Trip tips

Montréal has long been known as Canada’s most affordable big city – locals tend to go slowly and enjoy life rather than hustle for more money and more stuff.

Looking for an offbeat Euro road trip this fall that doesn’t involve hordes of other travelers, outrageous prices, and had-it-up-to-here-with-tourism locals?

Iceland is known for its otherworldly landscapes and incredible phenomena like the midnight sun and northern lights. Ahead of my visit there this summer, I wanted to know how to capture the best photos with just my iPhone 13 Mini's camera.

I've never left the US but I've wanted to go to Europe for a while — I've just been waiting for the right time.

It’s no secret that California is home to some of the best and most picturesque wineries in the country, but it’s also home to some of the most sustainable vineyards that treat the environment with care while producing world-class wines.

The Grand Canyon National Park is situated in the northwestern region of Arizona. The park stretches over 277 miles, encompassing the Colorado River and its adjacent uplands. While the Grand Canyon sprawls across several states, it’s most commonly visited from Arizona, specifically via the well-equipped South Rim. Its sheer size, geological form, and changing colors of the thousands of rock formations makes this natural wonder deservedly popular.

From world-class museums and cultural sites to great outdoor activities like hiking and biking in South Mountain Park, there’s no shortage of things to do in Phoenix. These Phoenix hotels give you easy access to the best of the city and its surrounds.

Want to hike through Colorado’s stands of golden Aspens, glide in a hot air balloon above Asheville’s fall foliage, or take a road trip through New England to gawk at the famous autumnal color palette that paints the trees brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow?

With Oktoberfest just around the corner, it’s a great time to plan a trip to Munich, a great starter city if it’s your first-ever trip to Germany. Rich in Bavarian culture, this vibrant locale is worthy of a visit all year long, with enough museums, historic squares, parks, palaces and beer gardens to suit every style, interest and budget.

The sun may be setting in summer, but there's no better time to set your sights on a new horizon. With the days growing cooler, it's the perfect opportunity to kindle that spark of wanderlust to begin sketching out your next great escape. And as travelers increasingly seek authentic, homely comforts coupled with the thrill of novelty, the trend towards unique vacation rentals is booming.

When I planned my two-week backpacking trip through six European cities across four countries in October 2022, the last thing I expected was to be blown away by my budget bookings. 

Hurricane Idalia is expected to make landfall in Florida early Wednesday, potentially leading to power outages, wind damage and flooding as it moves inland.

When my daughter turned 9, I started to do the math. If she left our home at 18, her dad and I were then halfway through the summers we were guaranteed with her. Our summers with her were always jam-packed with Chicago events, summer camps, and wherever we decided to take her on vacation.

ITB China, the marketplace for China’s travel industry, is thrilled to announce its collaboration with Trip.com Group, the leading global travel service provider for this year’s highly anticipated event, taking place from 12 – 14 September 2023 in Shanghai.

Sleeping on a train is no small feat.

China’s Trip.com has struck two new partnerships, covering the UK and Asia Pacific, to give customers the opportunity to delay or spread out payments for their purchases.

Trip.com Group said on Friday it had tapped a $1.5 billion sustainability-linked loan facility, meaning that the financing terms link the debt’s interest rates to the Chinese online travel giant’s performance against specific environmental targets.

Online travel platforms that pay close attention to the unique curation of their tours and activities will own the longtail game of discovery.

Even though China’s recent relaxation of Covid measures is widely seen as a step forward for travel, Trip.com is still cautious in the very near term as winter is usually a slack season for both business and leisure travel.

It’s the classic coin flip of a great beach vacation: Do you prefer to swim in the ocean or a pool? Thankfully, some resorts in Europe or Australia don’t require such a choice because they offer natural swimming pools replenished with fresh seawater. Now the first natural swimming pool has opened in the Caribbean. Wymara Resort + Villas on Grace Bay Beach in Turks and Caicos features a 3,900-square-foot-pool on Sunset Cove. The ocean pool is part of the property’s Villa Beach Club and is accessible for all villa guests and available to all resort guests for a small fee.

Online travel agency Trip.com Group hopes that cross-border travel capacity for China will be back to normal by the third quarter of this year.