As a travel writer, I get to visit some dreamy destinations. Just in the past year, I’ve been to the Hawaiian Islands, the Caribbean, Mexico’s Riviera Maya, Italy, the Greek Islands, and Croatia. As much as I love traveling to these far-and-away places, I have to...

Last week, I surveyed our members about where they’d go if someone else foot the bill. I was surprised by the results… The most common answer was Australia (11.61%). Followed by New Zealand (10.38%) and then Europe and Africa. 54 people wrote that they’d go...

When I was 17, I traveled to the Philippines and worked with 30 other kids constructing church buildings. The adventure was hard but exciting, and I returned home bitten by the travel bug. Today, I write regularly for several luxury magazines, am published in...

Back in 2013, the Global Commission on Aging and Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies did a study on the health benefits of travel. They found that frequent vacations correlated with less heart disease-related deaths and lower stress. Now it should be mentioned...

When the hook clicks open, and the pilot catches the updraft, the cockpit goes silent. An ethereal mood takes over as the aircraft ceases its strain against the winch rope. You are floating on air. Thermals carry you up, currents take you forward. The vista is...