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Here are some thoughts about how and why one of the most rewarding aspects of my travels is connecting with people — old friends and guides who actually lived through the local history and make it real for me. - Alentejo is a vast and arid land — the bleak interior of Portugal, where cork seems to be the dominant industry.
- If 2021 hasn’t quite been the year most people hoped for, with no end of the pandemic in sight yet, it seems Americans are ready to bank on a big consolation prize: an epic holiday vacation.
- You don’t need to drive far to find quirky and desirable destinations for fall weekend getaways that are sprinkled throughout the upper Midwest. Take a look:
- With his latest movie, “Blue Bayou,” award-winning filmmaker Justin Chon (“Gook,” “Ms. Purple”) explores the plight of Antonio LeBlanc, a New Orleans man who was adopted as a baby and is facing deportation, due to his lack of U.S. citizenship.
- Airline passengers can now order from McDonald’s and other restaurants at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport by using the online food delivery service Order SEA. For a $2.99 fee, Gita, the robot on wheels, escorted by a human, will deliver your meal to your gate.
- The bad news is that the car shortage — and the headaches for car renters — won’t ease until 2022 or later, according to car rental industry experts.
- Tour operators and resorts are using planes, boats and automobiles to ferry tests to labs within the required turnaround times. It’s an any-means-possible approach to follow rules that aren’t always as simple as they sound. Sometimes, it’s still not enough for it to make sense for international clients — often in regions where their business is so needed.
- It’s no longer a question of wearing a face mask on some airlines, but the right face mask.
- Visitors to Venice could be forgiven for not realizing that beyond the majesty of St. Mark’s Square and the romance of gondola rides lies a city that centuries ago helped provide a baseline of what the world knows today about containing pandemics.
- After cutting most food service during the pandemic, airlines are once again offering premium dishes such as miso-marinated cod, Greek chicken salad and braised short ribs to entice the big spenders who buy first- and business-class seats.
- Costume designer Beverley Huynh said after childhood vacations to California, Hawaii and the Bahamas, her family went on a trip that changed her life.
- Cities across the continent want to mold visits into shapes less onerous for residents, and perhaps more lucrative for business.
- The Biden administration pulled in the airlines to help speed the process through a little-known program called the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
- Add COVID-19 masks to your camping gear when visiting Yellowstone, Yosemite and beyond.
- For the second year running, a hallowed rite for millions of people in Britain — decamping to the warmer climate of the Mediterranean — has been disrupted by the pandemic. The number of flights in and out of Britain are half their 2019 levels.
- There’s nothing better than spending a long, hot day exploring a new city and then retreating to the rooftop for a cool, refreshing dip overlooking the skyline. Here are the best hotel rooftop pools in America worth planning a trip around.
- A recent survey from ValuePenguin asked more than 1,000 individuals from four generational categories in America what they think of airline etiquette, and what their biggest pet peeves were when traveling by air.
- My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2011, and our travel options have changed dramatically as his disease has advanced. Nonetheless, we have traveled over the last decade by air and auto, beginning in 2013 with a trip to New York and then Europe to see family and friends. It was a kind of farewell tour while my husband could still (sort of) recognize his siblings.
- Camping with a little more structure to the living quarters, but without being a five-star hotel. Here are some glamping spots sure to satisfy everyone’s needs.
