Travel industry

Here’s a real winner of a story that would be fit for The Onion, but is real. In an AP story printed in USA Today, it’s “Tijuana to Vendors: Dress Up or Leave.” In short, street vendors in Tijuana are being told if they won’t dress up in “traditional” Mexican outfits, they won’t be able …

I just got back from a few weeks of being an active travel writer, which is in contrast to being an active traveler. For one thing, I stayed in some very swanky hotels in the line of work, while staying at some not-so-swanky ones at other times. In contrast, I have to admit that the …

A walk through the rarefied air of luxury travel magazines. As a travel writer, I feel like I need to be up on what’s going on, so I read a ton of magazines. Even when they seem downright silly, which is how I often feel while leafing through many of them. Why do I always …