Editorials from our staff traveling through the world. We share our best travel tips, and how to get a better value out of your travel insurance.
Where you purchase your insurance can have a huge impact on the quality of coverage you get and the amount you pay for it. And, as with many other important buying decisions, it makes absolute sense to take a few minutes to comparison shop.
Surveys repeatedly confirm that we are usually safer in most popular destinations than we are in our own hometowns. But American tourists, unsure of themselves in foreign lands, remain prime targets for scammers, and it’s always good to keep an eye out for certain activities. Here are a few scams that—no matter where you travel in the world—always seem to be popping up.
In addition to a major savings on travel insurance, TripInsurance.com offers a range of valuable services from 24/7 phone services to online claim filing.
If you plan to travel alone soon, check out these 10 common-sense tips to help assure that your trip is a safe one.
Here are five different travel scenarios to help you determine when you do need travel insurance and when you don’t.
Yes, you can go on a 2-3 week business trip and pack all the clothes you need into 1 carry-on bag. The keys: know what to bring and use the hotel laundry.
When it comes to health, it’s smooth sailing for the vast majority of cruise travelers. But, when on board, you can experience seasickness, or you can increase your chances of getting a virus simply because you’re sharing everything from recreation facilities to doorknobs with many, many other people. Here are 8 tips for healthier, happier cruising you might want to consider.
One topic that has received a lot of press play lately was the trouble the Carnival Triumph experienced because of a mechanical failure, leaving more than 4000 passengers without power and in sometimes pretty grim conditions for several days. On…
Located next to the South Luangwa National Park in the Luangwa Valley in eastern Zambia, Zikomo Safari Camp offers visitors the chance to see one of Africa’s last truly wild places.
As a traveler who also enjoys movies, I’ve often found it fun to prep for an overseas vacation by watching a few movies set in some of the locales I’m planning to see. Watching actors and actresses in these places, often playing characters marveling at the sights themselves, can be a great way to plan your “must see” lists before you start your trip. Here are film and travel ideas for Italy.
Three seasoned travel bloggers share personal “discoveries,” little-known but great destinations: an Australian island, a Bulgarian national park, and a chain of bakeries that began in Belgium.
When you’re looking for that great escape, few areas in the world seem to do the trick better than an island far from the hustle and bustle of large population centers. Here are a dozen dazzling island destinations that are sure to give you a different perspective on life.
Here are 10 travel savings tips you don’t read about in every travel blog or article: tips you may — or may not — have considered.
As good as some of today’s digital cameras are, the photographer still has numerous choices that really do make the difference between run-of-the-mill vacation pictures and truly memorable ones. Here are five tips that may help.
On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed legislation upgrading Central California’s
Pinnacles National Monument, giving it full national park status.
Making New Year’s resolutions for travel can be transformational. Here are several suggested by travel writer Maureen Jenkins and our thoughts about them.
Only 90 Air-Minutes from Anchorage, Lake Clark Could Be America’s Most Under-Appreciated National Park
As a frequent visitor to America’s national parks, I learned long ago to accept crowds and congestion as part of the price of admission. I’ll grumble when I find myself eating the dust of a dozen noisy hikers just ahead of me on a trail. But I have to concede that it’s their place to enjoy too. When it comes to the parks, I’ve learned, finding true solitude in the midst of great natural beauty without spending days of precious travel time to get there can be a serious challenge.
Who would have believed that a mountain range could actually be endangered? However, according to researchers, the Alps as we know them will be gone in less than 40 years due to global warming. The Alps ranked number 6 in…
When you are traveling, a lot of your risk isn’t just getting to and from your destination. If you rent a car when you arrive, then you have the added risk of an automobile accident. According to the National Highway…
This holiday season, consumers are expected to spend an average of $252 per person on electronic devices as gifts according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The hot consumer electronics categories this year are all portable – mobile phones and iPhones,…
If you saw our recent blog post about the winners of our Facebook My Travel Adventures photo contest, you will recall the winning photo was entitled “Global Warming,” and showed the melting Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska isn’t the…
