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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Morgan Duram, a full-time content creator who moved from Michigan to Madrid. It has been edited for length and clarity. 

Every time I take a trip to Las Vegas, I visit the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. Stationed directly next to the hotel lobby, the 14,000-square-foot botanical garden features a seasonal showcase of sculptures, plants, flowers, water features, music, and digital projections.

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When you choose a vacation destination, what’s your number one reason for going? Is it a cheap flight, the scenery, or the culture? Well, according to a new survey commissioned by Harry & David, most Americans plan their trips around food.

The TSA is trying to figure out how 11 people were able to walk through security without being screened earlier this week at New York’s JFK airport.

With the launch of many new direct flights from the U.S. to Cuba, it may seem like the door to the formerly forbidden country is wide open for Americans. Unfortunately, that’s still not quite the case. Right now, you’ll still need to travel under one of the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) 12 categories of travel, the easiest of which is a “people-to-people” Cuba educational tour.

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting to hear for the last year—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just announced that fully vaccinated people can travel safely again. The new guidelines are based on studies showing the real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, which indicate that “fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread COVID-19”.

The Transportation Department announced on Wednesday that it had finalized new regulations to require more commercial aircraft to have accessible bathrooms, a long-awaited step to address complaints from disabled travelers about the difficulties of flying.

A cofounder of a hard-seltzer brand said a Delta Airlines employee "robbed" him after he was charged $200 for an overweight bag — but TikTok users aren't on his side.

Recently I sat beside a little girl and her father during a flight from New York City to Lisbon. The experience gave me insight into what it's like managing a child during a flight, from the snacks to the entertainment, to actual physical safety when it comes to turbulence. 

It can be tempting to overpack on holiday, but some ambitious travelers who decided to take big suitcases on backpacking-style trips are now regretting it.

"Skiplagging," a risky budget travel hack, is having a viral moment on social media, but some creators have long been warning people against trying it.

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.

Rough Guides writer and photographer Kiki Deere shares with us some pictures of Peru from her latest research trip across the country.

This week, pictures have emerged of Italians enjoying al-fresco meals in pizzerias, sun-baked Greeks heading to the beach, and hikers taking to the wide-open expanses of the USA’s national parks. This is not business as usual – social-distancing measures and other hygiene regulations are strict – but there’s a thrill in seeing life creep back into cities and towns around the world. Of course, for those of us still under lockdown, it’s bittersweet watching the world resume some semblance of normality (we’re craving our turn), but here at Rough Guides, it’s provided one thing in bucket loads: hope.

Chichester is best known for its rolling hills, Roman history and nearby beaches, less so for its growing arts and crafts scene. We talk to five local artisans, each with a different story to tell about this district and cathedral city in southeast England. 

Summer travel is off to a roaring start, with little sign of a slowdown on the horizon. And airline executives say they are doing all they can to keep up, including contending with bad weather and congestion in the skies and on the ground.

Over 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday.

Does absence make the heart grow fonder or go yonder? Hotel bar trysts are a classic trope for a reason; what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so the saying goes. Between the adulterous chaos of the White Lotus, Don Draper's string of affairs with flight attendants and acquaintances on work trips, timeless scenes such as Anna Karenina and Vronsky falling in love at a Moscow train station, it's clear that as a culture we are curious about what happens to our relationships when we travel and apart from our partners. But how much of this is merely fantasy? And does traveling someplace new really make it more tempting to stray?