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While it’s wonderful to fully immerse yourself in nature via a hike, you can have a full different experience with a landscape via a helicopter tour. Until you’re up in the air, it’s difficult to truly understand how vast nature is. And the benefits to a helicopter tour aren’t just for nature — it’s incredible…
Some of the most desirable travel destinations are also — unsurprisingly — some of the priciest. Places like London, Sydney, and New York City, to name a few, are popular for good reason, offering the sort of scenery, culture, and hotels that make travelers return again and again despite the hefty price tags. But if…
The terms “tent” and “hut” rarely call to mind luxury; in fact, budget-minded travelers, in an effort to save some green, often choose to “rough it” by setting up a canvas and calling it a night in the wild, wide-open. But some hotels have turned that notion on its head by opting for simple tents…
From going on wildlife-filled safaris to staring up at the Great Pyramid and Sphinx, visitors to Africa can enjoy hundreds of jaw-dropping sights. But it’s not all elephant herds and Egyptian attractions here. Visitors can also opt for a romantic getaway in Cape Town or a family-friendly beach vacation in Mauritius, or go on a…
Palm trees, sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters…all requisites for an island, right? Well, sure — many an island has all of these features. But an island doesn’t have to have that typical tropical vibe to be classified as an island. All it needs is a location smack-dab in the middle on a body of water. So…
Travelers take vacations for all sorts of reasons, but this year in particular spiritual tourism is on the rise. As travel junkies, we find that any type of getaway can work to strength our spiritual connection — to the destination, our companions, nature, and/or ourselves. Some visit resorts dedicated to health and wellness to harness…
Are you brave enough for #4? Photo courtesy of Marcel Ekkel. There are facts that most residents of the Northern Hemisphere must simply accept — first and foremost among them is the existence of winter. Once the glow of the holidays fades, January and February bring polar vortexes, skin-whipping wind chills, frost-bitten extremities, cars that…
You’ve probably heard that millennials, and consumers in general, are shifting their buying habits from goods to experiences. Instead of purchasing a new handbag or the latest technology, consumers are opting to splurge on trips to Phuket and scuba diving in the Bahamas. After visiting and investigating thousands and thousands of hotels around the world,…
Our fast-paced lives and increasingly hyper-connected world may be fun and exciting, but it can also be exhausting. When we think of a real vacation, we picture escaping the bustling cities and swapping car alarms for crickets. While backpacking up a mountain could do the trick, we’re more inclined to pick a hotel that offers…
Camping used to be just camping, and the activity in its truest form — with pitched tents, mac ‘n cheese over open flame every night, and lights out when the sun goes down — still exists. But now there’s a vast variety of alternative options as well, many of which appeal to those who would…
