Tour New York City

When you tour New York you need to make a plan prior to arriving. There are several places that are unique to a tour of New York. Some of the highlights to visiting New York are the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and Ground Zero. New York is a large city and many of the most popular…

America’s Best Shopping Streets

Holiday shopping can be stressful, cutthroat and, at its worst, fruitless. Sometimes the journey to the perfect present starts with an hour-long line at the mall parking garage. Talk about frustrating: You can’t take your foot off the brake, let alone step into a store. So, we decided to ditch our wheels and take to the streets on foot.

Spotting…

Oktoberfest: Munich Planning Plus Best of the U.S.

Can’t make it to Munich this year? Whether you are planning to attend Oktoberfest next year or want to make the most of Oktoberfest stateside, we have the skinny on Oktoberfest for you.

Oktoberfests can be found around the world, but the original Munich Oktoberfest has never been equaled. From September 17 to October 3, 2011 six million people will…

Best of Turkey: One Country, Many Experiences

Turkey is a country of contrasts: this is where Eastern traditions meet Western ones, where ancient sights and sounds collide with the modern world, and religious and secular life come together. There is no other place on earth that is such a living juxtaposition, and there’s no time like the present to experience it for yourself. This whirlwind one-week…

Legal Cuba Travel: 10 Things You Need to Know Before You Go

Like many Americans, I’d had Cuba on my travel bucket list for years, my curiosity piqued by friends’ photos and stories from their trips there through Canada or Mexico. But I was waiting for a legal option for traveling to this long-embargoed country. So when restrictions for Americans were relaxed earlier this year, I was thrilled to join tour…

Empty Nesters Guide

You’re unencumbered when the kids finally leave home, free to see and do the things that might have been off limits with a family in tow. Whether you’re looking for high culture or simply a place to retire to, here are a few of our favorite places to explore for empty nesters.

Did the kids used to gripe…

Quebec City

Québec City Travel Guide Québec City’s alluring setting atop Cape Diamond (Cap Diamant) speaks to travelers of high adventure, military history, and exploration. This French-speaking capital city is the only walled city north of Mexico. Visitors come for the delicious and inventive cuisine, the remarkable historical continuity, and to share in the seasonal exuberance of…

Family Travel Guide

If you’re traveling with kids, chances are you’re looking for a trip that will be educational, convenient, and most of all fun. Here are some of the most easily accessible and kid-friendly places you can go, from Disney World to the Grand Canyon.

Take the kids fossil-hunting at the Grand Canyon, a classic American family destination. We have several…

Taste the Best Washington D.C. Food Trucks

The nation’s capital loves celebrity chefs and pricey bistros, but its latest romance is both affordable and accessible: food trucks.

The mobile food rush reached its peak in 2010, when local brick-and-mortar restaurateurs attempted to fight the trucks’ appeal by passing an ordinance to keep them from staying too long in one place. That battle continues, but…

A Taste of Thailand: Top 5 Thai Food Experiences

Reams and reams have been written about the cuisine of Thailand, and for a very good reason it’s some of the tastiest on the planet. Besides being fresh, healthy, and numbingly spicy, Thai food is famous for its careful balance of the four fundamental flavors sour, sweet, salty, and bitter. Discovering the national cuisine of a distant land…

Top 5 Hotel Booking Apps

Need a room? A trove of new hotel-booking apps makes reservations a breeze. These smartphone-specific programs allow you to book in real time and often include incentives for reserving on the fly. A recent, informal, TripAdvisor survey found that 60% of Americans now have travel apps on their smart phones and about 38% use them to book travel.

Since most…