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Southwest Life/Travel

Same difference: Photographs of 32 hotel rooms in 32 countries reveal few variations

In cities around the world, hotel rooms – with their carpets showing the fresh tracks of a housekeeping vacuum and their vents exhaling temperature-controlled air – await the arrival of stra...

DATE: Jul 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Afraid of sharks? Flu, asteroids pose far greater risk

BOSTON – You might want a bigger boat, but you probably don’t need better odds. The confirmed return of great white sharks to Cape Cod has rattled some boaters and beachgoers. Yet...

DATE: Jul 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Monkey troupe vexes Florida park, goes viral on social media

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – There’s an upswing in monkey business in and around a state park in Florida, where bands of non-native rhesus macaques live along a river that’s popular with kayakers ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

How to handle crowds and beat the heat: Tips from Rick Steves

Travel expert Rick Steves shares tips for summer trips

DATE: Jul 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

The view of a lifetime: Eclipse chasers blaze trail to Oregon

MADRAS, Ore. Just before sunrise, there’s typically nothing atop Round Butte but the whistle of the wind and a panoramic view of Oregon’s second-highest peak glowing pink in the f...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

In rural Kentucky, solar eclipse preparation keeps town busy

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – Cross over the old Louisville & Nashville Railroad in this town remembered for its Civil War encampment and you’ll see the first signs – there’s fresh anticipation in the...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Rare white deer herd open to public viewing beginning this fall

ALBANY, N.Y. – A rare herd of ghostly white deer kept mostly from public view for decades is no longer off-limits. The herd at a former World War II Army weapons depot in upstate ...

DATE: Jul 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Alaska salutes black soldiers’ work on highway

During WWII, 4,000 African-Americans in U.S. Army built critical 1,500-mile road

DATE: Jul 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

In Maine, explore water, woods and the arts

For me, summer vacation means spending time on a Maine pond where the sound of loons calling is about the most exciting thing that happens all day. But I do venture occasionally f...

DATE: Jul 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

New Trump rules on Cuba travel leaves winners and losers

President Donald Trump’s new policy on Cuba travel has winners and losers: Group tour operators hope to sell more trips, but bed-and-breakfast owners in Cuba say they’re losing business. ...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Summer vacation: Never mind the hike. Where’s the hammock?

For Americans, relaxing is top vacation priority

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Ready to go it alone? Tips for solo travel

Since 2012, Kristin Addis has been traveling the world. More often than not, she’s solo. The former investment banker decided to sell her belongings five years ago and hit the roa...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

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