Enough with the Cancun all-inclusives, riotous partying around PV’s Romantic Zone, and splurging on luxurious Cabo retreats: this year, it’s high time you delve deeper into the real Mexico. You know, the one that sounds more like Mé-hi-co, where you don’t overhear strident Americans in the table next to yours, every cantina you go to, …

Fresh off what was already a record-breaking 2025, the Dominican Republic (usually just called the DR) is wasting no time keeping the momentum going. In January 2026 alone, the country welcomed a whopping 1.22 million tourists. Now, we get it, numbers can be a bit of a snooze. If you’re anything like us here at …

Whether you’re a frequent visitor to the Mexican Caribbean, or you’re simply planning on going in the near future for that much-needed sunny break, you’re probably aware that the most dreaded time of year is fast-approaching: Sargassum season. Every year, from around late March to early October, the Caribbean Coast of Mexico is battered by …

There’s no point sugarcoating it: whether you like it or not, America’s reputation in Europe isn’t exactly glowing right now. From the ever-so-often diplomatic rifts, to U.S. tourists reporting not feeling welcome across a number of European cities (fancy getting chased down the calle by a water-pistol-wielding Catalan, anyone?) and of course, the mounting piles …

I’ve been living in Paris for the past half-decade, and I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve cringed internally eavesdropping on tourists at dinner table convos in Montmartre bistrots. Usually it involves a dramatic retelling of their exciting “first day” in “Europe,” how the Mowna Lisaah is indeed small and unimpressive in real …

Already thinking of your next long weekend in the Tropics, but you’ve had enough of the bog-standard Cancuns, Punta Canas, and all the other rinse-and-repeat resort hubs of this world? Buckle up, cause this time, American Airlines is flying you to an up-and-coming chain of sparsely-populated islands in the Bahamas that were previously accessible to …

Tired of your usual Cancuns and Punta Canas, with the jam-packed resorts, bachelor parties, and week-round debauchery? This lesser-known destination in the Caribbean, with virtually untouched beaches, turquoise waters, and authentic culture, still has smaller crowds and affordable prices in 2026, but you’d better get there quickly: it’s rising faster than ever in popularity. Lying off the coast …

Nothing screams Europe quite like hopping on a high-speed train, whooshing past medieval towns and verdant fields dotted with campaniles, as you cross international lines like they’re nothing. You see, on this side of the globe, traveling from country A to country B is just as effortless as driving from New York state to New …

Forget Punta Cana and its overdeveloped resort zones, Jamaica and the hardly authentic tourist traps, Cozumel’s cruise-dominated shores: If you’re up to here with the overcrowded Caribbean clichés, and you’re keen to experience the quieter end of the Caribbean this year, this is where you should go instead: A quaint, butterfly-shaped island in the Eastern …

Spring is right around the corner, and if you’ve been keeping an eye on Google Flights for the flight deals going to Europe, you won’t want to miss this. Let’s face it, it’s been a rough winter, with either incessant rain or cold snaps, particularly for those living along the East Coast, and chances are …

If you think the Caribbean is synonymous with $500-a-night all-inclusives, jam-packed beaches that have been destroyed by overdevelopment, and dollarized economies that keep tourists in a gentrified bubble while most of the barely get by, perhaps you’ve just been to Cancun one too many times. Sure enough, there’s the glitzy, glamorous side of the Caribbean …

We’re sure you’ve heard that old proverb ‘kill two birds with one stone’ at some point? If we’re thinking international travel, there’s nowhere better to apply it than Europe, a continent that has, for the most part, completely abolished internal passport checks, and where crossing internal borders feels as smooth as riding the Amtrak from …