After the lights dim, Rockefeller Center Christmas trees still give
Rockefeller Center spruce used in Habitat for Humanity homes
DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Taliesin West: A magnet for fans of architect Frank Lloyd Wright
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Each year when the sizzling temperatures finally dipped in the southern Arizona desert, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and a small band of young apprentices would start t...
DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
A Trump slump? International visitors to U.S. down 4%
Has the Trump slump that the travel industry warned about finally hit?
The number of international visitors arriving in the United States declined nearly 4 percent in the first si...
DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
How to handle traveling in the age of ‘permanxiety’
NEW YORK – Travel involves a lot of conflicting emotions. You’re excited about your trip, looking forward to relaxing, reconnecting with loved ones or sightseeing.
Then there’s th...
DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Check in, help out: Socially conscious hotels give back to the community
You don’t have to be a full-on voluntourist to give back while traveling. Today, philanthropy may be as simple as booking a certain hotel or using a particular travel site. Altruism is becom...
DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Dubai unveils a new zip line among towering skyscrapers
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai is offering thrill-seekers a new way to see its dazzling skyscrapers: On one of the world’s longest zip lines.
The 558-foot-high XLine opens th...
DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Even procrastinators can find deals on holiday travel
DALLAS – So you polished off the pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, watched Black Friday and Cyber Monday come and go, and now – just now – you’re thinking that it might be time to make your Chris...
DATE: Dec 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Ruins at risk: Peru’s urban growth threatens to erase pre-colonial sites
LIMA, Peru – From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six ce...
DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Miami’s iconic offshore Stiltsville survived Hurricane Irma
Cabins above sea possess long, quirky history
DATE: Dec 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Trees, lights, holiday magic: Christmas events and displays around U.S.
NEW YORK – Destinations around the U.S. are dressing up for Christmas with trees, lights and holiday magic. Here’s a look at a few events, displays and other attractions.
New York ...
DATE: Dec 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Earn your drink at these incredibly hard-to-reach bars
If you crave more than a generic corner pub or bar, don your explorer’s hat and quench your thirst at these spots – which happen to be located in the farthest-flung corners of the world. ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
At the Giro d’Italia, cycling back to joyfulness
Even if I hadn’t ridden my bike 191 miles on roads that climbed 23,850 vertical feet in the past four days, my quads would have found the flight of steps up to the podium of the Giro d’Itali...
DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
