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Suggested Alt Text: For decades, summer vacation followed a fairly predictable formula. Fly somewhere hotter. Find a beach. Spend the afternoon trying not to touch anything made of metal. That formula is…

A safari vehicle is not the only place where wildlife can stop you mid-sentence. Sometimes it happens in the water. A sea lion swims straight past your mask in the Galápagos. A whale surfaces beside a small boat in…

For years, shoulder-season travel was treated like the compromise version of a vacation. You went in May because June was too expensive. You booked Greece in September because August hotels had become ridiculous.…

The first island is usually easy. You arrive, drop your bag, find the water and briefly wonder why you would ever need to leave. Then a boat appears. Beyond the harbor is another island with different beaches,…

Some road trips are what you do after you arrive somewhere. Others are the reason you buy the plane ticket. That distinction matters. Nobody should cross an ocean simply because a road has a few attractive viewpoints. A drive worth…

Suggested Alt Text: There is a particular kind of happiness that happens when the air is cold, the landscape is enormous, and everything below your shoulders is submerged in hot water. Hot springs turn otherwise ordinary travel days…