When my partner and I travel together, we usually opt for city breaks.
08.09.2023 - 15:21 / forbes.com / Agatha Christie / News
Those who love to be the among first guests to experience a new hotel have one thing going for them—the world keeps opening more. From the Maldives to Milan to Manhattan, here are the top new luxury hotels to check out (and into) this fall.
Let’s be honest, those noise-cancelling headphones you wear on the plane are not just so you can crank up Beyoncé. They’re also helping tune out fellow passengers, including the young children who are (probably) having a worse flight that you are. For every frequent flier who has ever fantasized about an adults-only flight—you know you have—a European carrier is about to provide the upgrade of your dreams. Meet the airline launching “only adults” flights this November.
Taking a cruise along the Nile has changed considerably in the 86 years since Agatha Christie booked passage on a steamer for Hercule Poirot. And the Oberoi Zahra, which offers a four-day voyage on the famed river—is one of the most luxurious ways to experience the open-air museum that is Egypt. The Oberoi Zahra features 27 cabins (including two suites), a restaurant, a bar and a spa. But it’s the views (and stops) along the way—including Luxor, the Valley of the Kings—that make the voyage fit for modern-day Cleopatras (and their plus-ones).
Blame it on the decline of housekeeping or just accept that it’s a nasty part of travel, but bedbugs are on the rise in hotels—even at some of the most luxurious properties. Here’s how to check if your hotel room has bedbugs. And above all, make sure they don’t return home in your suitcase.
Even during its best years, Burning Man seemed like a pretty awful way to spend a few days with your closest 75,000 friends. But a massive rainfall in the Nevada desert turned this year’s festival into a mucked-up nightmare. Longtime Forbes travel writer Jim Dobson reports on what it was like inside the muddy hell of Burning Man 2023.
When my partner and I travel together, we usually opt for city breaks.
I've lived in Scotland my entire life, but until recently I had never visited the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
Low-cost Icelandic airline Play is making a fall or winter European getaway more affordable with 30 percent off flights to popular destinations across the continent.
Awe-inspiring backdrops, difficult yacht charter guests and cruise crew drama have fueled one of TV's most popular reality shows. Since "Below Deck" premiered on Bravo in 2013, it's spawned a number of spinoffs, beginning with the popular "Below Deck Mediterranean" series, which premiered in 2016.
As high season in the Caribbean approaches, it’s never too early to start planning a winter getaway. From Cancun to Aruba, here are five luxurious Caribbean resorts for families, foodies, adventurers and more.
As summer holidays come to an end, 50 Best has compiled its list of the World’s 50 Best Hotels in 2023.
As the travel industry continues to recover from the pandemic, one sector remains undeniably healthy—the six-figure vacation. According to several leading luxury tour operators, the ultra-rich are booking more trips that cost upwards of $100,000, including around-the-world excursions and extended journeys to Asia and Africa. Says Justin Huxter, cofounder of Cartology Travel, “the focus is shifting to spending more on the experiences rather than the primary focus being on the accommodation.”
Paris is always a good idea. And now travelers can escape to the French city and more European hotspots for less with a new Icelandair sale that has flights starting at just $349 round trip.
Hotels are always opening across the U.S. as hospitality giants such as Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt expand their footprint and charming new boutiques pop up.
Flying across the world just got more affordable thanks to an Air New Zealand sale that has flights from the United States to Auckland and beyond starting at less than $1,000.
When European low-cost Corendon Airlines announced on August 23 that it would reserve the front rows of its Amsterdam-Curação flights for passengers 16-years-old or older, the news resurfaced the age-old debate about how to balance the needs of traveling families with those who are flying without kids.
Low-cost airline Norse Atlantic Airways is making European getaways affordable with one-way trips starting at just $99.