How To Teach Kids To Ski: Keep The Focus On Fun
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A hard wind pelted exposed areas of our faces with tiny pellets of sleet and drove the 16-degree air through any chink in the ski gear covering my 4-year-old son Alex and me. He'd...
View ArticleWas Stonehenge The World's First Rock Concert Venue?
Spinal Tap may have been onto something decades ago when the mock-rockers recorded their song "Stonehenge" -- a new study has revealed the ancient site could have been used as a "prehistoric centre for...
View Article23 Places You'd Rather Be Right Now
By now you've flown home, stuffed your face with carbs and tryptophan, and probably crossed off half your holiday shopping list (overachiever!). We think you deserve a vacation after this long weekend....
View Article10 Destinations On The Rise, As Selected By TripAdvisor (PHOTOS)
(Relaxnews) - Relaxed travel rules to Cuba have resulted in a record number of Americans travelling to the island country over the last few years and have also placed Havana at the top of a newly...
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Travel Posters To Movie Locales Are A Roaming Film Buff's Ideal Christmas Gift
If only this was a real place. Alas, as awesome as a trip to the swamps of Naboo or the forests of Endor may sound, the whole located "in a galaxy, far, far away" might be an issue for travellers....
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Embracing the Sadness: The Aftermath of the Crash
A week ago everything changed. It was a beautiful, sunny day. We'd had a late start because Phil wasn't feeling very well. The first fourteen kilometres of highway outside of Chalhuanca twist through...
View ArticleIn Just Six Hours, Four Planes Were Struck By Lightning Over Honolulu
HONOLULU -- For hundreds of Hawaii residents and visitors, the Thanksgiving holiday ended with a bang — from a lightning strike. A little after noon on Sunday, Hawaiian Airlines Flight 19 was struck by...
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Bavaria's Neuschwanstein Castle Is A Fairy Tale Dream Come True
Looks familiar, doesn’t it? Try as you may, you won’t find this castle in any of the Disneylands around the world. This fairy tale palace, however, can be found in Bavaria, Germany, more than 350 miles...
View ArticleWhere To Go This Winter
Winter vacations don't always have to be synonymous with overeating and obnoxious relatives (but even if they are, you certainly deserve another trip that's all about you). Here, we've compiled our...
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11 Things You Didn't Know About Dubai
Last week, Dubai went wild when it was chosen to host Expo 2020, the upcoming world's fair. Already a city of luxury, Dubai will spend an estimated $6.8 billion prepping for the six-month event. Rulers...
View ArticleTake A Look At The Airport Of The Future
What will the airport of the future look like? We've compiled some of the most exciting projects currently in the works alongside of futuristic developments that industry experts believe could be...
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A Country-By-Country Wine Lover's Guide To Europe
Ever need a crash course on what to drink with what to eat? Especially while you're traveling in, say, Italy, amongst some of the world's most famous (and fabulous) vineyards? Look no further. Here's...
View ArticleElk Killing Near Port Alberni Nets $25,000 Reward
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A group of Vancouver Island First Nations is offering a $25,000 reward for the prosecution of those conducting an illegal elk kill in its territory. The Nuu-chah-nulth First...
View Article5 Tips For Travelling By Train in Europe
When you have just a week or even fewer days to vacation in Europe, one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to travel the continent is by train. On a recent five-night trip in Europe, during...
View ArticleTerrace Helicopter Crash: Low Visibility, Lack Of Training Cited
TERRACE, B.C. - Low visibility plus a lack of instruments and instrument training are blamed for causing a helicopter to spiral into the ground near Terrace, B.C., killing all three people aboard.The...
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Who Is the Most Interesting Person You've Ever Sat Next To?
This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Scott Welch, Cofounder of Edsby.com With 25 years as a product evangelist, including travelling around the world for hundreds and hundreds of user...
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4 Places to Go Before You Have Kids
Photo Courtesy of Dreamstime. Article by Danielle Contray, contributor to Budget Travel. Having kids doesn't mean you can never travel again, of course. Yet once you've gone from packing a suitcase...
View ArticleYou Can Swim With Adorable Pigs In The Bahamas Because Why Not (VIDEO)
You might have thought about swimming with dolphins, fish, even maybe sharks, but wild pigs? Well, the day wild pigs swim has arrived on the Bahamian archipelago of Exuma. The island called Big Major...
View ArticleSecret Cold War Bunker Under Prague's Jalta Hotel Opens To Public
PRAGUE (AP) — One thing was for sure when foreigners stayed at a prestigious Prague hotel during the Cold War era — their telephone conversations were carefully monitored by secret police in a hidden...
View ArticleOne Minute Around Australia Is The Ultimate Exercise In Selfie Taking (VIDEO)
"Selfie" may be Oxford Dictionary's 2013 "Word of the Year," but here's hoping selfie videos will catch on in 2014. What's a selfie video? Ask Selim El Mellah, the filmmaker behind "One Minute Around...
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