, here are a few...
View ArticleHere's Why New York Times' Frugal Traveler Doesn't Mess Around With Hostels
When we sat down to chat with New York Times' Frugal Traveler, Seth Kugel, this week, it was clear he had a lot to say on one of his largest expenses: hotel stays. Though he's typically tasked with...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Know About Brazil's Hottest City
São Paulo is bursting with creativity, from its one-off boutiques and galleries to authentic gastronomic temples. More from Travel + Leisure America's Favourite Cities The Best Hotels In New York The...
View ArticleHow Technology Will Eliminate Travel Frustration [Infographic]
As wonderful as travel is, the act of traveling can be an aggravating and frustrating experience, filled with air travel delays, over-enthusiastic TSA agents and language barriers that lead to...
View ArticleTravelers Are Getting Really Steamed Over Airline Dress Codes
Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stir as much debate as this: How you're dressed. A woman flying from Las Vegas on Southwest this spring says she was confronted by an...
View Article15 Of The World's Strangest Exotic Fruits
“I ate a whole lemon, raw, and it was delicious,” says Katie O’Neill, a Philadelphia-based medical student. No, she wasn’t on drugs, but her perception was chemically altered: after eating miracle...
View ArticleTravel Is Getting More Fun Now That We Don't Have To Deal With Humans
Self-service kiosks might be the coolest thing to happen to airports since the lounge. As the Journal pointed out on Monday, airports are moving away from human interactions to a do-it-yourself model...
View ArticleThe US Cities Where People Are Least Likely To Use Their Vacation Days
If you are one of the millions of Americans who haven't made use of their vacation days yet this year, it might be because of your zip code. Inspirato, a members-only leisure vacation club, conducted...
View ArticleDo-It-Yourself Airports Could Turn Travel Around For Disabled Fliers
Here's another possible upside to do-it-yourself airports: Disabled people will begin to like traveling again. We recently wrote that airports are replacing humans with robots in an effort to...
View Article11 Wild Highways To Drive Before You Die
The term "highway" may conjure images of an endless, unchanging road, dotted by the same fast food restaurants and gas stations every few miles. But just as automakers have made endless variations of...
View ArticleThese 11 Travel Secrets Will Save You Money (And Stress) Over Labor Day
I am going to be fighting some of the worst summer traffic in the country as my family and I slog home from Maine on Labor Day -- also known as the weekend when Vacationland morphs into Trafficland....
View ArticleSee Where The World's First Commercial Space Flights Will Take Off From
Virgin Galactic has promised to launch its pioneer spaceflight sometime next year aboard its spacecraft Spaceship Two. Once this flight takes off, it could mean the start of a whole new wave of...
View ArticleThese 7 Supersonic Aircraft Show The Future Of Flight
Since the retirement of the Concorde, a retired turbojet-powered supersonic passenger plane, jet travel hasn't gotten any faster. For most travelers, it's gotten less pleasant. But there are those who...
View ArticleWatch As Dozens Of Dolphins Swarm A Fishing Boat In The Cayman Islands
What started out as a regular family fishing trip in the Cayman Islands turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience for photographer Carl Silverstein. Two pods of around 100 dolphins appeared around...
View Article10 Hotel Restaurants With Spectacular Views
While hotels that offer top-notch scenery aren’t exactly scarce, some go the extra mile to ensure their restaurants, where reservations are available to both guests and outside diners, offer equally...
View ArticleA Google Street View Tour Of Mexico's Famous Ancient Sites
If you've always dreamed about trekking through the jungles of Central America and climbing up the pyramids of the ancient Maya but you've never had a chance, your luck has changed. Now you can get an...
View ArticleNicholas Kristof Demolishes A Critic Who Said Gap Years Are For Rich People
Famous New York Times globetrotter Nicholas Kristof was tweeting about gap years, when a critic said gap years were a luxury of the rich. Kristof zinged her right back: Game, set, match. Now check out...
View ArticleAmazing Parents Gave Fellow Travelers Candy To Apologize In Advance For...
While many parents cringe and feel guilty when their children cry in airplanes, one couple took action. Christina Diaz, 38, and Michael Rubinstein, 32, distributed goodie bags to everyone on the...
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