Planning for your USA Road Trip: Popular Routes

Route 66

Decisions, decisions. You’re all set for your very own great American road trip, but there’s a tiny problem. America is a huge country with lots of roads. Unless you have unlimited time (and money for fuel) on your hands, you’ll need to narrow down the options and think about what you’d like to see on…

Travel News: America’s Most Dangerous Airports

Chicago O'Hare Airport

According to a report released this week by Travel + Leisure, travelers flying into and out of Chicago O’Hare are using the country’s most dangerous airport. The magazine compared 35 of the busiest commercial airports in the U.S. and weighed certain incidences on the FAA’s Runway Safety Support, especially ones which could have ended with…

Travel News: Japan to Give Away 10,000 Airplane Tickets to International Tourists

Himeji Castle in Japan

Japan’s national tourism agency announced Monday it plans to give out 10,000 complimentary airline tickets to international travelers who visit the country. Upon government approval, the giveaway would kick off this April. This promotion was put together in hopes of boosting interest to Japan tourism after last year’s tsunami and Fukushima nuclear plant disasters. People…

Drinking Your Way Through France

Cheers!

Wild for wine? Crazy for Cognac? Psyched for cider? Then France is your country – and the best part is, you get to combine sightseeing with drinking, which frankly is the best of both worlds. Champagne – Sparkling Paris Day Trip: Unlike other wines, Champagne can only be called as such if it’s made in a…

Heading to New York? A Brief Guide to the Airports

New York City Airport

Isn’t it odd how we spend so much time planning our trips away and yet rarely pay much attention to the airports we need to fly into and out of? Take New York, for instance. Somewhere around 50 million people visited New York City in 2010, many of them getting there by flying. Yet I…

Planning for your Road Trip: When to Go

Road Trip Year-Round

Funny, isn’t it, how we assume that the best time to take any kind of trip is in the summer? But with such a diversity of terrain, climates, weather and road conditions, knowing the pros and cons of driving around different parts of America at different times of the year might just change your idea…

Three Luxury Hotels in New York City

Trump SoHo

While there is nothing wrong with a motel, hostel or surfing on someone’s couch, from time to time you need to allow yourself to enjoy some luxury while on the road. Here are three hotels located in New York City that have set the bar pretty high and deliver when it comes to treating guests…

Planning for your Road Trip: Driving Tips

Road trippin'

Once you’ve become accustomed to the fact that you’re most likely driving a rental car with an automatic transmission, that the driver is situated on the left-hand side of the car and that you’re driving on what you regard as the wrong side of the road the accepted wisdom is that driving in America isn’t…