17 of the best beaches in Hawaii

Nonstop travel options between Texas and Tokyo are about to get interesting. On Thursday, low-cost carrier ZIPAIR Tokyo announced a major new route linking Houston with the Japanese capital. 

Recognizing that families that travel together, stay together, Destination by Hyatt has introduced a ‘Roots to Reunion’ program to inspire rekindling familial connections in unique ways while on vacation.

Seabourn is changing some of its fall 2025 itineraries amid the ongoing Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea.

Photograph from the U.S. Coast Guard Crown Princess Rescue. (Photo Credit: The United States Coast Guard - Hawaii Pacific)

Over the past decade, four airlines have dominated in the U.S.: United, Delta, American, and Southwest. Now, Alaska Airlines is making a run at the incumbents—by joining forces with Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines.

Oct 8, 2024 • 7 min read

Why is it that, after years at home, stuck in the back-and-forth of your domestic routine, or in the ups and downs of your job, you spend a week traveling somewhere pleasant or strange, and that one week blazes larger in your memory than all those years? This happens to me often: Travel appears to offer an enlargement of time. And it's not just me. The clerk at my post office can recall in detail her 10 days in Hawaii and the pineapple ice cream she ate on the sunny shore many years earlier. Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers unpacks the sojourn across an unusually long travel book, while D.H. Lawrence rambled for nine days in Sardinia in 1921; his book about the experience, Sea and Sardinia, rambles on for hundreds of pages.

One of the great hassles in surf travel is schlepping around a board. Long boards can be the size of a small airplane wing, and airport personnel, upon seeing a shortboard, sometimes hurl them, as if testing them for flight. Surfers know that it’s not uncommon to pay the oversized luggage fee, which is often north of $150 for one-way travel, arrive in some surfer’s paradise, and unzip their well-padded bag to find their board dinged badly or fully smashed.

Celebrity Cruises will sail its longest-ever cruise from Canada all the way to Asia in 2026, stopping in more than 50 destinations across multiple continents.

It's that time of year again: Time to use any credits that will expire at the end of the year, plan any last mileage runs or mattress runs for elite status and start thinking about your points-and-miles strategy for next year. It's also a good time to see what loyalty program and credit card changes are happening next year.

Oct 2, 2024 • 7 min read

When it comes to luxury vacations, Villas of Distinction stands out by offering more than just exquisite accommodations. The company prides itself on creating entire experiences tailored to each guest's desires. With the philosophy "If you think it, we can arrange it," Villas of Distinction's concierge team goes above and beyond to curate unforgettable moments directly within the comfort of your villa.