Travel in the age of Google, world economic recession and technical innovations piling on faster than Higgs particles around the Hadron Collider can be a complicated topic, indeed. But one San Francisco-based travel-focused think tank, Skift, thinks it has tapped into the hot list of the world’s most defining influences on travel for 2013. The […]

In approach of the summer vacation season, as travelers rachet up their plans for exploring places far away, a word about driving overseas is appropriate. Traveling along many of the world’s alluring roadways can be deadly. It turns out that motor vehicle crashes — not terrorism, crime, infectious disease or plane travel — are the […]

Gili Lankanfushi in the Maldives and Wakaya Club & Spa in Fiji answer the call of imagination when it comes to luxury island fantasies. It may be the sound of wind in the trees or ocean waves in the distance … and you take off. Spicy scents of exotic hardwood interiors with images of Balinese […]

Bottled water? Take a refillable container instead. Going to the market? Walk and take some featherweight totes. Traveling? While you cannot do much about the airplane fuel you can choose a carbon conscious hotel. And that does not have to mean a tent pitched at a KOA. Ecologically conscious hotels and resorts come in all […]

For those looking for a change from the tried and true hotel chain, this list of star (although not necessarily  five-star) hotels is THE LIST  when it comes to hotel stays to remember. They may not be tony rooms with a view but they will be rooms with a story. This list was compiled with […]