Fly first, pay later

Flights, Planning, Travel Advice

These airlines and booking sites let you spread vacation costs into manageable monthly payments. Remember when “save first, travel later” was the golden rule? Thanks to the rise of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, you can be sipping piña coladas in Cancun while...

Book it!

Fun/Games, Hotels, Itinerary, Planning, Things to Do, Travel Advice

Literary tourism is turning dog-eared pages into real-life destinations. Have you ever wanted to explore the English countryside like a Jane Austen heroine, or retrace Hemingway’s steps through Key West? That impulse to live out the pages of a favorite book has a...

All aboard the plane-train!

Flights, Planning, Train

Nine airlines now sell combined air and rail tickets in Europe—here’s what to know before you book. After years of piecing together complicated European itineraries—booking a flight here, a train there, and praying the timing worked out—I’ve discovered what might be...

Book it yourself!

Flights, Planning, Traveler's Life

When it comes to booking flights, here’s why going direct with the airline almost always beats using an online travel agency. When you’re buying an airline ticket with cash, should you book directly with the airline or through an online travel agency like Expedia or...

Google it before you book it

Flights, Planning, Travel Advice

Here’s why Google Flights should be the first stop in your airfare search. If you’re booking a flight with cash, Google Flights should be the very first website you visit. Not Expedia. Not the airline’s own site. Google Flights. It lets you compare fares across months...
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