Fall road trips are usually a trap. You picture yourself cruising down a quiet country highway surrounded by gold leaves. Instead, you spend six hours staring at the brake lights of a rental SUV on a two-lane mountain pass. Sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic is not relaxing. Hunting for an overpriced parking garage when you finally …
European autumn travel is completely broken. Millions of tourists blindly book flights to Bavaria or the Scottish Highlands. They overpay for boutique hotels and fight for parking spaces just to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers and look at a tree. It’s exhausting. It’s expensive. It’s entirely unnecessary. A recent global study by Icelandair analyzed the color …
When most travelers think about chasing fall foliage, their minds immediately jump to the northeastern United States or the sprawling national parks of Canada. But Europe undergoes a spectacular, deeply underrated transformation every autumn. Autumn in Europe is my absolute favorite time to travel. The summer crowds vanish, the heat breaks, and the historic towns …
Growing up with family ties to Michigan, I learned early on that you don’t have to battle the chaotic crowds of New England to witness a world-class fall. When the heavy summer humidity finally breaks, the best seasonal drive in the country is waiting right along the steep bluffs of Lake Michigan. Fall is my …
Stop dropping $500 a night on an overcrowded Vermont bed-and-breakfast to see the colors change! I know it’s tempting, but right now, you can head to a completely overlooked stretch of the country and book a rustic cabin or local lodge for under $100 a night while still getting world-class autumn color. When my wife …
Missed your Mediterranean beach window this year? Not all is lost. If you didn’t feel like splurging on a $1,000-a-night caldera-view villa in Santorini in July, and those round-trip tickets to Rome were a little too pricey to book last-minute, you don’t need to beat yourself up. There’s no time to mourn the Eurosummer that …
Let’s be real… while everyone flocks to Europe’s beaches in July and August, savvy travelers know that October is where the real magic happens. It’s officially shoulder season! That sweet spot where the scorching summer heat has mellowed, the peak-season hordes have retreated, and your budget breathes a sigh of relief with more reasonable flights …
As the long, sun-drenched days of summer give way to the crisp, golden light of autumn, a different kind of travel magic awakens in Europe. The massive summer crowds begin to thin, the weather cools to a perfect, sweater-friendly temperature, and the continent’s most beautiful destinations transform with a flurry of auburn leaves. It’s a …
Forget the summer chaos; your trusted insiders here at Travel Off Path have been running the numbers, and the verdict is in: the savviest travelers are booking flights for fall, and the deals on nonstop flights to Europe are almost too good to be true. It’s been one heck of a summer season for most …
Got plans for the Big Apple this fall? Think again. No, you don’t need to cancel your trip. Just alter it a bit. If you’re flying into Newark, even better! While New York City’s urban sprawl transforms into a colorful playground of endless adventure during autumn, it’s NYC’s “sixth borough” that’s trending upward across the …
Summer might be over, but travel isn’t slowing down anytime soon. At least that’s what the experts over at the American Automobile Association (AAA) revealed in their Fall Travel Trends report – both domestic and international travel is on the rise. And I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found the season’s cozy vibe …
Wild water ripples below, and a warm fall breeze stirs the trees surrounding Riksplan Park. For a city, there’s a calm stillness about it. I’m following a herd of locals on bicycles as they ride the paths over the many bridges connecting one part of the city to another. 35 countries later and all seasons …