Discoveries 5 Best Places to Celebrate Mardi Gras Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Carnival – whatever you call it, this holiday is a good excuse for a party and as such, one of the best festivals to try to incorporate into your travels.
Discoveries Love Barbecue? You Need to Read This It's a debate as old as time. Which region of the U.S. has the best barbecue? Maybe you prefer the sweet and tangy sauce of Kansas City barbecue. Maybe you swear the
Our Backpack 5 Ingenious Products Designed to Thwart Pickpockets We've all seen movies where a pickpocket makes off with the main character's money on a trip. Unfortunately, even in real life pickpockets can ruin a great vacation. While there are measures you
Discoveries 10 Foods You Have to Try in New Orleans New Orleans is a haven of delicious dishes that make it the envy of the culinary world. The Big Easy churns out specialty dishes like no other, and a trip here is as
Discoveries Get Your Wine On At These 10 U.S. Wineries Long gone are the days when you have to go to France to get a really good glass of wine. From sea to shining sea, you can find some spectacular wine in the
Discoveries 5 Reasons You Need to Visit Jamaica, Like Yesterday Look at your travel bucket list. Is a Caribbean island adventure on there somewhere? Thought so. Who wouldn't want a tropical island adventure topped with warm sunshine, white sand beaches and sparkling turquoise
Discoveries 7 Winter Getaways to Turn Up the Heat In Your Relationship There’s nothing sweeter than whisking your significant other away for a vacation. Especially in the winter months, it’s a way to heat things up that doesn’t have anything to do
Our Backpack 5 Last-Minute Gifts For Your Favorite Travel Buddy Oops! You almost forgot a present for your favorite trip companion. If your top touring partner is a gearhead or gadget hound that seems to have all the latest trendy, techy tools of
Discoveries 5 Local Foods to Try When in Rome Everyone who goes to Rome knows enough to gorge on pasta, gelato, wine, coffee and pizza. But, you’ll miss out on some incredible gastronomical pleasures if you take the tourist tour of
Tips & Tricks Why You're Never Too Old to Start Traveling A friend of mine broke the news to me one day that her father had booked a cruise around South America's coastline. Nothing out of the ordinary about that, you might say, until
Our Backpack Travel Gifts for Kids Traveling as a kid is an exciting adventure. It can also be excruciatingly boring if they are properly equipped for long-haul flights or long hours on the road. Make sure the child in
Our Backpack Travel Gifts for Him Men are always tough to buy for, but if you have a traveler on your Christmas List this year then you’re in luck. Guys who travel are actually much easier to buy
Our Backpack Travel Gifts for Her You may think it’s difficult to shop for a girl whose life revolves around planning trips, catching flights and exploring new lands. What do you get someone who’s done everything and
Tips & Tricks Why You Should Embrace Travel Mistakes and Disasters Each journey away from the familiar and into the unknown is cradled by an inherent amount of risk, regardless of the hours of planning. Travel teaches both seasoned and rookie globetrotters countless lessons-
Our Backpack 7 Potentially Life-Saving Items to Pack Before Any Hike You probably have a few essentials you pack before any hike, like water, snacks and maybe a few extra items of clothing. While these are all handy, any hike has the potential to
Our Backpack 6 Best Travel Gifts From Amazon Are you searching for the perfect gift for that friend or family member that is always on the move? Finding presents for travelers — or ones that they’d actually use — isn’t always
Discoverer Spotlight 5 Most Luxurious Day Spas in the U.S. Wellness has never been more important. As our jobs become more and more stressful and our downtime is packed with home improvements and ferrying the kids to friends’ houses, it’s good to
Travel Tales Weird Thanksgiving Traditions Around the U.S. In most minds, Thanksgiving looks like a Norman Rockwell painting. A big family sitting down at a perfectly-set table to enjoy all the traditional foods, from a glowing turkey to incomparable side dishes.
Tips & Tricks Travel Hacks for Surviving Holiday Travel Sometimes it seems like the whole world is on the move. Especially around the holidays. This time of year airports are packed, ferries are rammed and the road ahead can seem one long
Tips & Tricks 7 Tips for Working On the Road Want to get out of the office for a while? Want to get out of the office permanently? Want to pick up your belongings and travel the world, but need to make money
Tips & Tricks To Tip or Not to Tip? Tipping Practices Around the World Slide a few euro coins across a bar in Europe after you’ve paid for your drink and you’ll be met with a quizzical look. Fail to produce a dollar bill in
Discoveries Where to Get Off the Grid in the U.S. Some Americans dream of living in cozy cul-de-sacs where their kids can safely play in the driveway, block parties are an annual event, and the mail, garbage, and gardening maintenance are someone else’
Discoveries 6 Hotels in Asia that are Redefining Luxury The luxury market is thriving, yet hotels must become ever more resourceful and inventive to ensure they retain market share. Asia’s seen a boom in top class hotels of late, and new
Discoveries 10 Most Charming Historic Centers in Europe The more you travel around Europe, the more you realize that often the most delightful part of a city is in its historic district or "Old Town." Featuring cobblestoned streets, charming
Discoveries 3 Scenic Road Trips in Australia You Can't Miss Blessed with bountiful nature and seemingly endless photogenic assemblies of sheer coastal cliffs, snow-dusted mountains and some of the world’s favorite golden beaches, Australia is home to an extensive variety of natural
