I worked on cruise ships for 6 years. Here are the 5 best and 5 worst rooms to book for your trip.

When you work on a cruise ship for six years, you pick up tips that will save you money and make traveling more convenient.

Skift has published hundreds of stories on funding for travel startups since our launch in 2012, featuring Airbnb and tours and activities provider GetYourGuide among other companies in some of those early articles. We took our coverage even further three years later with a weekly roundup of startups that had received or announced funding from investors.

Tourists visiting Europe this summer are taking to TripAdvisor to bemoan the rising cost of travel. 

My first solo trip — when I arrived in Nashville a few days ahead of a work trip in 2017 to revisit some old haunts from when I lived in Tennessee — was hardly the most inspiring. But it showed me that I could handle traveling by myself and that I actually kind of liked it.

I live on a cruise ship for half the year with my husband and it's often as glamorous as it sounds. After all, I don't cook, clean, make my bed, do laundry, or pay for food. 

The cruise industry is on the upswing. 

I visited Banff, Canada, this past July and it is easily the most impressive place I've ever been.

Travel season is still upon us and this summer has been a busy one, with travel back to pre-pandemic levels. 2.884 million passengers went through TSA checkpoints on one day in June! That means travelers are taking to the skies again in record numbers.

Labor Day is right around the corner, and what better way is there to kiss summer goodbye than with one last adventure? Right now, a handful of travel companies are coming in clutch with late summer deals, while others are looking ahead to fall, winter, and beyond to make sure you have something to look forward to when the temperatures start dropping.

I've been on 110 cruises in the past few decades, and I've learned some of the best ways to get a great deal before and during a trip.

I've been traveling to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, for almost 30 years. In that time, the parks and resorts have changed dramatically.

I'm an American originally from New York City. But for almost 10 years, I've been living in Italy. I also gave birth to my daughter here, almost five years ago. My daughter is bilingual and fully immersed in Italian ways of life.