Trip tips

Jul 1, 2024 • 6 min read

Trip Affiliates Network introduces Hotel Switch, a connectivity tool enhancing travel agents’ access to over 200,000 hotels, boosting efficiency, sales, and customer satisfaction through automated booking and real-time rate management.

Last July, when my best friend and I suddenly found some free time and a yearning for sun and sand, we laid out our options for a trip.

Trip.com Group reports a significant rise in European bookings, driven by football events and a major sporting event in Paris, with notable increases from Asian travelers, particularly Chinese, who favor luxury stays and longer visits.

As part of the Thai government’s Ministry of Commerce, Thai Trade Center New York has announced its ‘Love Thai Food, Eat Thai Rice’ Campaign. 

Online travel conglomerate Trip.com Group is expanding its global reach in a deal with the booking system Prioticket.

Rashida Jones stars in "Sunny," streaming on Apple TV+, beginning July 10.

Jul 2, 2024 • 7 min read

I went to Switzerland for the first time last year, riding trains out of Zurich and through the Swiss Alps.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gladys Tsoi, a 29-year-old dog owner and investment banker based in Hong Kong. This essay has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider verified Tsoi's receipts.

Before we begin, would you repeat these three words? . I had my dad do something like this, too.

Jun 28, 2024 • 5 min read

It's a hot take, but I love the back of a plane — especially on a long-haul flight.

Summer is off to a great start for Southwest Airlines, which is giving away free trips to one lucky winner each week for the whole season.

It was the start of summer, and while I had gotten back to some of my old travel patterns, something quintessentially summer was still missing ... and I couldn't shake it. It was a lobster roll.

I had painted a vivid picture of the Kalahari Desert in my head long before I ever visited. A sprawl of sun-baked plains as far as the eye could see; bashful little desert creatures, and inky night skies flooded with stars—this was the stuff of my dreams. So, when it came time to visit, I decided to fill my stay at the iconic Jack’s Camp with activities to make the most of it: daily game drives, horseback safaris, and quad bike excursions. My packing list would need to abet my adventures: lightweight relaxed-fit pants for the many flights it would take to get there, a foldable hat for the unyielding sun, a quilted jacket for cool evenings, and a stylish swimsuit for afternoons in Jack’s iconic pool tent. Here are some of my must-pack essentials.

The assignment was clear: Test how well artificial intelligence could plan a trip to Norway, a place I’d never been. So I did none of my usual obsessive online research and instead asked three A.I. planners to create a four-day itinerary. None of them, alas, mentioned the saunas or the salmon.

Now, all you need is a hot dog and some apple pie. ESPN will provide the baseball.

There's nothing quite like a summer spent hopping around Europe. With millennia of history, some of the best restaurants in the world and top-notch museums, there are plenty of places to explore, whether it's your first visit or your hundredth. Unfortunately, those same wonderful qualities attract masses of tourists, especially during the summer high season.

When it comes to learning about destinations and planning trips, Chinese travelers are increasingly using travel applications like CTrip and Qunar and social media sites like Xiaohongshu and Douyin, the Chinese counterpart to TikTok.

When most people think about the Hamptons, they picture the lap of luxury — and they're not wrong. The average weeklong trip for one person can cost over $1,500.