Category: Travel

Don’t Miss the Final 3 National Park Free Days in 2023

By Staff report From The Orange County Register Santa Ana—Having just marked National Park Week (April 22-30), you may be thinking about planning your next visit to explore the beauty of America’s public lands. Even if you missed the April 22 free entrance day to kick off the weeklong celebration, there are still several occasions…


5 Tips to Help Ease Travel Stress

By Ebony Williams From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Traveling can be stressful. Whether it’s overbooked planes, canceled flights or lost luggage, traveling can present frustrating and unpredictable situations with no warning. And while you can’t exactly plan for situations like this, you can control how you react to them. Here are five therapist-approved tips for avoiding…


Yet Another Hassle Awaits Rocky Mountain National Park Visitors This Year

By John Meyer From The Denver Post Denver—As if there weren’t enough complications when visiting Rocky Mountain National Park—an ongoing timed-entry reservation system and the closure of the park’s biggest campground—it will be harder to get into the park this year even if you have reservations. A construction project to refurbish the Fall River entrance—one…


Old Sacramento: Spirit of the Gold Rush, Pony Express, and Transcontinental Railroad

Born and raised within a strong stone’s throw of Old Sacramento on the sycamore-shaded banks of the Sacramento River, I grew to know every nook and cranny of the charming corridor. Smiles and laughter and small faces smudged with ice cream give more the impression of a theme park than an authentic restoration with businesses…


Beauty Is for the Taking at U.S. Waterfalls

In Oregon people walk behind it. In Utah visitors swim below it. Folks in West Virginia follow a driving trail that leads to 29 of more than 200 that are scattered about the state. The goal of these nature lovers is waterfalls, and their pursuit even has a name. “Waterfalling” is a fast-growing activity among…


Dutch Wonderland Celebrates 60 Years: A Look Back on Founder Earl Clark 

Lancaster, Pennsylvania is known for its Amish community having arrived in America in the 1720s. It is one of the largest and oldest Amish communities in the country. Its sprawling farmlands and scenic beauty lends itself to an untarnished view of nature.   But there’s another side to Lancaster, and here you will find a virtual…


This Summer, Head to La Paz, Mexico’s Unsung Seaside Destination

By Laurie Baratti From TravelPulse Most travelers likely have heard of Los Cabos, a celebrated Mexican tourist spot that sits on the southern tip of Baja California, the linear peninsula that’s bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Sea of Cortez (a.k.a. the Gulf of California) on the other. But there may…


International Travel Tips From a Reporter Covering the War in Ukraine

By Mark Ellwood From Bloomberg News At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields — food, wine, sports, cars, real estate — to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are…


A Coastline Cruise Showcases California’s Unique Cities, Diverse Landscape

By Lacey Pfalz From TravelPulse When one thinks of being on a cruise, it’s often to warm, sunny islands surrounded by gentle turquoise waves and vibrant coral reefs. But I had the fortune to cruise somewhere a little different this spring: the coastline of California on Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Solstice ship. The itinerary included sailing…


In Friendly Brisbane, Discover Something You’ve Never Tried Before

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, I walked into Brisbane Distillery Co., Australia’s only registered gin school. It was there I selected, measured and mixed a carousel of floral botanicals including elderflower, lavender and violet leaf to distill a spirited…