Travel in state New Mexico

On a crisp spring morning, I trusted a horse — a bay named Sino — to show me the vast Gila Wilderness of southern New Mexico. Red rock walls rose beside us as we wove back and forth across a shallow creek separating ponderosa pine on the shady south side of Rocky Canyon from barrel cactus in the cliff crevasses on the desertlike north face. I leaned against his neck as Sino climbed a steep ridge that led to a hilltop savannah of pinyon, juniper and groves of tentacled cane cholla cactus tipped in faded yellow fruit. Surrounding them, forested mountains were unblemished by buildings or roads.

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Every passenger entering Mexico by cruise ship may soon be charged a $42 tax (€39.90)  - whether they disembark or not.

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Road trips can be amazing, awe-inspiring, and annoying.

At first, the ease is anxiety inducing. What do you mean I need to arrive at the airport only 20 minutes before takeoff?

I'd spent years as an executive in Southern California, and I had a retirement plan in place for quite some time.

At first, the ease is anxiety inducing. What do you mean I need to arrive at the airport only 20 minutes before takeoff?

If you fly American Airlines, boarding in an earlier group than you're assigned is about to get a lot harder. Ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush, American is expanding its new technology — which stops out-of-turn boarders — to more than 100 airports across the country.

American Airlines’ new pilot program for boarding is a line-cutter’s nightmare. The Fort Worth–based airline is testing new technology that publicly shames passengers who try to jump the line.

Tues. Nov. 5 is fast approaching — it's time to get out and vote in the 2024 presidential election.

Every airline traveler has been there. The boarding process begins, and the gate is swarmed with passengers before their zones have been called.

Trying to cut to the front of the boarding line may not work for much longer with American Airlines.

Oct 11, 2024 • 5 min read

Three months ago, my wife and I stared into the living room of a new house in a new state. It was day one of living in the Pacific Northwest. In a couple of months, we'll repeat this process in another part of the country, just like we have three times over the last two years, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

As Apple and Google respectively expand their digital ID technologies to house state mobile driver's licenses in Apple and Google Wallet, Google has added an international travel feature to its wallet.

Semi-private air carrier JSX is launching a new route to Las Vegas, making it easier to connect to Sin City for the fall.

Google Wallet will soon enable the ability to store a digital version of a U.S. passport. The company said Thursday that the digital passport will work at select Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints.

When someone says “bucket list trips,” it’s all too easy to imagine the journeys you’d like to take in the future, in some faraway someday to celebrate a momentous occasion or mark a sort of final hurrah. That’s all well and good, but as they say: There’s no time like the present. All across the vast United States lie innumerable opportunities to fulfill a childhood—or adulthood—dream, to experience the country in all its splendor, whether rural or urban, culinary or cultural, educational or just plain ol’ fun. At Condé Nast Traveler, we spend our days learning and writing about the best experience all 50 states have to offer—this is our ultimate wish list.