I toured a 4,355-square-foot Four Seasons penthouse suite that costs $11,000 a night. The smallest room was my favorite.

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.

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.

In August 2024, the luxury ski town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, got a brand-new, adults-only resort.

To arrive at our list of the Best Places to Go in the US in 2025, we painted with the broadest strokes possible. Stretching from Alaska to Puerto Rico, there are so many reasons to explore the States this year—from nature explorations, to food and wine trails and cultural immersions.

As an American, exploring countries like France, the UK, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic for six months was an absolute dream.

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. 

Dec 12, 2024 • 6 min read

Ski season is about to get more luxurious in Park City, Utah. Four Seasons just announced a new luxury resort and private residence in Deer Valley East Village, an expansion of Deer Valley Resort.

Uber is making it easier to travel for the holidays with discounts on rental cars, expanded car seat access, and more festive options to celebrate in style.

I enjoy riding around Europe via rail and have taken trains in Spain, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and, recently, Italy.

I've taken 20 trips to the Disney theme parks, including visiting Disneyland for the first time in 2023. A year later, I took my first Disney cruise.

Some big names in the airline industry are skeptical that struggling Spirit Airlines will be able to keep flying even as it restructures in bankruptcy. “I think the current business plan is not going to work and, if they pursue it, Chapter 11 will be a brief pit stop on the way to Chapter 7,” Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, said at an event at Washington’s Dulles International Airport on Thursday. (Chapter 7 is the section of the U.S. bankruptcy code where a company shuts down and liquidates its assets.) A longtime critic of Spirit’s business model that wooed travelers with low, à-la-carte fares, Kirby echoed the skepticism expressed in some corners of the airline industry.