How to Get 50% Off Lyft Rides to the Airport This Holiday

Bermuda is making it easier to escape to paradise with its annual Pink Sale that has up to 40 percent off stays in 2025.

On the top floor of the restaurant Genevose, a man named Fabio, who had recently won the Genoa Pesto World Championship, was gently showing me how to grind basil leaves with a mortar and pestle. “Pesto is a balancing act,” he explained to me in Italian. The leaves must be smashed and not chopped for fear the blade of a knife will over-oxidize them. Salt must be added sparingly because of how much is already in the pecorino and the parmesan cheeses. These may sound like obvious points to any semi-experienced chef, but they were relayed to me with the utmost seriousness—and the final result did not disappoint. After all, we were in Genoa, the birthplace of pesto. Minutes later, our pesto (really, Fabio’s pesto) had been tossed with freshly made pasta, and we sat down to eat our lunch. Nutty, salty, and just a little sweet, the pesto was simple—and utterly perfect.

A Chase Sapphire airport lounge opened in January at New York City's LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. There are also Chase Sapphire lounges in Boston and Hong Kong.

With plummeting temperatures and shorter days, winter can sometimes feel a little doom and gloom. But that doesn't mean you can't find beauty in the season — you just have to know where to look.

As the temperatures drop, you can bet that interest in a sunny getaway to Florida rises. Snowbirds heading for the sunshine is a long-standing travel tradition, and airlines plan for the southern surge with extra flight loads. Despite the volume of passengers, it is still possible to find great deals. Travel + Leisure spotted dozens of flight deals to Florida, with many under $100. Florida is home to popular destinations, and large airports, in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Tampa that welcome millions of visitors a year. All of the examples below are one-way fares, and include the flight number we spotted with the discount at the time of publication. Due to the low prices for flights, it might be time to book a winter getaway to Florida. 

When weighing the merits of a long layover at a seemingly out-of-the-way airport (say, 18 hours at Istanbul’s Atatürk when you’re flying from Washington, D.C. to Bordeaux), consider whether it offers a free layover tour for in-transit passengers. Major hubs in Asia and the Middle East now provide connecting travelers with a glimpse of the city beyond the airport, on free tours that are easily booked on arrival or reserved in advance. The well-run programs are so robust, it’s like getting a mini-vacation tacked onto your real vacation.

I've been going to my friend's lake house for more than two decades. Every year, my three closest friends from high school and I meet at the lake house for a long weekend, and when we started having children , we brought them along, too. It's really meaningful to induct the next generation into something that has become so special.

A new gift idea for the traveler who has it all just landed.  Luxury tour operator Abercrombie & Kent recently unveiled two new private jet itineraries for 2026, and updated two existing ones. The programs will take travelers on curated journeys to off-the-grid, or hard to reach destinations. The firm operates the month-long excursions in February, May, September, and October and they sweep through multiple counties and destinations around the world on a private jet. 

JetBlue Airways is redrawing its route network — and there is some good news for Europe-bound flyers.

There's a fun opportunity for Alaska Mileage Plan members right now. You could earn 500 Alaska Mileage Plan miles just for putting yourself on a waitlist for a newly announced premium card from Alaska, and another 5,000 bonus miles for being one of the first approved for the fancy new card.

Schiphol Airport has advised passengers to prepare for delays and cancellations, due to ongoing weather conditions and severe winds caused by storm Darragh.

Europe’s perkiest hospitality brand puts chic lodging, art, extracurriculars, and gastronomy under one roof. And, in the case of art’otel Battersea Power Station, that roof is topped with a vertigo-inducing infinity pool and cocktail bar overlooking London’s powerful landmark.