Category: Travel

5 Must-Have Items for Your Spring Camping Trip

The spring camping season is here and it’s time to get ready. These five must-have items are not only compact, they’ll ensure you have fun and make the most of your trip: 1. Rest and relaxation: After a day of vigorous activity, you deserve to put your feet up. And there is no better way…


US Booking Sites Seeing Strong Demand for 2022 Travel

U.S. booking sites including Vrbo, Hopper, and KAYAK are seeing higher demand for spring and summer leisure travel as COVID-19 restrictions ease and travelers appear to be shrugging off added costs to plane tickets and road trips from rising fuel prices. “We are seeing strong booking activity for spring break and the beginnings of a…


Take a Swing: Golf Camps for All Ages and Abilities

Despite Mark Twain referring to it as “a good walk spoiled,” more people than ever are playing golf. In the U.S. in 2020, the National Golf Foundation says 24.8 million took to the greens, 2 million of whom were new to the game. Like all sports, it’s one in which, for most, improvements continue over…


The Calm Coasts of Newport, Rhode Island

The mansion-lined streets of Newport, Rhode Island, form the type of imaginative scenery you’d expect to find if you were stuck inside a fairy tale, complete with a picturesque cliffside view of shimmering waters and majestic trees. The opulent mansions are vestiges of the Gilded Age, when many of America’s elite families built summer resorts…


Taking the Kids: Without Busting the Budget as Gas Prices Reach Record Highs

Now what? Just as we feel safe planning for spring and summer trips, gas prices reach record highs. And they may get higher despite crude oil prices dropping at the moment, AAA says. “This war is roiling an already tight global oil market and making it hard to determine if we are near a peak…


Taking the Kids: And Splurging This Spring and Summer

Talk about being spoiled. We have a chef, assistant chef, two butlers, two housekeepers, a lawn crew (there are beautifully landscaped grounds, the beach is meticulously raked) and a manager who oversees it all. Our biggest decision is what we should do. Laze on the private beach, kayak, paddleboard, sail, snorkel, play ping pong or…


New Lounge Pass

Plaza Premium is selling a new Americas Pass that offers two visits to a set of airport lounges in North and South America during a year for $59. This pass joins the Global 2-visit pass for $75 and four-visit pass for $150. Participating lounges in the Americas are located at Dallas-Ft. Worth, Newark, San Francisco,…


England’s Lake District: Land of Great Hikes and Poets

In England’s Lake District, nature rules and humanity keeps a wide-eyed but low profile. At just about 30 miles long and 30 miles wide, the region is a lush, green playground for hikers and poets alike. William Wordsworth’s poems still shiver in its trees and ripple on its ponds. There’s a walking-stick charm about the…


Wine List Dilemmas

One of the headaches of modern life, especially post-pandemic, comes while dining out and searching for a decent bottle of wine. We study the wine list, trying to find something we can afford. Half the items are only vaguely familiar and the rest are priced beyond our budgets. You are not alone. Most Americans aren’t…


US Carriers Lean on ‘Unparalleled’ Travel Demand to Counter Higher Fuel Costs

U.S. carriers on Tuesday said travel demand has roared back after a blip caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant and would remain strong enough to help them offset a run-up in fuel costs with higher fares. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc. said it was seeing an “unparalleled” increase in demand, resulting in the highest ticket…