Adventure Travel tips

We send our editors all over the world searching for unique destinations, unforgettable experiences, and expert travel tips. On these trips, our editors capture countless hours of video footage as well, because we don’t just want to tell you where or why to go, we want to show you too. So we’re thrilled to announce the official launch of our new YouTube channel. So excited, in fact, we’re giving away $500!

This shopping season, skip the mall and spend your money on travel instead. G Adventures’ big sale is offering up to 35 percent off of some of its best trips.

All you need is a dream and a dollar to book your next bucket list vacation. From now through February 15th, 2019, you can book one of Intrepid Travel’s group trips with only a dollar deposit. The dollar down promotion is valid on more than 1,000 trips in over 100 countries departing before December 14th, 2019. Click here to see full terms and conditions and to book.

Missing the great outdoors? Us too. While we’re spending more time planning our next national park vacation than we are being outside, we’re making the most of quarantine with these live cams of national parks.

Whenever you travel to a destination where the primary language is not English, it’s a good idea to learn a few phrases and key words in the local language. This can not only help to locate the nearest baño, salle de bain, or badezimmer when nature calls, it can help save your life.

In stressful times like this global pandemic, it’s easy to get caught up in fear, confusion, and the never-ending news cycle. But perhaps the best way to escape it all is to mentally dive into a good vacation. Researching your dream trip of choice is a helpful reminder that the world will go back to normal again—and when it does, you’ll have a decisive plan of action for a trip you’re excited to take. Whether it’s a new type of travel for you (sailing, hiking, train itineraries, or road tripping) or a destination you’re unfamiliar with, now’s the time to tackle all your wildest travel ambitions.

With tourism slowly restarting in some destinations around the world, many travelers are looking to get back out there—but with the convenience of someone else handling all the arrangements and logistics. After more than a year of being out of commission, group tours are ready to make a comeback. Here’s what to expect if you’re booking one this year.

Visually, parts of AlUla feel like the set design for Star Wars: A New Hope thanks to an expanse of beige-colored desert mountain ranges in each direction. On a recent visit, myself and a group of travelers joked that we half-expected Jawas and Jedis to appear from behind a 12-story chunk of aeon-old sandstone rock.

Last summer I cycled 7,600km (4,722 miles) along a route called the European Divide Trail, which runs through nine countries, all the way from Arctic Norway to the Atlantic coast in Portugal, mostly camping out along the way. The idea was sparked by an article I saw on the internet – on a website called bikepacking.com. I slowly went from thinking, “That looks cool,” to, “I’m going to do it.” It seemed a bit crazy, but somehow a few months later, in June 2022, it was happening! I was heading off for three months – and I’d even persuaded my friend Max to come along for the first three weeks.