Christmas tips

Despite traveling fairly frequently, I've never been away from home for Christmas.

A 6-year-old boy travelling to visit his grandma for Christmas was put on wrong flight and ended up 260 km away.

“See Naples and die!” The famous saying, popularised by 18th-century German writer Goethe, is an affectionate nod to the beauty of the southern Italian port city, enveloped by its cerulean bay and crowned by Mount Vesuvius.

Hallmark's "One Royal Holiday" is set in a fictional town called Kentsbury — but in reality, the 2020 movie was filmed in Woodstock, Connecticut, where I grew up.

2023 has been a challenging year for air travel, with the aviation industry plagued by strikes, system hiccups and disruptive weather conditions.

In some parts of Europe, high prices and Christmas markets go hand in hand. But in others, this year’s soaring costs have come as a shock.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Monday, December 12. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Droves of Americans are expected to travel with the holidays right around the corner. 

Uber has launched a suite of festive programming designed to help customers ‘go anywhere, get anything, and celebrate together this season’.

Joanna Fantozzi contributed to a previous version of this story.

Streets in Madrid could be shut down due to overcrowding in the city centre.

We all have them. Those holiday ornaments that we put up every year thinking, “Maybe it’s really time to retire this cracked pickle ornament?” But nonetheless, every year, they go up, like a bowhead whale that just won’t die. After a few years, the cracked pickle has become a beloved holiday tradition. It’s how a lot of the most unusual ornaments and decorations turn into holiday mainstays.

Markus Füchtner works the lathe in the workshop that doubles as his home—or maybe it’s his home that doubles as a workshop. The small, one-story building is set in the forested hills of Seiffen, near Germany’s border with Czechia, and has been used by his family of carpenters since 1786. It was here in the early 1870s that his great-great-great-grandfather, Wilhelm Füchtner, made his first nutcracker—and laid the foundation for a global Christmas icon.

From festivals of light to giant Christmas trees, there are plenty of ways for towns all over the US to celebrate the holidays.

Christmas in the United Kingdom differs slightly from celebrations in America and elsewhere around the world.

From festivals of light to giant Christmas trees, there are plenty of ways for small towns all over the US to celebrate the holidays.

The search for Christmas gifts is on. Whether you’re looking for stocking fillers or the main event, these gadgets are designed to make travel easier.

As the holidays approach, it can be difficult to think of fun activities that all the family will enjoy.

Around the holiday season, Disney becomes a magical experience. At Walt Disney World, fans can see 1,300 decorated trees and 8.5 million lights throughout the resort, according to The Walt Disney Company.

With the majestic domes of the Royal Pavilion as its backdrop – lit in magical neon colours if you go after dark – this real ice rink is a popular highlight of Brighton’s yuletide offering, and the only one in the UK powered by renewable energy. Families are warmly welcomed, with penguin skate aids available for £5 and a beginners’ rink where young skaters can safely build confidence on the ice. Rinkside, a covered bar and café and outdoor terraced areas offer mulled wine, mince pies, cakes, snacks and a decent children’s menu – and a great place to sit and watch if you don’t want to risk the ice yourself.Adults and children aged 12 and over £18, concessions £15, 12 and under £14, royalpavilionicerink.co.uk; family room, B&B, from £179, queenshotelbrighton.com

With Christmas just around the corner, city squares across Europe are crystallising into their sparkliest forms.