Category: Hotels and lodging
While traveling around the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, I set out to find the best family-run boutique hotel in Merida, and I found it. The Merida Santiago Hotel Boutique …
Though I’ve only been back in the Southwest for a few months, I lived in Tucson for eight years as a graduate student and learned to get pretty creative …
What do you do about luggage storage when you need to dump your bags for hours? I spend about half my time traveling with a significant other or small …
I’ve never been into celebrating Valentine’s Day. The reason is less politically motivated (it’s just a Hallmark holiday! it leaves out people who aren’t in relationships! it only considers …
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I knew I should have left earlier. I knew it as soon as I pulled out of the driveway. The sun was already waning, and it wasn’t even 5 …
It’s hard to find a more perfect name than Solitude for a getaway resort. I was looking forward to speaking at a recent America Outdoors conference for outfitters, guides, …
The first thing I notice is that Juan Wayne, the resident tortoise, is missing. There’s a sign propped up next to the guestbook in the shared kitchen describing his …
A couple weeks ago I was on one of those trips that people think travel writers are on all the time. I was at a fancy boutique hotel in …
“You know, the only thing we absolutely HAVE to do on this trip is be ready to check out at noon on Thursday.” As usual in my life, my …
My husband and I are planning a trip for our 30th wedding anniversary. In the beginning, we had no particular agenda other than “someplace beach-y for a few …
In the five years that I’ve been traveling, I’ve stayed in scores of hostels. Out of all of them, it’s always the pod hostels that are the best. What …
