Multigenerational travel is the travel industry’s fastest-growing segment, and also its most-mishandled. The pitch is “bring the family together.” The reality is four generations with different bedtimes, different activity levels, and different ideas about what constitutes a vacation. The trip that brings everyone together on day 1 is the same trip that has 3,000 of … Read more
The interesting question about Napa is not which producers are famous. Most lists on the internet answer that. The interesting question is which producers are worth going out of your way for on a trip where you have limited days and limited energy. This article is a curated set of seven producers that earn their … Read more
Vietnam is one of the most rewarding first-time destinations for active boomer travelers, and it is surprising how often it is overlooked by the demographic that would enjoy it most. The food is the country’s main attraction and it does not require a worldly palate to appreciate it. The history is layered without being overwhelming. … Read more
Most Napa guides send readers to Highway 29. This article argues the right Napa is 20 minutes up the mountain. Napa Valley hillside vineyards at the edge of town; the mountain AVAs begin above the valley floor, accessed by roads that climb from these slopes. Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0. This article is different. … Read more
The comparison most travel sites write is the wrong comparison. They write: which one has better wine. The answer is not interesting, because both regions make world-class wine and they are 30 miles apart. The right comparison is which one rewards a 4-day stay. On that question, one region is dramatically better than the other, … Read more
Most “best wine regions” lists open with Napa, Tuscany, and Bordeaux, then run out of ideas around entry five. They are not wrong about those three; they are right. But they are not the regions where the travel itself feels new. They are the regions you can experience from a tour bus. This list is … Read more
Morocco is the small-group tour case study for one reason: the country rewards traveling with someone who speaks Arabic and knows the medina, and punishes you for trying to do it alone on a tight schedule. A small group gets you the cultural access without the independent-travel friction. The question is not whether to take … Read more
Solo cruising is finally being taken seriously by the cruise industry. For decades it was an afterthought: single supplements of 100 to 200 percent on top of double-occupancy rates, with no real accommodation for solo travelers. The marketing promised “welcome solo travelers” but the actual experience was a single cabin designed for two, charged at … Read more
A total solar eclipse is one of the few travel experiences where the event itself is the entire point. You are not going to see the city. You are going to stand in a specific spot on Earth for four minutes while the sky does something it almost never does. There are three total solar … Read more
Everyone who visits Santorini sees the sunset. The white-washed buildings of Oia, the volcanic caldera, the blue-domed churches. These images are why two million people a year make the trip. Almost none of them stay long enough to do anything else. The sunset takes 20 minutes. The flight is 8 hours. That math doesn’t work. … Read more