Share The Article No, I’m not talking about hostels or scary cockroach hotels you wouldn’t step foot in. Trust me, I have stayed in enough so-called budget hotels to know they are definitely not all created equal. Winter is right around the corner, and the prices for traditional warm weather escapes are already completely out […]
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Americans Can Fly Nonstop To This Safe European Walled City With 72°F Octobers, 16th-Century Fortresses, And Zero Anti-Tourist Protests
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Share The Article Feel like Spain, Italy, and Portugal don’t want Americans anywhere near? No problem: this fall, you can fly nonstop from Newark to this gorgeous walled city in Southeastern Europe, dominated by mighty medieval fortifications, offering mild weather, beautiful turquoise seas, and virtually zero of the headline-grabbing anti-tourist protests seen farther out West. […]
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Americans Can Fly Nonstop To The Safest European Country With Perfect Autumn Weather, $5 Pints, And Zero Fingerprint Checks
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Share The Article If you are planning a trip to Europe this fall, you’ve probably heard the warnings about the new biometric border rules. The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) has been causing a stir, with travelers bracing for long lines and mandatory fingerprint scans just to start their vacation. But there is a loophole that […]
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Americans Can Soon Fly Nonstop To Europe’s Safest Undiscovered Alpine Capital With A 12th-Century Castle, $4 Pints, And Fewer Crowds
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Share The Article Tired of the same old Paris–London–Rome circuit? For decades now, Americans have flocked into the same 3 European capitals for one of two reasons: either they genuinely didn’t know better than to flock into the same tourist hotspots over and over again, or they had no choice but to given the scarcity […]
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Americans Can Now Fly Nonstop To This Sun-Drenched Italian Island With 75°F Fall Weather, Ancient Ruins, And $70 B&Bs
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Share The Article Not Rome and its nauseatingly long Colosseum lines, Venice with the bottlenecked canals overflowing with tourists, nor Positano and its exclusive beach bars where a half-sized glass of Aperol will set you back $15. The Italian destination that has everyone talking Stateside is a sun-drenched island just off the toe of the […]
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Americans Can Fly Nonstop To These 3 Beach Destinations For Under $325 This January With Warm Ocean Waters & 80 Degree Winters
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Share The Article Let us be completely honest about winter travel. When the end of January rolls around and you are scraping solid ice off your car windshield in the freezing dark, the urge to book a tropical getaway becomes an absolute necessity. However, looking at standard flight prices on legacy airlines can be incredibly […]
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Americans Can Now Fly Nonstop To 4 Underrated Tropical Escapes With Top Safety Rankings, Pristine Beaches, And Zero Crowds
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Share The Article Trying to lock in the perfect tropical escape used to feel like a travel compromise. For years, if you found a destination that was actually safe and empty, getting there was a nightmare. On the flip side, the spots with direct flights out of the U.S. were almost always the same ones […]
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Share The Article If you think Eurosummer’s over, think again: we may be on the brink of fall, but one of Europe’s warmest island destinations will still see average temps of 78°F, swim-ready warm seas, and long, balmy days well into October. Even better: as of this year, getting there no longer requires complicated layovers […]
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Share The Article Everyone wants to go to Italy during the summer, but nobody actually enjoys the reality of what that means in July. You spend thousands of dollars to get elbowed by tour groups in Positano and roast in the suffocating heat of Rome. I love Italian culture, but the massive congestion on the […]
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Share The Article Booking a summer trip to Europe usually feels like choosing between two terrible options. You either fly direct into a massive, overcrowded tourist trap like Paris or Rome, or you spend 18 hours navigating a brutal maze of layovers and terrifying commuter flights just to find a quiet beach. Starting my travel […]