For travelers looking for a unique Thanksgiving experience, travel booking experts recommend setting your sights abroad.
29.09.2023 - 19:59 / forbes.com / News
Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, spending a few days in Los Angeles can often feel like a vacation, thanks in part to its many luxury hotels. The editors at Forbes Travel Guide have compiled the 29 best hotels in L.A. based on empirical data. Each property is visited by incognito inspectors, who have a three-day, two-night stay and perform hundreds of tests to exacting standards.
It’s been another rough year for air travel but that doesn’t mean some airports aren’t getting it right. J.D. Power recently released its 18th annual North America Airport Satisfaction Study and despite a pilot shortage in 2023 and countless weather delays, passenger satisfaction has actually improved. Among mega airports (those with more than 33 million passengers) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport ranks highest this year, while Tampa International Airport is No. 1 among large airports (between 10 million and 32.9 million passengers) for the second year in a row. See the complete rankings of the best airports in America for 2023.
Want to charge your Tesla while enjoying dinner and a movie? That’s what Elon Musk has in mind for EV owners as he builds a retro-futuristic supercharging station along famed Route 66. While Tesla hasn’t revealed many details about the project (which is being built on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood), Musk describes the station, which will have 32 charging ports, as “Grease meets The Jetsons.”
With experts predicting a holiday travel season that’s even more chaotic than summer, there are some smart moves travelers can make to limit their headaches. Veteran travel writer Christopher Elliott recommends booking early morning flights, learning your rights as a passenger and, above all, being nice to people. See Elliott’s expert advice for getting better airline service this holiday season.
Each year, travelers make a pilgrimage to Italy to sample one of its signature dishes—the Neapolitan pizza. But for those who can’t make it to Naples, Talia di Napoli serves up genuine Neapolitan pizza (using traditional ingredients and methods) that is then flash frozen and shipped to your home. Think of it as a very special delivery.
For travelers looking for a unique Thanksgiving experience, travel booking experts recommend setting your sights abroad.
You wouldn’t know it from the sea of skyscrapers hemmed in by traffic-clogged freeways. Or from the flashy Hollywood studios, the multi-million-dollar celebrity homes or the Dior parading down Rodeo Drive. But a little over 200 years ago, Los Angeles was a wilderness, just sea and mountains and big sky. Back then, what’s now considered the quintessential US city wasn’t even in America, but in Mexico.
Costa Navarino, a luxury resort destination in Greece’s Messinia region, may not have the cultural cachet of Mykonos or Santorini, but that could soon change with the opening on Mandarin Oriental’s first Greek property. Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino features 99 suites and villas with views of the Ionian Sea. The hotel also features five restaurants, a spa and an 82-foot swimming pool. Should you actually want to leave the property, it’s a short drive to the 18-hole Bay Course, which also has views of the coast.
Want to get a jump on planning next year’s vacations? OvationNetwork, a luxury travel agency that’s part of the Virtuoso group of travel advisors, recently revealed its list of the 24 best places to travel in 2024. Among the destinations recommended are Sardinia, Italy; San Sebastián, Spain; Jeju, South Korea; and Ha Long, Vietnam (above), a UNESCO World Heritage site where a junk boat voyage is a must.
A burger and fries by the beach in San Diego, California. (Photo Credit: sophia_ross/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus)
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