Southwest Airlines' brand-new partnership with Icelandair is officially live and available for booking — but be warned, it'll be a bit limited for the time being.
27.01.2025 - 22:25 / cntraveler.com / Kevin Jackson
I was 24 hours into a two week adventure cruise to Greenland when I finally gave up trying to connect to the spotty Wi-Fi. My out-of-office reply was on, my editors knew I was away—but the idea of being fully disconnected set my teeth on edge. I’d known there would be limited connection sailing across the Denmark Strait with Hurtigruten, but I hadn’t prepared my mind for a complete digital blackout. It took me a few days to let go of my email and, admittedly, my Instagram. I was traveling with my son Vijay who, at 12 years old, didn’t yet own a cell phone; so the only digital addict in our duo was me.
Over the next two weeks—hiking through fields of blooming lupines; curling up in our cabin, lost in the quiet harmony of reading side by side; carving a small icebreaker through the breathtaking Ilulissat Icefjord—I discovered the transformative feeling of being free from the endless stream of notifications.
The author sailed to Greenland with her 12-year-old, who doesn't yet own a cell phone.
For some, access to remote parts of the world bring the chance to reclaim a sense of wonder.
It should come as no surprise that we are all addicted to our screens; 2024 figures show the average person spends upwards of 40% of their waking hours on an internet-connected screen, which comes out to about 6.5 hours a day. Recent studies have found that excessive screen time may cause long term harm to our learning, memory, and mental health. Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year, “brain rot,” has sparked conversations about the impact of hyper-connectivity and the risk of burnout. The need to fully unplug has never been more urgent. Whether you're making a personal resolution or a family goal to reduce screen dependency, off-grid locations offer a transformative way to reset and travel deeper.
“I think travelers are trying to remember a time, not that long ago, when there was greater attention paid to self-reflection, slowing down to take in your surroundings, and finding moments of quiet and stillness,” shares Kevin Jackson, co-founder of EXP Journeys, which offers bespoke luxury tented mobile camps in remote corners of Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Vermejo, and Escalante. The camps are designed for comfort, with king-sized beds, en-suite bathrooms, and chef-curated meals, yet deliberately lack Wi-Fi and cell service. “We are seeing more requests from travelers looking to disconnect completely,” reports Jackson. “In many cases, the driving force is coming from parents wanting their kids to be away from the distraction of screens.” EXP Journeys is responding to the demand in 2025 by creating three new off-grid camps in Paradise Valley, Moab, and Yosemite.
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Southwest Airlines' brand-new partnership with Icelandair is officially live and available for booking — but be warned, it'll be a bit limited for the time being.
Losing your luggage to the mysterious labyrinth of an airport baggage system is every flier's worst nightmare—especially when nobody at the airline can tell you where in the world it ended up. That's why many travelers have decided to take things into their own hands in recent years by attaching tracking devices like Apple AirTags to their checked luggage.
A low-cost airline is offering a special last-minute Valentine’s Day gift.
If Miami and Palm Beach had a love child, it would be Fort Lauderdale. Quickly shedding its image as just a spring break destination, the city is redefining itself as a place that lacks the formality of its neighbor to the north (Palm Beach), but has all the trappings of the vibrant metropolis to the south (Miami). And while Fort Lauderdale is quickly catching up on the five-star luxury-resort front, the real-estate (and therefore hotel) prices have not yet approached the levels of Palm Beach's on Worth Avenue. Fort Lauderdale lacks pomp and doesn’t take itself too seriously: It’s a place that still feels accessible thanks to an abundance of public beaches, a lack of gated communities, and a culinary scene that won’t break the bank.
Production struggles at Boeing and Airbus have forced airlines around the world to cut routes and spend more to keep older planes flying, even as travel demand soars.
Denise Godreau knew next to nothing about Eswatini before 2022.
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Like a lot of us, I often find myself fried from days spent staring at my computer screen and nights circling back to emails I haven't answered. So when I heard that the Sanctuary Beach Resort in Monterey Bay, California, offered a package known as the Burnout Recovery Journey, I had to try it. When I arrived, I was happy to find the kinds of treatments on the spa menu I've been seeing more and more of lately: science-based offerings like infrared light therapy, IV drips, and electromagnetic pulse therapy. My outstanding massage took place on something called a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field mat. I was grateful that the hotel offered signal-blocking phone bags for the ultimate unplugging experience. Then I realized the irony: I was treating my burnout with…more tech. One has to wonder: How did we get here?
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My wife and I have been living as full-time nomads since 2019 and have already visited more than 43 different countries.
New Zealand is making it easier to plan an extended stay by relaxing visa requirements to allow digital nomads to work from the country remotely.