Meet the ex-Tesla staffer cycling across the world to encourage people to embrace low-carbon slow travel

For decades, authors, artists and presidents have all been drawn to the Hudson Valley in New York.

It was blip in the long, bumptious history of urban micro-travel, but it was a watershed moment nevertheless: Working pretty much around the clock on August 30-31, the trucks from Lime, Tier and Dott — the three remaining "free-floating electric scooter" (FFES) operators in Paris — rolled through Montmartre, the Marais, Pigalle, Chateau Rouge, St. Germain and districts both more and less fashionable to corral their combined total of 15,000 pieces of rental stock strewn in classic toss-the-thing, devil-may-care mangles, as pictured above. September 1 was the deadline, decreed by the April referendum in which Parisians rose to vote on the future of the rental versions of the things. The vox populi was very nearly unanimous: The full-on ban of rental scooters earned an astonishing eighty-nine percent of the votes.

Vaughan Mabee is a mad genius. I mean this as the highest compliment. The New Zealand chef asks helicopter pilots to drop him off in the middle of nowhere so he can forage, hunt and cook. He researches the molecular structure of animal proteins. He shoots deer and pheasants from his back porch and serves them to guests. He cooks with the creativity, assurance and technique of someone who spent decades in the kitchens of Noma and Martin Berasategui. He sleeps about two hours a night.

From harbor-front Hong Kong glam to old-school European luxury, a just-released list of the best hotels on the planet offers a handy guide to traveling the world in high style – or at least assembling a list of dream accommodations. 

France will seek support from other EU nations for a minimum price on flights in an effort to cut the aviation sector's carbon emissions. 

As summer holidays come to an end, 50 Best has compiled its list of the World’s 50 Best Hotels in 2023.

France will seek support from other European Union countries for a minimum price on flights in Europe, in a bid to reduce the aviation sector’s contribution to climate change, Transport Minister Clement Beaune has said.

Swapping homes with a stranger from the internet may seem like a nice idea for a Nancy Meyers movie, but in today's world of intricate scams and hidden fees, that type of trust is hard to come by.

Swap planes for trains and embark on adventures that are so much more than just a way to reach a destination. Whether it's multi-day journeys catching glimpses of waves crashing into cliffs or quick, scenic bursts of sparkling seas, these coastal train routes will make you appreciate life in the slow lane.

Rugby fans from all over the world will soon descend on France for the 10th Rugby World Cup.

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.

Petroleum may not seem the most obvious subject for a family day out, but that’s the case in Stavanger on Norway’s southwest coast. The capital of Norway’s oil and gas industry hosts the Norwegian Petroleum Museum, a surprisingly family-friendly attraction and one of the best things to do in Stavanger.