Family bonding may happen over the simplest of pleasures: watching a favorite program on television, going out for ice cream, even a game of Scrabble or Crazy Eights. But chances are it won’t have the impact or the lasting memory effects that a trip to a resort in Hawaii or three days at Disneyland might […]

Spa or wellness vacations may be the new golden goose for travel agents, who are seeing broad jumps in interest in this type of travel from some core groups of health-minded customers. According to a new SpaFinder Wellness survey, more than two-thirds of travel agents saw positive growth in hotel, resort and destination spa bookings […]

The first thing that hits you on a stay at this ranch resort in Wyoming is the space. In the city you are lucky to have a few hundred square feet to yourself but at a luxury ranch resort like Brush Creek Lodge & Spa, you have 15,000 acres of it. And then there is […]

Story and Photos by Susan McKee “Hold the wheel steady!” yelled Frank Dregallo as he leapt over the ship’s railing and ran to the bow. I held the wheel and Tim scrambled after our captain. On just the second day of our weeklong sailing school, catastrophe loomed. Our chartered yacht was under full sail that […]

By Lark Gould I have been lucky enough to escape the reaper more times than my fingers will let me count during my many years of traveling as a journalist. As a woman, usually traveling alone, I probably took more than my fair share of chances and I would not recommend that readers follow my […]