The Best Articles in Travel

Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office for hours, despite having an appointment? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it’s full? Have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These…

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Nowadays we’re used to thinking of travel as the ‘fun’ bit of life, but enjoyment isn’t a reason why it shouldn’t also do some very serious things for us. At its deepest level, travel can assist us with our psychological education. It can – when approached the right way – play a critical role in...

A conversation with psychologist Art Markman and associate professor Kaitlin Woolley on why we need to take breaks more than ever.

«But if you can think about the leisure time as helping you be better at your job, helping you be more creative, helping you build your even interpersonal skills at work because you’ve had time off, and you can come back and reapproach the problems from a different perspective, or even helping you to maintain your interest in your love for your job.»

Avoid all the main streets, especially the ones you have heard of. If you are on one of them, go down a side street. Follow all curved passages and alleyways; go into any mews; make a route of…

If you have a home full of plants, it can be hard to have friends reliably take care of them while you’re gone. Plus, what if no one is available to come by every day to give your plants the specific…

Stargaze from moonscape deserts, or absorb high-design in a rising city.

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.

For countryside fine dining, retro-cool surf scenes, and cities of the future.

Michael Taggart November 15, 2023

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.

How was your last weekend? Pretty ho-hum, again? Tired of the same go-round of restaurants, landscapes, and entertainment options in your town? Why not take a road trip this weekend? Drive somewhere,…

«It’s a strange phenomenon: people will readily and routinely sit at a desk for eight hours every day, but find the idea of spending the same amount of time sitting in a car unreasonable. This, despite the fact that with the former option, you begin and end the day in the same monotonous spot, whereas with the latter, you get up from your seat in a completely new place.»

Are vacations really necessary, and why do we need them? And, above all, what are the benefits of a few days off? This is what science says.

The Sistine Chapel frescoes are much looked upon but rarely seen. And this is not exactly because of a collective failure in those who travel from all over the world to see them. Okay, maybe you co…

We test the famous storm preparation tip, and find that it doesn't actually work.

Gone are the small, clean, cheap motels and public spaces where anyone can find a place to nurse a cup of coffee. Yet the camaraderie of the Greyhound is hanging on

In a world threatened by housing and climate crises, people from all over North America are choosing a life on the road to reclaim their freedom, security, and dignity.

«“I could have gone to a homeless shelter. But why would I want someone else to decide what I’m allowed to eat and when I go to sleep and treat me like garbage? In the eyes of society, being homeless is worse than a cockroach.”»

Cleaner, faster, cheaper — the aviation industry’s plan to decarbonize air travel, explained.

«The best lithium-ion batteries top out around 300 watt-hours per kilogram. Jet fuel has a specific energy around 12,000 watt-hours per kilogram»

In 1976, Suzanne Heywood’s father decided to take the family on a three-year sailing ‘adventure’ – and then just kept going. It was a journey into fear, isolation and danger …

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We always thought adventures were for other people. We saw ourselves working at jobs we didn't love, always scrambling to save money for a vacation or