I'm an American who shopped at Hagkaup, the 'Walmart of Iceland.' Here are 5 surprising things I've never seen in US stores.

As the temperatures dip in the transition to fall from summer, airfare prices are also cooling down with deals available within the United States and around the world.  Travel booking site Hopper recently shared its “Fall Shoulder Season Report,” providing insight into discounts as we head into fall. Domestic flights to New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Orlando all average under $200. Each city is seeing prices at least 24 percent lower than the same ticket over the summer. 

I was born and raised in Rhode Island but in the summer of 2018, I moved across the ocean to Dublin, Ireland. Though it was initially supposed to be a one-year adventure, I ended up calling Ireland home for four years.

Although I don't particularly mind driving and enjoy a good road trip, I prefer to avoid congested highways (such as I-95) and love any opportunity to travel by train. So it's not surprising that I'm a big fan of the Auto Train, an Amtrak route unlike any other. 

I've spent years writing about women traveling solo around the world, but I'd never taken a trip abroad on my own until this summer, when I spent five days in Iceland.

As a woman who has traveled to over 23 countries by myself, I've learned what it takes to have an incredible time abroad on my own.

Courtney Danser and her friends were traveling back to New York from Croatia with Aer Lingus when they hit a major snag.

Amsterdam has dominated cannabis tourism for 40 years, but now it’s stepping back from this multibillion-dollar industry, creating opportunities for emerging marijuana destinations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. New rules in the Dutch city’s central tourist area limit alcohol sales, require bars to close earlier, and impose a €100 ($107) fine for public marijuana smoking.

Easdale Island is the smallest permanently inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, according to its website.

Whether it's disruptive passengers, weather issues, fuel shortages, or medical concerns, commercial flights can often divert or turn around for technical or health-related reasons.

Imagine blocks of ice floating past as you come face-to-face with an imposing blue-tinted glacial wall. A puffin’s zany flight path draws your eye, before you spot the distinctive white bulge of a beluga whale breaking the water.

With the 2023 US Open now underway at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, many tourism-related locations are serving their own offerings. Here is a roundup of other events and activities happening near or around the time of the US Open.

The world is a big place, but it becomes happily smaller when you experience true connection with other people, places and ways of life.