Travel
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Can Reed Hastings Disrupt Skiing?
On a Monday morning in early March, Reed Hastings, the billionaire co-founder and former chief executive of Netflix, clicked into the bindings on his snowboard and started off down one of the slopes at Powder Mountain, a ski area in Utah’s northeast ...
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No Eclipse Plans? Try These Last-Minute Strategies.
On April 8, parts of 13 U.S. states, Mexico and Canada will plunge into midday darkness. Miss this spectacle and you’ll have to wait till 2044 for the next one so close to home.
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5 New Hotels Where the Past Meets the Present
Turrets, towers and tapestries greet guests at these evocative hotels in reimagined historic buildings in London, New York and beyond. (The food’s not bad, either.)
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Vacation Rentals: How to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint
Travelers choosing to stay in a vacation home instead of a hotel may have to spend more time searching for sustainable lodgings, but ultimately they will have more control over their environmental impact. The following are steps short-term renters ...
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How Do You Paddle a Disappearing River?
I had barely unbuckled my seatbelt and was already wondering if I had driven six hours across Texas for nothing. A once-in-a-lifetime river adventure had seemingly evaporated with some disappointing news. The Rio Grande in a section of the Temple ...
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Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know
We talked to security and privacy experts about Airbnb’s new ban on surveillance cameras, your privacy rights and how to find a hidden camera.
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A Cheapskate in Monterey
My first view of Monterey Bay on California’s Central Coast was thrilling — a raft of 40-something sea otters — and free. The next time I would get close to them, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, it cost nearly $60. That split between free access to ...
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Jail Cells? Morgues? Your Cruise Ship Has Some Surprises for You.
Here are five unexpected features on ships, some of which you hopefully won’t discover on your own.
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8 Incidents in 2 Weeks: What’s Going on With United’s Planes?
While no one was injured, most of the mishaps required emergency landings or diversions. One safety expert said the incidents were not the result of “systemic problems.”
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My Tour Operator Is a B Corp. What Does That Mean? Should I Care?
A growing number of travel operators are undergoing the B Corp certification process, which can offer insight into a company’s environmental and social initiatives.