Millions of tourists trying to experience the totality could bolster smaller economies across North America.
Category: Travel and Vacations
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The Challenge of Hiking Up Mount Whitney in California
Last July, a recently divorced writer who had found solace in hiking took on a towering challenge: Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states.
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Planning to Combine Business and Leisure Travel? You’re Not Alone.
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.
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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.