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Your Perfect Caribbean Escape Starts Here
One of the best things about the Caribbean is that no two islands feel exactly alike. Whether you’re looking to completely unwind or fill every day with new experiences, there’s a destination that fits your travel style. For Beach Lovers: Turks & Caicos is known for powder-soft white sand, calm turquoise waters and Grace Bay Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. For Couples: Saint Lucia combines dramatic volcanic peaks, boutique resorts, secluded beaches and unforgettable sunsets, making it a favourite for honeymoons and romantic escapes. For Families: Jamaica offers spacious all-inclusive resorts, water parks, family-friendly activities and plenty of adventures both on and off the beach.…
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Explore Canada One Destination at a Time
Canada is a destination that constantly surprises. One week you could be hiking through the Canadian Rockies, surrounded by glacier-fed lakes and towering peaks. Next, you could be wandering colourful coastal villages in Atlantic Canada, enjoying fresh seafood and watching whales just offshore. If your idea of travel revolves around food, cities like Toronto offer an incredible mix of cultures and cuisines, where every neighbourhood feels like a new destination. For those who love arts and culture, Montréal and Québec City come alive in the summer with outdoor festivals, live music and vibrant streets that invite you to slow down and explore. Looking for something a little more adventurous? Head…
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Discovering the Japan You Didn’t Expect Beyond the Main Island
For many travelers, the increasingly popular destination of Japan begins and ends on the island of Honshu – literally, it’s ‘Main Island.’ I can’t blame them – so much of the energy and contrasts of Japan are to be found there: the neon energy of Tokyo, the ancient cultural treasures of Kyoto, the food scene of Osaka, and iconic attractions as different as Mount Fuji and Tokyo Disneyland! All connected by those famous, high-speed bullet trains. But if you stay on Honshu your entire trip to Japan, you’re missing out on experiences that will astound and resonate with you most after you leave. The incredible north-south length of the Japanese archipelago –…
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Do You Know Your Mediterranean A, B… Seas?
When is the Med… not just the Med? The Mediterranean Sea and its iconic coastal towns, yacht harbors, fishing villages, beaches, cliffs, and cultural touchpoints are on nearly everyone’s list of favorite escapes. But – pop quiz – did you know that the Mediterranean isn’t just one sea? In reality, it’s a collection of smaller seas that developed independently and were named before the full region was charted by ancient navigators. Ultimately, they were stitched together by ancient trade routes, empire-building, mythology, culture, cuisines, and coastlines. Travel across the Med, and you’re not cruising a single body of water. You’re crossing distinct maritime worlds, each with its own personality, history –…
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Keeping Time: Why a Timepiece is Still the Best Souvenir of Switzerland
For more than 400 years, Switzerland has been the world’s watchmaking and time-keeping capital. And unlike many luxury industries in other countries that outsourced production decades ago, the most respected Swiss watch brands are still made in Switzerland — often by hand, often in the same valleys and communities where the craft was born. That makes a Swiss watch or clock not only an investment in precision timekeeping and prestigious personal style, but also a truly authentic and heirloom-quality memento of a visit to Switzerland. Now, when it comes to souvenir shopping, I’m firmly in the ‘consumables’ camp: something you can eat or drink or share when you get…
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Why Travelers are Following the Trail of South Africa’s Oldest Vineyards
For wine travelers, South Africa’s Old Vine Project has transformed a tasting trip through the Cape winelands into a journey through living wine history. Across the Western Cape, the tell-tale shapes of gnarled old bush vines — some planted decades ago — are now among the country’s most compelling travel experiences. Visitors in the know increasingly come not just to taste wine, but to stand among vineyards that survived turbulent decades of drought, shifting wine fashions, and the global race toward high-yield commercial wine production. The Champion of South Africa’s Old Vines At the center of this movement is Rosa Kruger, the South African viticulturist widely credited with helping save the country’s…
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A Girls’ Trip Might Be Exactly What You Need
Whether it is a girls’ getaway, a mother-daughter escape, or simply time away with the people you love most, sometimes the best reset is stepping away together. Whether it is a girls’ getaway that has finally made it out of the group chat or a mother-daughter trip that you have all been talking about for months, these are often the trips that become the most memorable. Maybe it is slow mornings at a spa resort, beach days that turn into sunset dinners, shopping in a beautiful city, or simply uninterrupted time together without schedules pulling everyone in different directions. The best part is rarely just the destination itself. It is…
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These Hidden Gems Are Perfect for a May Escape
From the coastal beauty of Ksamil and Kastellorizo to the charm of Piran, Nara, and Salento, these destinations offer a quieter, slower, and more scenic way to travel this May. May is the perfect time to discover destinations that still feel relaxed before peak summer crowds arrive. The weather is comfortable, the scenery feels alive again, and there is a different kind of atmosphere when places are not overwhelmed by tourism. Destinations like Ksamil in Albania offer crystal clear waters and laid-back beach days without the intensity of larger Mediterranean hotspots. Kastellorizo, the tiny Greek island near Turkey’s coast, feels almost untouched, with colourful waterfront homes and a slower rhythm…
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G Adventures Shines Spotlight on Global Tree Projects on Earth Day
Earth Day is April 22, and it’s a wonderful time to share stories of travel companies that are making the world we love to travel a better place. For G Adventures, the focus is on trees. In the last 18 months, the tour operator has expanded its global Trees for Days initiative with seven new community partners. Its network now stands at 22 communities across multiple continents and benefits more than 200,000 local people. And within the next month, the project will reach a milestone of 6 million trees! The company points out that trees represent immediate and multi-layered climate solutions: one where tree growing does more than restore ecosystems, it helps rebuild…
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Ancestry Travel Tips
Do you travel for the food? Festivals? Or maybe family? Over a quarter of travelers these days are interested in heritage or ancestry-based trips. The surge in DNA testing has been accompanied by a corresponding rise in the popularity of genealogy-focused trips. People are putting their traveling ‘genes’ on. And not going sightseeing, but searching for their roots. Motivations vary from family heritage to the story of migration from their ancestral homes. Do any of these ideas strike a chord in you and beckon you to your ancestors’ distant shores? Ancestry Travel Hotspots Do these destinations call you home? Here are some of the more popular destinations for North Americans…