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Looking for a vacation that lets you ball on a budget? You'll certainly hit your "budget" requirement on Carnival's new Firenze ship — so long as you don't expect to truly ball out.

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Tourism is an important part of life in Alaska. In fact, last year, tourism brought in nearly $158 million in revenue for the state.

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You're recently engaged — congratulations! We now pronounce you: needing to make a lot of purchases.

A video in 2018 capturing Salif Gueye's gravity-defying performance of Michael Jackson's “Rock With You” at the Place Igor Stravinsky in Paris catapulted him to viral fame. Six years on, the street dancer has more than 5 million followers on Instagram and TikTok and has moonwalked in ad campaigns for Lacoste and Christian Louboutin. Home is Suresnes, a Paris suburb that feels like, as Gueye puts it, “a village where people live in solidarity with each other.” But he still spends plenty of time in the city, where he dances with friends and films his videos. In the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, Gueye shares his tips to get your heart racing in the French capital.

Group travel is surging, with nearly half of group travelers valuing multigenerational trips. Companies like Airbnb are responding by adding features that facilitate group planning, reflecting the trend’s significance for customer satisfaction and business growth.

In 2022, Choice Hotels launched a new dining rewards program called Choice Privileges Eat & Earn. The program lets you earn Choice Privileges points whenever you eat at participating U.S. restaurants and bars, and it's a great way to generate extra points without much effort.

With Americans spending more on travel and experiences, now could be just the time to book a trip.

Ah, oui, gay Paris. Pronounce it “gay Paree” and you might be referring to the classic phrase in its archaic but quite timeless sense, that of a joyful or mirthful French capital (gay being another word for “happy” or “merry”). But for some travelers, “gay Paris” quite literally means the LGBTQ+ side of Paris, where “the love that dare not speak its name” does declare itself loudly and proudly.

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The first time my family visited the Grand Canyon , we pulled over at a popular lookout, ogled over its sheer size and vastness for an hour, took pictures, then drove home.

Amazon Prime Day, the unofficial Amazon holiday, will start at 12:01 a.m. PDT on July 16 and runs through July 17.

Jun 26, 2024 • 5 min read

Great news for deal-seeking shoppers: Amazon Prime Day is here once more. The annual two-day savings event includes the retailer's best deals of the year, with sales on everything from luggage and electronics to home goods and shoes. Luckily, travelers don't have to wait much longer to save on thousands of essentials: Amazon just announced this year's highly anticipated Prime Day will take place on July 16 and 17, 2024.

Jun 19, 2024 • 7 min read

As one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, the question invariably arises: Do you tip in Paris? For many of us, tipping at restaurants and for various services is an ingrained habit, depending on our local customs. But as always, when traveling to different countries, we inevitably should learn and respect another set of rules—and that includes how much to tip. Fortunately, especially for travelers from the United States, tipping in Paris—and in Europe generally—is really quite simple: Tipping is not expected in French culture, at least not as much as it is in American culture.

Jun 14, 2024 • 6 min read

When it comes to protecting the skin, instead of preaching, I share a travel story with those who object to a healthy slathering of sunscreen. About 20 years ago, I took a semester off from college to work at a resort in the South Pacific. Upon arriving, I met my new coworkers and one of them stood out for all the wrong reasons. He had the worst sunburn I have ever seen, and while my expression did the talking for me, he replied: “Well, it was pouring rain all day so I thought I’d be fine.”