Travel
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Smiles Away From Home: Acts of Kindness That Saved the Trip
It can be easy to get caught up in the inevitable frustrations that travel brings. But appreciating the small things, like the help of strangers, can have outsized impacts.
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5 Places to Visit for Pride in New York
For decades, visitors flocking to New York for Pride every June found plenty of packed bars and jubilant parties but no easy way to engage with the city’s rich L.G.B.T.Q. history. Even Sheridan Square, the center of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that ...
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Why Cover Saudi Arabia as a Travel Destination?
An editor on the Travel desk explains our decision to explore the Middle Eastern kingdom.
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No Cars, No Crowds: 100 Years of Solitude in the New Mexico Wilderness
On a crisp spring morning, I trusted a horse — a bay named Sino — to show me the vast Gila Wilderness of southern New Mexico. Red rock walls rose beside us as we wove back and forth across a shallow creek separating ponderosa pine on the shady south ...
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You Lost Your Passport. Now What?
While just about every other document is accessible online, a lost passport is one of the last analog emergencies that can derail an international trip. Here’s a guide to replacing a lost passport according to how fast you need it, how much money you ...
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Summer of Dupes: Alternatives in the Aegean
In April, Princess Cruises told passengers that it was canceling a scheduled stop in Santorini, Greece, citing congestion. Four cruise ships were already anticipated to arrive on the same day in June, and were it to join, the ships would have brought ...
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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?
Travelers are signing up for phone-free tours, to try to escape technology’s tether on daily life. But would it make for a better experience?
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6 Wild Swimming Spots in California, Beyond the Coast
The beach may beckon, but these freshwater swimming holes and hot springs show another side of the state: Granite canyons, emerald pools and ancient redwood groves.
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Savoring the Summer at 5 Waterside Hotels
Whether it’s by a lake or an ocean, or in a castle or a cottage, here are places where the water is never far.
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Learning to Surf, 200 Miles From the Nearest Ocean
With consistent conditions, affordable prices and a friendly vibe, a wave pool in Waco, Texas, proved to be an ideal place for a beginner to find her footing.