I consider myself fairly frugal when it comes to travel. I've booked the 6 a.m. flight to save $50 and have flown basic economy more times than I'd care to admit.
09.08.2024 - 13:18 / insider.com
As a travel writer specializing in tropical destinations, I've been lucky enough to have visited 30 islands around the world. Because of my extensive travels, people often ask me which islands I'd return to.
This isn't surprising, considering how many people plan to travel across the globe each year — in fact, 30% of Americans have international travel plans in 2024. However, it's not always easy to figure out which tropical destination is the best vacation spot for you.
Each island I've been to was idyllic and unique, but a few lingered in my salt-spray-tinged memories long after my tan faded. Here are the five islands I always recommend to other travelers.
I consider myself fairly frugal when it comes to travel. I've booked the 6 a.m. flight to save $50 and have flown basic economy more times than I'd care to admit.
As a travel planner, I book my fair share of national-park stays and Disney vacations, but my clients have also been loving some less advertised US destinations.
While most American cities aren’t considered easy to navigate by foot, a recent study by travel insurance experts AllClear ranked one popular Southern city as the most walkable in the country. AllClear examined topographical information for more than 240 cities around the world, taking into account average elevation and range, and assigned each city a score — and ultimately, it was New Orleans that was named the most walkable city in the U.S. and the fourth most walkable city globally.
When you've done as much travel as Lee Abbamonte has, you know a thing or two about the places worth visiting within the US.
Like many TPGers, I've been sucked into credit cards with annual fees, but when I'm out and about, I use just two credit cards in my daily life.
Europe dominates in a new ranking of the world’s most beautiful cities, filling nine of the top 10 spots.
Racheli Evanson had a magical childhood. She grew up on Turtle Island in Fiji, which was immortalized in popular culture when it appeared in the 1980 Brooke Shields film Blue Lagoon. Racheli’s American father, Richard, purchased the island in 1972 and turned it into a private resort, where Racheli, her siblings, and her Fijian mother lived until she left to attend boarding school in Australia. Now living in Brisbane with her partner Will Perrins, an Australian in industrial property development, she works remotely for the resort, and the couple has traveled there many times. So there was only one place where Will wanted to propose—and only one destination where they knew they’d marry.
The Paris Summer Olympic Games are coming to an end this weekend, but there are still plenty of disciplines to go, including a new sport at the Games this year: breaking.
My husband and I recently took our two kids (ages 8 and 3) to Washington, DC.
No passenger wants to get a dreaded middle seat on a plane, but turns out Americans covet views over arm room with window seats chosen as the most sought-after option.
UPDATE: August 4, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. ET
Singapore has been recrowned as the country with the world’s most powerful passport in 2024.