Secrets and solutions for dealing with flights, hotels, cruises and family travel, plus the best sites and apps for your digital travel toolkit.
Whistler's Via Ferrata is one of the mountain’s best-kept secrets; very few locals have heard of it. So, of course, Wendy was willing to try it.
There are so many factors that affect the success of your cruise that it’s easy to make a rookie travel mistake. Here's how to avoid them.
Like adventure? How about being lowered the equivalent of 40 floors—in a window washer’s scaffold—into a volcano in Iceland?
If you’re sharing photos while on safari, you could be inadvertently making it easier for poachers to find and shoot wild animals
Paula Froelich used to be a gossip columnist. And then she quit. Why? To do something that she’d wanted to do since she was a kid: travel.
I’ve been in British Columbia this past week, being dragged along on every adventure-sport activity you can imagine. Here’s a look at those fun experiences.
The Rio Summer Olympics are exactly one year away. If you want to be in Brazil when they happen, now’s the time to plan.
In Iceland you can pack a diverse mix of dramatic landscapes—waterfalls, geothermal pools, glaciers, geysers, black sand beaches—into just one short trip.
A day trip to Greenland is expensive, but is it worth it? Here are the pros and cons.
Magic can happen when you book your trip through the right insider. Here are 18 examples of what the right travel specialist can pull off in Asia.
Everyone has secret tricks they use when packing and traveling. The best part is that they don't always have to cost a lot of money.
Last night my husband bundled me and the kids off to the airport for a surprise trip. Can you figure it out where we went?
If there’s one person in your family who knows how to manage your time at a theme park, it’s your kid. Heed this advice from a well-traveled 13-year-old.
There’s the fantasy of a family vacation, and then there’s the reality. I’m going to share a few strategies that have worked for my own family.
This summer I’m taking Tim and the kids to Canada. It's been a while, so I’d love suggestions from any of you who’ve been to British Columbia lately.
One of many reasons to visit Namibia, Africa, is to see its elusive desert-adapted lions, which are unique to this part of the world.
Despite its recent headlines, Qatar is still an eye-opening place worth visiting, and a new resort in Doha makes it easy.
In the first three months of 2015, U.S. airlines raked in $1.6 billion in checked-baggage and ticket-change fees. Here’s what you can do to avoid them.
I’m not a travel agent—I’m a journalist who has spent the past 30 years reporting on how to travel smarter. To maximize your experience, click to Ask Wendy for a personalized recommendation for trip ideas and custom-trip designers, tailored to your location and preferences.
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