Archive for Category: "Health & Fitness"
How to Walk across the United States
A cross-country road trip is a time-honored tradition, but it doesn’t necessarily mean driving. Alex Thurnher introduces five travelers who actually walked across the country and what inspired them to make the journey. Traveling cross-country is practically a rite of passage, an age-old concept for many Americans. That is, unless you’re talking about walking across [...]
Travel Tip: Staying Fit On The Road
Now that the weather is finally warming up, finding ways to enjoy the outdoors while getting your daily workout in has never been easier. Substituting the hotel gym with running routes is one way to go. Hotel staff can tell you where to run, of course, but if you don’t like exercising alone, options are [...]
The 4-Step Solution to Beating Jet Lag
Peter flies more than 400,000 miles a year, which means he cycles through multiple time zones in one week. Here’s the thing, he doesn’t suffer from jet lag. And you don’t have to either. Follow this four-step plan to combat cramped seats, interrupted schedules and basic sleep deprivation so that you can beat jet lag and [...]
Travel Tip: Cruising with Medical Conditions
For anyone dealing with a chronic or long-term medical condition, the idea of sailing in the middle of the ocean can be daunting. But that doesn’t mean a cruise is off limits. First, forget anything you ever learned from The Love Boat. Cruise ship medical facilities can only offer basic and short-term emergency care. If [...]
How to Diet in Las Vegas
It’s hard to eat healthy at the airport and work out on the road, but sticking to a diet in Las Vegas might just be the ultimate challenge. Correspondent Lily J. Kosner comes up with five rules for keeping your health on track in Las Vegas. Like many people, I made it my New Year’s [...]
Travel Tip: Avoiding Norovirus on a Cruise
It common to hear reports of people getting sick on cruise ships. What are the risks and how can you stay healthy at sea? The notable cases recently have involve outbreaks of norovirus. It may sound dramatic, but norovirus is nothing more than the common stomach flu. That said, the symptoms of headache, nausea and [...]
Your Complete Healthy Travel & Wellness Guide
This February, we’ve brought you some of the best Valentine’s Day travel deals to show your significant other you care. Now it’s time to turn the focus back on you. The Travel Fit contest has closed (sign up for our newsletter to for next week’s new contest challenge), but we wanted to share all of [...]
Travel Fitness: Skip the Gym with Hotel-Friendly Workouts
We’ve been working to support your 2013 New Year, New You resolutions. Today may be your last chance to enter the Travel Fit contest (sign up for our newsletter to see the winner), but we’ll continue to encourage healthy travel habits. We asked Fit Globetrotter Dena Roché to show how you can get a complete workout [...]
