Olympic Gold medalist Misty Hyman, swim coach at the Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain, offers travel fitness tips.
By Mark Chesnut
Combining business travel with a fitness regimen is always a challenge, and when you throw in the festive holiday season, it can be even harder to stay in shape. So here—just in time for that list of New Year’s resolutions—are some travel tips for feeling good the road. (more…)
Dance to Calypso, reggae and more during the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto. Credit: beachdigital.
By Carla Alberti
Toronto is about to turn up the bass on the classic summer street festival. Come July 17, the whole city will reverberate with the sounds of Calypso, Soca, reggae, hip hop, steel pan and brass bands, officially ushering in the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival, now in its 45th year. (more…)
Our kind of country: Sonoma, where it's perfectly acceptable to crack open the wine at 1 p.m. Credit: star5112.
By Valerie Moloney
Having broken through the wrong side of 35 a few years ago, I owed it to my aging self to add a new experience to my travel lexicon: wine getaway. I’m no oenophile – in fact, I couldn’t tell the difference between a Pinotage and Cab Franc – but I do love any opportunity to day drink and actually fall into bed at a reasonable hour.
The time is ripe for another trip to Sonoma County. (more…)
Orbitz will donate $1 for every download of the Hotels by Orbitz app for iPhone or iPad this St. Patty's weekend. Credit: Senor Codo.
By Jeanenne Tornatore
From green rivers to parades and festivals, this weekend revelers around the world will be celebrating all things Irish. And what better reason to plan a last-minute trip than to partake in some St. Patrick’s Day events? Orbitz editors compiled some of their favorite cities for celebrating and highlight some of the annual festivities around the country. Here’s what’s on deck: (more…)
Tucked in Nantucket: Hole up with your sweetheart in the classic Americana inn The Wauwinet.
By Erik Torkells
Valentine’s Day is approaching, which means hotels are announcing themed packages. These packages are increasingly about sexiness more than romance, however, with extras like complimentary copies of the Kama Sutra and what used to be called “marital aids.” (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) But you don’t have to be Carrie Bradshaw to know that sex and romance are hardly the same thing, and Valentine’s Day is about romance. We’re not talking about heart-shaped candy boxes and flowers, but the feeling that tends to happen early in a relationship, when it’s as if you’re the only two people in the world. How do you re-create that? (more…)
The party before the party: The week leading up to the greatest football matchup lights up Indianapolis. Credit: bnpositive.
By Amy Carey
About 10,000 visitors are expected to flood Indianapolis on Feb. 5, which seems manageable considering the millions who will be tuned to their TVs around the world for – what else? – football (and commercials, of course). It’s not too late to book an Indianapolis hotel or scope out the highlights in the week leading up to the high-demand event. (more…)
The Winter Beer Carnival is a beer lover's paradise with more than 100 brews to sample.
By Erin Behan
It’s winter, you’re in Atlanta, and you like beer? You’re in luck. The third annual Winter Beer Carnival proffers up more than 100 different beers and—when you need a break from beer—carnival games. All of this can be sampled for $40 with advance tickets or $50 day-of on Feb. 11 at midtown’s Atlantic Station. (more…)
Tear yourself away from the luxe Ritz-Carlton Cancun and enjoy Cancun's carnival from Feb. 15 to 22.
By Erin Behan
Visitors to Cancun often don’t make it beyond the hotel strip — the snow white sand, turquoise blue waters and mild year-round temperatures probably have something to do with it — but downtown Cancun should not be missed for its dose of local culture and inexpensive yet authentic cuisine. Come February, there’s one more reason to leave your Cancun hotel and head to the town center and explore: the town’s spirited, colorful carnival. (more…)
Carnaval, Mexican-style: Parades and partying with the locals. Credit: Arantxa.
By Blane Bachelor
Celebrating Carnaval doesn’t have to mean crossing the globe to join the renowned revelry in Rio or Venice. Just over the border in Mexico, Carnaval (as the pre-Lenten festival is known in Spanish) is worthy of a trip in itself – especially in Cozumel, which boasts one of the country’s best bashes. Taking place from Feb. 15-22 this year, Carnaval in Cozumel is an island-wide fiesta of parades and partying, with plenty of Cozumel hotels getting in on the fun.
National Western Stock Show and Rodeo: Darrell Petry wrestles a steer. Credit: Westfall.
By Erin Behan
Although skiing and outdoor snow sports might come to mind when thinking of a Denver vacation in winter, bull riding and livestock should also appear at the top of the list. Denver’s National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, running from Jan. 7 to Jan. 22, is more than a century old (this is its 106th) and has all the hallmarks of the old west—including plenty of cowboys, cowgirls and bucking broncos. (more…)
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