Budget Travel came out with their 2008 list of the top 10 “new” places to visit this year which, by “new,” I think they mean “not overrun by tourists yet” rather than physical age. (I have a feeling Bergerac, France is probably not that new.) Here are a few highlights. ● Trying to get off-the-beaten-path [...]

How the little island of Dominica has embraced its reputation as the “real” Caribbean. By Manda Spring Imagine a unique and unspoiled land, free of pollution and overdevelopment and full of natural beauty. Many of the islands in the vast Eastern Caribbean archipelago display a sense of modernized atmosphere and they are driven by the [...]

Have you ever tried to find travel videos using YouTube? It’s a complete mess. I just clicked on the most watched videos of the week found under the “Travel and Events” category and I found a sampling of videos ranging from footage of planes landing to highlights of the Emmys. Not to worry, there’s [...]

I actually happen to love fall. I love that the hot, humid summer days are finally behind us, I like the energy of the city as people move back in from their summer retreats, and I especially love to start planning my first trip out of the country to escape the cold air that I’ll [...]

Oktoberfest is just around the corner (9/20 - 10/5), and just in time for this vapid event are your predictable slew of superfluous Oktoberfest “guides” which purport to help you fit in with the mostly tourist crowd that descends on Munich every year. I’m not so much against the idea of Oktoberfest - the annual [...]

Last night the New York Times travel writer, Matt Gross (a/k/a The Frugal Traveler), stopped by Idlewild Bookstore, the new travel bookstore here in New York, for a talk about his recently wrapped up “Grand Tour” of Europe, his thoughts on the idea of travel writing, and his plans (or lack thereof) for next summer. [...]

I’ve lived in New York almost two years now, and even in that short amount of time it’s amazing to me how quickly I’ve forgotten about all of the incredible sights there are to see and the variety of things there are to do here. I guess it’s inevitable that any place you live starts [...]

Enjoying the high life in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, without breaking the bank takes a little discipline and a lot of imagination. By Matt Stabile There’s no doubt about it: I had traveled to Gothenburg in first class; once I got there it was back to reality. I’d just arrived from Stockholm on the [...]

Is it really possible to do a major European travel destination on the cheap? Is fall a better time to visit Barcelona now that summer is over? Does Woody Allen’s new movie “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” make you want to visit there or does it make you just miss classic ’70′s Woody? Well it is possible [...]

Sweden’s long summer days and cool nights out makes it one of the best places to visit in Europe come the longest day of the year. By Matt Stabile This was classic Stockholm. It was just past midnight and from our view in one of Stockholm’s highest rooftop bars we’d just watched the sun finally [...]