Share The Article Most Caribbean marketing is purely fantasy. The brochures show you empty sand and local culture. You book the ticket, step off the plane, and get dropped off at a mega-resort with two thousand other people. Is that travel? While you’re technically in a new place, it doesn’t feel authentic. If you want […]
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I Just Visited Expedia’s No. 1 Trending U.S. Lake Town With 300 Days Of Sunshine, Crystal-Clear Waters, And Premier Ski Slopes
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Oct
Oct
Share The Article You don’t expect a high alpine mountain town to feel like a proper beach vacation, but the trip I just took blew that assumption out of the water. Mountain towns usually sell you on flannel shirts, wood cabins, and hiding from the cold next to a fire. South Lake Tahoe completely flips […]
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This Safe Mexican Beach Town Only 30 Minutes From Cancun Has White Sand, 85°F Octobers, And $1 Tacos
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Sep
Sep
Share The Article The Riviera Maya is completely saturated. Massive all-inclusive complexes dominate the coastline from Cancun down to Tulum, packing American travelers in shoulder to shoulder around crowded buffet lines and overpriced swim-up bars. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good all-inclusive when I need an easy vacation but sometimes my soul wants […]
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Jul
Jul
Share The Article If you’ve finally got that one week off and you’re thinking of winging it for that Eurosummer—we know, we’re too far into the season for careful planning—chances are you’re left gobsmacked with the prices right now. Santorini’s definitely not on the table with the $800-a-night caldera-view villas. Those roundtrip flights to Rome […]
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Jul
Jul
Share The Article While Spain protests your arrival and Italy charges a premium just to sit on the sand, one breathtaking Mediterranean paradise is actively begging tourists to visit. No “go home” graffiti, no $15 drinks, and zero EU fingerprinting lines for Americans. If you are exhausted by the horror stories coming out of Europe’s […]
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Jul
Jul
Share The Article No passport required. No elbowing through resort crowds. 2 selling points for an awesome beach vacation from the get-go. While everyone else is flocking to the usual San Juan tourist traps, travel experts are quietly sneaking off to a pristine, rainforest-fringed beach town just 45 minutes away. If you’re looking for cheap […]
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Jul
Jul
Share The Article If not designated as an official “Pueblo Magico” (magical town), you might otherwise have second thoughts visiting a Mexican border town, largely known as being dusty and laden with pharmacies. We’re not saying pharmacies don’t exist on every corner, but we are saying this magical town lives up to its charm and […]
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Jun
Jun
Share The Article For the last decade, I’ve watched some of my absolute favorite beach towns in Central America slowly transform into massive, overpriced tourist traps. It usually happens the exact same way: a quiet surf village gets “discovered,” the massive mega-resorts move in, the prices triple, and suddenly you are fighting 500 people for […]
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May
May
Share The Article Once Memorial Day rolls around, it seems like everyone and their mother has Florida on their mind for the next few months. The Sunshine State is world-renowned, often viewed as the next best thing to the Caribbean, where white-sand shores and vivid blue waters are just as beautiful in real life as […]
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May
May
Share The Article Usually, when a new airport opens, that’s when tourism gets a boost. For one Texas town, the script has been flipped. As North Texas awaits a new airport set to open later this year, the town where it sits during its glow-up is already surging. Call it the next Frisco if you […]