Country tips

Culture shock can affect your life in unexpected ways when you move overseas. Something as innocuous as taking a taxi can suddenly become a stressful experience.

Visiting Ireland is a cinch if you’re visiting from a country that requires no visa or with whom Ireland has a visa waiver agreement. If you are visiting from a country with a visa requirement, then things can get a little more complicated, but here’s what you need to know to get you started.

The romance of pan-European train travel is nothing new. But a few high-profile redesigns in Italy have captured the imaginations of the globetrotting glitterati. Vintage slow trains are now the most elegant way to travel through Italy.

This is part of a collection of stories celebrating the many shapes retirement travel can take. Read more here.

The tide is turning among Europe’s golden visa programs.

Outdoorsy is one of the US' most popular RV-rental platforms. But nine years in and almost $3 billion in sales later, it's ready to expand.

Big Sky, Montana is the hottest ski resort in the nation right now. It’s in the midst of an unprecedented multi-decade infrastructure and improvement program that has given it the most advanced lift system in North America, new hotels, restaurants and enhancements everywhere you look. Its second home market has exploded, celebrities have flocked here, and it is interconnected with the nation’s most notable luxury private ski communities, the Yellowstone Club, Moonlight Basin and Spanish Peaks. Big Sky is the second largest resort in the country, has room to potentially expand further, and is famously uncrowded in an industry plagued by crowds and long lift lines. The first ever mountain resort from top-tier luxury brand One & Only is coming next year, along with one of the world’s most advanced lifts.

Pamela Holt, then 36, was on her way to a final callback for her first-ever Broadway tour when a car crashed into hers in 2005. She flew over her seatbelt, broke an arm, and slammed her head so hard against the windshield that the glass broke.

Avalon Waterways is the latest river cruise line to launch sailings on the Douro.

Several years ago, I produced a TV special for Discovery’s Destination America network called Armageddon Arsenals, a gritty take on the doomsday prepper craze that continues to sweep the world—especially in the aftermath of the global pandemic.

You will fall passionately in love with trains in Japan.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is warning travelers to pack their patience and prepare for potential delays and airport snags if they’re flying during the total solar eclipse next month.

Found just an hour and a half south of San Diego is one of the wine world's most hidden gems: Valle de Guadalupe.

Thinking of visiting China, India, or Venezuela this year with a US passport? Not so fast — or at least not before securing a visa. Some of the best wonders of the world require US citizens to obtain a visa before take-off, an inconvenience in planning that long-awaited international getaway.

Imagine spending nearly five months exploring the most fascinating destinations in the world while living in a lavish suite on a luxury cruise ship. From your suite’s private balcony, you can watch the ship pull into secluded islands and alluring ports in Asia, Europe, and Australia. All the while, you have unlimited access to gourmet dining—lobster, filet mignon, Champagne—with every need seen to by a solicitous crew.

What would you do with $91,500? If your answer is incredibly niche and something like "move onto a ship for four months while it sails to six continents," Regent Seven Seas Cruises has you covered.

A lifetime of living in Ireland has given me some insight into the vagaries of my home country, beginning with the number one rule: never assume anything. This is a country that delights in confounding even your most comfortable expectations about pretty much everything, from the weather to the quality of the wifi.

As Founding Publisher of Live and Invest Overseas, I often get questions from retirees (or soon-to-bes) wondering about how older folks are treated internationally, worried that they might not be as respected in their new home.

The best time to visit Finland can vary because every season in the Nordic country brings a different kind of charm. If you're seeking sunlight, the sun barely sets in the summers, whereas winters are your best bet at catching a glimpse of the northern lights dancing in the skies. In autumn, Finland is bathed in shades of crimson and gold, and the springtime is temperate and green. The best time to visit Finland depends on what lighting excites you the most: 24/7 daylight, or the neon green aurora borealis against the night skies? Here’s a quick guide to the best time to visit Finland.

It's not often that we think of how polluted somewhere is when we plan our travels—but data in the 2023 World Air Quality report by IQAir reveals that the air quality of some common holiday destinations might make us rethink.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences in life. Whether it’s a road trip to a national park or a trip around the world, seeing new things and getting out of your day-to-day grind can be invigorating.