As employees increasingly add leisure time to their business trips, companies are trying to figure out where their duty of care obligations begin and end.
Category: Travel and Vacations
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Standby Cruising: A New Option for Bargain Seekers
Are you a flexible traveler? Holland America’s standby cruises may be for you. The cost: $49 a day, excluding fees, taxes and extras. The catch: It might be a hair-raising, last-minute scramble.
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Venice to Charge Day Trippers an Entry Fee to Discourage Overcrowding
Starting this month, tourists intending to visit the city on busy dates will be required to register on a website, and those coming for a single day will have to pay a little over $5.
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Japan Airlines Downgraded Our First Class Seats and Skimped on the Refund
A couple is bumped from ultraluxury to semi-luxury on a trans-Pacific flight and receives what they feel is only a pittance in compensation.
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A New Look at an Old Favorite for Adventure Seekers: La Paz, Mexico
New hotels and destination-worthy restaurants now compliment the ever-appealing outdoors surrounding La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur.
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In Muscat and Beyond, an Omani Paradise
Muscat, the capital, offers opulent culture, but it is the mountains and the sea that bedazzle.
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6 Insiders Tell You What They Love to Do in Switzerland
Watch industry executives and creators recommend Brutalist architecture, wrestling festivals and, of course, where to get the best fondue.
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Finland Is Expanding Its Luxury Appeal to Tourists
Five-star hotels in Helsinki and Champagne excursions in Lapland are just some of the indications that the country’s approach to tourism is changing.
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Japan Offers Luxury Train Travel
Luxurious rail cars offer countryside views with a range of cultural itineraries and budgets.
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In Kenya, Seeing the Sites by Dhow
The wooden boats, whose triangular sails create a distinctive silhouette, are used up and down the East African coast.
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Tips on How to Burst Out of Travel’s Luxury Cocoon
To meet local people on your next vacation, try renting a bike or finding a sporting event. Maybe even throw a party.
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Tips on How to Pack a Carry-on
Should you fold or roll your clothes? Is a duffel bag better than a backpack or a bag with wheels? How to pack light and avoid checked-bag fees (not to mention lost luggage).