-
The Psychology of Vacation – Why Where You Go Matters Less Than How You Plan to Arrive
Around the second evening of a long-awaited vacation, hotel rooms all over the world witness a familiar scene. Someone is lying on an overly soft bed, blinking at the ceiling, nursing a low-grade…
-
Why the American West Is Seeing Its Biggest Tourist Boom in 20 Years—And Where the Crowds Are Heading
The line of rental SUVs waiting outside the Main Street gas station is the first thing you see when you drive into Moab on a Tuesday in May. Illinois, Texas, Ontario, and even…
-
Forget Sedona – Arizona’s Most Breathtaking Landscape Is Two Hours Away and Still Completely Crowd-Free
I laughed when I was first informed that Sedona had a parking issue. Then, on a Saturday in March, I drove in and circled a trailhead lot that had been packed since dawn…
-
The Coastal Maine Island That Is Only Reachable by Ferry — And Worth Every Minute of the Journey
The deck creaks in a way that makes you reevaluate whatever you packed in glass, and the ferry out of Port Clyde smells like salt and diesel. Depending on chop, the ride takes…
-
Tennessee’s Most Beautiful Small Town Isn’t Gatlinburg — Locals Say Visit This Place Instead
The mountains are not the first thing you see when you drive into Gatlinburg on a late spring Saturday afternoon. The brake lights are the cause. They curled along the parkway in a…
-
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula – The Last Truly Wild Place in the Eastern United States
Something changes when you travel long enough on US-2, past the Mackinaw bridge, and into the slow pine country beyond. The radio fades away. The billboards should give up trying so hard. Instead…
-
The Forgotten Great Plains Town That Has Better Prairie Landscapes Than Anything in South Dakota
After a sufficient amount of time spent driving west on Interstate 90, the terrain starts to flatten in an almost confrontational manner. Billboards become less common. Cell service falters. Beyond the Missouri River,…
-
Spirit Airlines Is Gone – Here’s the Complete Guide to Cheap Flights Now That the Budget Landscape Has Changed
The absence of the yellow planes and the quiet at Fort Lauderdale’s Gate H7 reveal nearly everything. Families arguing over carry-on dimensions, overhead bins being snapped, and someone at the counter discovering a…
-
America’s Airport Makeovers – The 9 U.S. Airports Completely Transformed in the Past Two Years
The security line isn’t the first thing you see when you arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport on a Tuesday morning. The light is the cause. At four in the morning, a small cafe…
-
How Summer Travel Plans Are Being Upended by Fuel Costs — And the Trips That Still Make Sense
Last Thursday, a woman in her late fifties looked at the gas pump at a suburban Maryland gas station off I-95 as if it had insulted her. The standard unleaded read was $4.51.…
