Travel industry

I just spent some time back in New York City, a place I lived and worked before I started traveling around the world and became a travel writer. It’s always fun to be back there and also when I’m there for the New York Times Travel Show, I learn a lot about what’s going on …

Did you know that Pattaya is more popular than Amsterdam? Or that Antalya gets twice as many visitors as Cancun? There are some interesting findings when you step away from the “hot list” travel media and look at where people are traveling around the world for real. What are the most popular destination cities in …

  What are the best destinations to visit this coming year? Where should you go on vacation? What’s the best holiday hotspot, what’s the hot place to travel to now?  Well, I’d love to answer that for you because apparently it would get shared a lot if I could put out an authoritative-sounding list. Really …

Around 25 years ago, I was probably kicking back on some tropical island, staying in a $4 bungalow, wondering whether I should have rice or noodles for my next meal. I was traveling through Southeast Asia, Nepal, India, Greece, Turkey, Holland, and England on my first trip around the world. My then-girlfriend was with me …

“Yes, we’re very excited,” said the woman holding onto the cart with four large suitcases. “This is our first real vacation in four years.” Apparently they needed a lot more clothing than me for their trip to Los Cabos, a place that rarely dips below 75F degrees at night. But extra baggage fees weren’t the …