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From left: Leah Zeger, Tom Lea, Rachel Grace and Derek Stein of Vitamin String Quartet. (Nick Fancher)

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Derek Stein of Vitamin String Quartet

Travel / Celebrity Travel /

For cellist Derek Stein, touring is a part of his life as a member of Vitamin String Quartet. But one of his fondest memories is of traveling with his grandfather many years ago. “My maternal grandfather took me to Germany the summer between junior and senior year of high school,” Stein said in an interview from Los Angeles. “It was my ...Read more

Battersea Power Station is one of London’s many examples of industrial structures that have been regenerated to appeal to modern lifestyles. (Rick Steves, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Rick Steves’ Europe: London’s regeneration scene

Travel / Rick Steves' Europe /

While London sits upon an ancient Roman foundation (Londinium), today’s city was shaped in a powerful way by England’s Industrial Revolution. In 1800, London had about a million people. By 1900, its population had quadrupled to over four million, as people came from the countryside into the big city for the promise of a good job and a better...Read more

Travel Troubleshooter: How A Flighthub Error Forces A Family To Pay Twice For Tickets

Travel / Travel Troubleshooter /

Q: I booked a flight from Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, for my family. I bought the tickets on Flybondi, an Argentine low-fare airline, through FlightHub. Despite carefully entering our flight details, the airline said that our passport numbers were random characters. We had to buy new tickets for $1,114 on Flybondi.

FlightHub ...Read more

Mass Ascension Of Hot Air Balloons At The International Albuquerque, New Mexico, Balloon Fiesta. Dreamstime/TCA

Taking the Kids: Albuquerque -- hot air balloons, Route 66 and great eats

Travel / Taking The Kids /

Let’s all get in the box! If you are among the more than 825,000 people in Albuquerque, NM, during the International Balloon Fiesta (this year Oct. 4 to 12), you will hear a lot about the Albuquerque Box. It’s a weather phenomenon in early October that creates ideal ballooning conditions.

The Rio ...Read more

Musician Charlie Sexton has been touring since he was a teenager, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. (Molly Leary)

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Charlie Sexton

Travel / Celebrity Travel /

Charlie Sexton started playing the guitar when he was four years old. Family friend Stevie Ray Vaughan babysat him, introducing him to Jimi Hendrix's music. By 11, Sexton was performing with Vaughan's brother, Jimmie. Two years later, Joe Ely picked him to play lead guitar. At 15, he toured with the Clash. And at 16, he moved by himself from ...Read more

The sheer magnitude of Slovenia’s Škocjan cave is hard to capture. (Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Rick Steves’ Europe: Digging Europe’s wondrous caves

Travel / Rick Steves' Europe /

Europe is rich in history, but its splendid castles, antique churches, and age-old ruins tell only part of the story. To dig even deeper in time – much deeper – visit a cave. Some of my favorites, in France and Slovenia, showcase 17-foot-long bulls drawn by our ancient forebears and 100-foot-high stalagmites sculpted by nature.

The world’...Read more

Travel Troubleshooter: Travel Insurance Won't Pay Up After Traveler Cancels Her Trip

Travel / Travel Troubleshooter /

When Amy Sparks' father-in-law passes away, she cancels a planned tour of Utah and files a claim with Tin Leg, her travel insurance company. But the company denies her claim. Is she going to lose the $4,098 she paid?

Q: I bought travel insurance from Tin Leg for a scheduled REI tour to Utah. When a family tragedy struck and my husband's father ...Read more

Sunlight through autumn leaves along a calm river with reflections, Vermont, USA. Dreamstime/TCA

Taking the Kids: Leaf-peeping 21st-century style

Travel / Taking The Kids /

What are you waiting for? If you really want to enjoy fall foliage, you’ve got to get out of the car.

And that includes all of you at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the country’s most- visited national park, where so many visitors stay in their vehicles that they’ve got a special moniker – "windshield wiper tourists” because ...Read more

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Trump urges Erdogan to cut Russia oil buys, floats F-35 deal

Travel / Travel News /

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stop buying oil from Russia and left the door open to Ankara obtaining F-35 fighter jets, as the leaders looked to resolve a number of longstanding issues that have strained ties between the NATO allies.

