Eat Your Way to the Heart of Cuban Food Culture
Photo by João Canziani With everyone hungry to visit Cuba now, photographer João Canziani and writer David Vega spent a week in the island’s markets, cafés, paladares, and home kitchens.…
What It’s Like to Travel to Greece Right Now
Photo by Lara Dalinsky I returned from a 16-day trip to Greece on Sunday, and the first question everyone has been asking is, how were you affected by the crisis?…
Travel Bargain Alert: South Africa
Travel in South Africa is the most affordable it’s been in recent memory. At last check, the exchange rate was hovering around 15 rand per dollar. This is the weakest…
How Busy Will Memorial Day Travel Be?
Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, and it looks like near-record numbers of people are expected to travel for the holiday. In a release published late last week, AAA…
The Advent of a New “Traveling Class”
International travel by Chinese tourists is expected to grow more than 85 percent by 2025. Photo by jaumescar via Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-SA It looks like we’re all going…
Is Hawaii’s Biggest Volcano About to Blow?
Mauna Loa, Hawaii’s largest active volcano, during a quiet moment. Photo by Anish Patel/Flickr The soaking winds of Tropical Storm Darby stole headlines this weekend in Hawaii, but seismologists have…
Crowds Force China’s Longest Glass Bridge to Close
Photo by @photographerbyassociation The problem with building tourist attractions out of glass is the throngs of, well, tourists. They may turn up in droves and test the structural limits of…
This Year, Los Angeles Is Getting Snow
Yes, even in this perpetually sunny city, you can frolic in the snow. Photo by Dan_H/Flickr Ski bums and snow bunnies in Southern California are a patient bunch. For 10…
New Hiking Trail, Airport Revamp Coming to NYC
Courtesy of Pixabay Two separate recent promises from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo could mean huge improvements to the tourism infrastructure in the Empire State. The larger of these pledges…
Americans Aren’t Going to Cuba as Expected
Havana, Cuba Courtesy of Pixabay Travelers across the country rejoiced last summer when U.S.-based airline carriers re-established service to Cuba after a hiatus of more than 50 years. Airlines seemed…