With the U.S. dollar dropping in value and another economic downturn looking more and more likely, budget-conscious American travelers might want to be especially choosy right now about international vacation destinations. Traveling where the dollar remains strong would seem to disqualify much of Europe from the running for vacationers who rank affordability as a top…
During a recent pizza pilgrimage to New Haven, Connecticut, several residents confidently informed me that this Ivy League college town at the mouth of Long Island Sound had been declared the “official pizza capital of the United States.” These proud boosters were less confident, though, when it came to answering my follow-up question: “By whom?”…
I honestly don't know what made me open my eyes. Traveling aboard one of Alaska’s state ferries from Juneau to Petersburg, I'd dozed off in the outdoor solarium—enjoying the mix of fresh air, gently thrumming ferry engines, and warming heat lamps.
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Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty Images Looking for travel inspiration for 2025 and beyond? Look no further: CNBC asked 10 travel agents for their recommendations of the most underhyped destinations in the world. We compiled their written answers below, including can't-miss activities for each locale and the best times of year to visit. You'll…
One of the delights of this bizarre age we're living through—and yes, there have been delights, including a worldwide proliferation of home-baked cakes and cookies—has been the explosion in video conferencing.
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American chef and content creator Chad Kubanoff moved to Vietnam a decade ago, with the intention of leaving within a year. Instead, he fell in love with the food, culture and people — and has made Ho Chi Minh City's District 7 his home. Kubanoff revealed some of his favorite places to eat in the…
Santorini, the most-visited Greek island, is incredibly beautiful—just ask any of the 3 million-plus tourists who descend on this tiny speck of land every year. The crush can be so intense that last summer, the local government asked its 20,000 permanent residents to stay off the roads to make room for all the visitors (the…
The site of the American Revolution's "shot heard round the world," the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston, a lighthouse in the middle of the Hudson River, a long-standing Japanese American neighborhood, and a church where Black coal miners worshipped are among the USA's most endangered historic places, according to the National Trust for Historic…
What’s travel without a little turbulence, right? Tourism’s big return following the easing of Covid restrictions has been bumpier than we all hoped, thanks to understaffed airports, high gas prices, and other global woes.
But while the skies still haven’t entirely cleared, it’s not impossible to find silver linings. For one thing, borders have reopened…
You don't have to think of travel as a spirtual experience, but plenty of seekers have thought of their spiritual experiences as a form of travel. Every pilgrimage, sojourn in the wilderness, journey of self-discovery, and quest for enlightenment is, after all, a trip of some kind, whether actual or metaphorical. Maybe that's why…