Archive for Category: "Luxury Travel"
The Ridiculous Summer Vacations of the One Percent
Earlier this week, the travel space was outraged at the idea of wealthy Manhattan moms attempting to buy handicapped access to cut the Disney World lines. Turns out that’s nothing compared to some of the vacation habits of the one percent, where a summer trip can easily top seven figures. Laura Lee Jergens dishes on [...]
Restart Your New Year’s Resolutions: 3 New Fit Travel Ideas
Spring has sprung, but your New Year’s Resolutions have no doubt already sprung a leak. If you’re off-track, Fitglobetrotter Dena Roché offers three ways to use travel to restart your healthy living resolutions. Don’t give up your goal to get healthy in 2013. Simply use travel to make it more fun and more likely you’ll [...]
Luxe Lavs: Hammocks Are Not Just for the Garden Anymore
It’s week two of our Friday series Luxe Lavs, a column dedicated to the most spectacular and surprising hotel bathrooms from around the world. This week, contributors Angela Fairhurst and Natalie Compagno found a new hammock experience….and yes it takes place in a hotel bathroom. It’s almost spring! The time of year that evokes lazy [...]
Window Seat or Aisle Seat: Time-Off Travel for Busy Moms
Happy women’s day today. I bet you know a few women who can already use a break. Window Seat or Aisle Seat blogger, family travel expert and single mom Kerri Zane shares six mom escapes throughout sunny California. We’ve all heard of spring cleaning but what about a spring clearing? Clearing of the mind, body [...]
Hot Destinations 2013: Finding the Locals’ Istanbul
We can do better than the old cliche of Istanbul as “East meets West.” Instead, Courtney Crockett seeks out the vibrant local experience–the real hamam culture, Türk kahvehane and the hidden corners of the Grand Bazaar. If you follow the Istanbul of some tour guides, you’re sure to have the so-persistent photo op wearing a [...]
Travel Tip: Stolen Items in Hotels
Admit it, even if you’re fully stocked on shampoo and soap, you still pack up those miniature hotel amenities. But what other items are people taking out of their hotel room? You might call them souvenirs; hotels call them stolen goods—and the Waldorf Astoria wants them back. The New York hotel has started an amnesty [...]
A First Time Guide to Understanding Turkey
Labor Day has come and gone and we’re heading into the final months of 2012. Instead of focusing on fall foliage or the Christmas holidays, Peter wants you to maximize your 2012 travel. This September our contributors are covering some bucket list dream destinations. And tomorrow, Peter is hosting his a Twitter party (starting at [...]
Hotel News You Can Use: Accessible Travel, Renovations and Retreats
Fall is fast approaching and hotels are gearing up for the final push of 2012. Think openings, renovations and some exciting new retreats and amenities, plus we take a look at a pressing issue among accessible travel. August Hotel Spotlight This week, local disability rights activists in Rochester, New York, staged a protest in response [...]