“I’d like to have him stop buying any oil from ...Read more

“On and On” singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop said Sweden is on his travel bucket list. (Courtesy of Liz Kamlet)

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Stephen Bishop

Travel / Celebrity Travel /

Singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop (“On and On,” “Save It for a Rainy Day,” “It Might Be You”) had a sold-out tour planned when the COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench in his plans. “Sadly, we were never able to reschedule the dates,” said Bishop, now 73. “[But lockdown did give] me time to really reflect on my career. In the end, ...Read more

Covered and filled with paintings, Lucerne’s Chapel Bridge zigzags its way across the Reuss River. (Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Rick Steves’ Europe: Luzern’s lion, lake and lovely bridges

Travel / Rick Steves' Europe /

Pretty, pristine, and perched on a lake, with a striking mountain panorama as a backdrop, Luzern has long been Switzerland’s tourism capital. Since the Romantic era in the 19th century, it's been a regular stop on the "Grand Tour" of Europe for the likes of Mark Twain and Queen Victoria. And with a charming old town, a pair of picture-perfect ...Read more

Travel Troubleshooter: Aer Lingus Promises A Full Refund After A Pilot Strike, To No Avail

Travel / Travel Troubleshooter /

Q: I paid $7,155 for a business class ticket from Hartford, Connecticut, to Dublin on Aer Lingus. When a pilot strike threatened my trip, the airline emailed me three options, including a full refund, which I selected.

Aer Lingus refunded me $6,096 but withheld $1,058, claiming that business class tickets only qualify for an 85% refund. I filed...Read more

Northern Lights Aurora Borealis at night. Dreamstime/TCA

Taking the Kids: Fall getaways for new empty nesters

Travel / Taking The Kids /

Congratulations! There’s no more carpooling, no more worry about teens getting home late, no more nagging about doing dishes or cleaning up their rooms.

Finally, you’re an empty nester. And whether you are a solo parent or a couple, you deserve to reward yourselves for making it this far.

Of course you don’t want to go overboard, not ...Read more

“Hummingbird Highway” singer-songwriter Dar Williams is looking forward to touring again in 2026. (Carly Rae Brunalt)

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Dar Williams

Travel / Celebrity Travel /

“Every audience has a regional vibe [that’s] wonderful,” said musician Dar Williams. “I've learned that in the United Kingdom, oftentimes they are laughing and appreciating a concert – on the inside. After the concert is when I find out I haven't bombed. Irish audiences have been so demonstrative and generous. I told an audience in ...Read more

During Oktoberfest, Munich’s Wies’n grounds host around 15 gigantic tents, all of which operate like pop-up beer halls. (Rick Steves, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Rick Steves’ Europe: Oktoberfest: Munich’s massive kegger

Travel / Rick Steves' Europe /

Every fall, Munich throws the planet's biggest kegger – Oktoberfest. It’s a sloppy soup of locals and tourists swaying beer steins and toasting to “Gemütlichkeit,” the cozy and convivial atmosphere.

Oktoberfest dates to 1810, when the Bavarian king threw a grand public wedding reception for his son. It was such a hit that they decided ...Read more

Amasonata river cruise ship near Durnstein Austria. Amasonata is one of AmaWaterways vessels that cruise rivers in Europe. Dreamstime/TCA

Taking the Kids: On a Rhine River cruise

Travel / Taking The Kids /

Next time your kids squabble, tell them what happened to the two German “Hostile Brothers.”

Let’s time travel back to the 14th century when young Henry and his younger brother Konrad, sons of a noble, fell in love with the same girl. Our always engaging cruise director, Rachel Couto Gomes, narrates their story as we cruise on the Read more

“Tempest” producer and actress Alicia Hannah-Kim said working in Korea on the series was a dream come true. (Timothy Fernandez)

Celebrity Travel: Go away with Alicia Hannah-Kim

Travel / Celebrity Travel /

When “Cobra Kai” actress Alicia Hannah-Kim was asked to help secure a team of western actors to appear in the K-drama “Tempest,” she went to work to assemble a cast that includes well-known actors like John Cho, Spencer Garrett, Michael Gaston, Brooke Smith, Christopher Gorham and Jacob Bertrand. “I think a lot of people think that K-...Read more

Brexit hasn’t ruined your trip to the United Kingdom — but it has added some wrinkles. (Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Rick Steves’ Europe)

Rick Steves’ Europe: How Brexit has impacted your trip to the UK

Travel / Rick Steves' Europe /

It’s been nine years since Brexit, when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU). That decision sent shockwaves across Europe, and everyone — from pundits to economists to pub regulars — loved making predictions about the impact it would have. It took years to sort out the details, but now that the dust has settled, the ...Read more

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The Michelin Guide's most beautiful hotels in California for 2025

Travel / Travel News /

The Michelin Guide isn’t just for restaurants. The guidebook’s anonymous, difficult-to-please investigators are also concerned about hotels – and they have some thoughts on what’s in California.

In 2024, Michelin started awarding “keys” to global hotels based on criteria like architecture, value and quality of service. Aside from ...Read more

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Bay Area community of Afghan immigrants feels betrayed and uncertain in the wake of Trump's travel ban

Travel / Travel Tips /

As the Trump administration continues to bar citizens of over a dozen foreign nations, local immigrant communities have been left feeling frustrated and fearful.

The travel ban, which expands on Trump’s efforts to ban nationals from several predominantly Muslim countries in his first term, now includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic...Read more

 

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