The best places for a multigenerational trip aren’t the ones with the most to do — they’re the ones where every generation can split off by day and still gather for dinner. Five I actually send families to.
Stories That Inspire the Way You Travel
I've been traveling since before I could walk. Literally. So when I write about a place, it's not from a brochure. It's from a terrace, a back road, a kitchen table, or a train I took because the timing was right. Some pieces are practical — the timing that matters, the question to ask before you book. Some are just stories I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to keep to myself. Pour yourself a coffee. Or wine. Probably wine.
Pull up a chair. This is where the stories live.
There are places in Europe that have become victims of their own beauty. The Amalfi Coast. Santorini. Venice. Barcelona. The Algarve. All of them extraordinary. All of them, in summer, operating well beyond the threshold of what makes travel enjoyable. This isn’t a secret. Everyone who has been to Positano in August knows. Everyone who […]
The multi-country Europe trip works when the combination is honest. Here are three that genuinely do — and how to approach each one.
Let’s be honest about something. The advice to “avoid Europe in July and August” is useful for exactly the people who don’t need it. If you have school-aged children, a school calendar, or a job that shuts down in summer, you don’t have the luxury of going in September. July is July. August is August. […]
Most cruise content falls into two categories: glossy brochure copy that tells you everything is extraordinary, or exhaustive comparison sites that leave you more confused than when you started. Neither one answers the questions that actually matter. How do I pick a cabin? Is the balcony worth the upgrade? What’s actually included in that price? […]
If you’ve been thinking about a cruise, you probably have a picture in your mind. For some people, that picture is a massive ship with a water park, nightly shows, and the kind of energy you’d expect from a floating city. For others, it’s the opposite—a smaller ship, fewer people, time to actually think. And […]
