‘You’re guaranteed not to see a soul’: Is this forest hideaway Europe’s best spa?

Air travel safety is certainly in the spotlight right now. And while tragedies do occur in the air, it's important to note that air travel is still an abundantly safe mode of transportation. In fact, it's only getting safer. According to the International Air Transport Association, between 2011 and 2015, there was one accident for every 456,000 flights. But between 2020 and 2024, there was just one accident for every 810,000 flights.

Today, Gallup unveiled its 2025 World Happiness Report, which shared the happiest countries on Earth and, more importantly, what makes them so happy anyway.

Lufthansa CEO Jens Ritter is emphatic about the state of the transatlantic travel market: Business is good and continues to grow.

Buying a home is a really … really … one more time … really big deal. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the median home sale price in the U.S. hit $419,200, marking a 17 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2020, according to The Motley Fool. But beyond being a major financial investment, it's also a personal investment, too. So when you do go to buy a house, you better do all your research on finding the perfect place to live. If you need help to source the coolest, hippest, and hottest zones, then this list is for you. 

Captain Kate McCue, the first woman from the United States to take the helm of a cruise ship, will soon become the first person to captain a Four Seasons yacht.

The unofficial anthem of Buenos Aires is a classic tango from 1935, “Volver.” The name of the song means “to return,” and in it Carlos Gardel anticipates the mixed emotions of revisiting the city after many years. “To feel…that life is a puff of wind,” he croons, “that 20 years is nothing.” For me, it had been nearly 30 years since my last visit to Buenos Aires, a city to which I'd bought a one-way ticket as a young man with a wild dream of setting myself up as a foreign correspondent. By some miracle I established myself as a stringer for an array of international newspapers and was soon sharing a cheap apartment in the bohemian barrio of San Telmo with an NPR reporter. I became immersed in its half-European, half-Latin world, learning Spanish with the distinctive Argentine accent and lunfardo, the local slang; living on steak with chimichurri sauce; and attending raucous late-night avant-garde events at the legendary underground club Parakultural. Argentine democracy was still emerging from the long shadow of the military dictatorship that ruled in the late 1970s and early '80s, whose “dirty war” resulted in an estimated 30,000 desaparecidos—“the disappeared.” BA could sometimes feel melancholy, claustrophobic, and conformist (every restaurant seemed to have the same beef and pasta menu), but it was rich with character and atmosphere. With its charming wood-paneled cafés and dapper, formal citizens, much of it felt like it had not changed since the 1930s.

If your travel plans include relaxing on European beaches this summer, be sure to pack appropriate cover-ups.

It's a season of savings for travelers looking to explore international destinations.  Delta Air Lines recently published hundreds of discounted flights in its Premium Cabin Deals section, which includes offers both in its SkyMiles frequent flyer program redemptions, as well as for traditional cash payment. Best of all, the travel period extends from April through May 2025, making it perfect for travelers seeking a last-minute spring break or early summer vacation.  For travelers looking to experience the new Delta One Lounge and first-class experience from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the airline has fares from 230,000 miles + $376 to London (LHR) for travel between April 25, 2025 and May 1, 2025.  From New York's John F.

Oceania Cruises is offering an amazing new world cruise itinerary — and this one is currently the cruise industry's longest.

The Euroclear building in the centre of Brussels is at the centre of intense political discussions within the European Union, since the Belgian Securities Depository is believed to hold the lion's share of €258 billion's worth of Russian assets that have been frozen across EU countries. 

When asked to weigh in on his travel in's and out's for 2025, associate editor Matt Ortile did not hesitate to declare the practice of “country counting” decidedly passé. If you're unfamiliar, a traveler engages in country counting when they present, usually on their Instagram story or some other form of social media, a list of destinations with adjacent boxes checked for each that individual has visited. If you don't think too hard about it, such posting is perfectly innocuous. But may we suggest that it only seems so because it is shallow and consumptive?

A warm and sunny climate, 5,000 km of coastline and world-class food and wine - it’s easy to see why Spain continues to be a top destination for tourists from all over the world.