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Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, was, until recently, considered the forbidden fruit of travel destinations for Americans. In 2015, the U.S., which had placed a 50-plus year embargo against the country, loosened its travel restrictions, thrusting the exotic, enigmatic spot on the map in the spotlight. The first commercial flight from the U.S.…
They don’t call New York the city that never sleeps for nothing. It’s true; the always-bustling Big Apple doesn’t take a day off—not even in the winter, when shoe-soaking snow, rain, and sleet blanket the sidewalks and the thermostat shows off below-zero temps. Huddles of friends hide out in bars alongside fireplaces or cozy up…
Photo courtesy of Flickr/Craig Sunter Looking for some travel hack inspiration for 2017? YouTube‘s got you covered. From packing perfectly to scoring free upgrades, these travel hack videos will entertain, inform, and ensure you’re getting the most our of your hard-earned vacation time.
Drone footage in Puerto Vallarta by Oyster.com Watching a travel video used to mean zoning out in the living room while being forced to watch your aunt and uncle’s painstaking tour of their hotel room. But today’s travel vloggers are going above and beyond. From soaring in hot air balloons in Africa to sampling bizarre…
Call us cliché, but New York City is one of the most magical places to spend the holidays. There’s the Rockefeller Center ice skating rink and famed Christmas tree, pop-up holiday market in Union Square, trees that are dripping in twinkling lights, and of course, the spectacular Fifth Avenue holiday window displays. The catch? With…
Photo courtesy of Flickr/Håkan Dahlström Wherever you are in the world and whatever your drink of choice may be — wine, beer, sake, juice — raising a glass to good health and even better company is a ubiquitous gesture. What you say while toasting, however, varies from destination to destination. We believe, much like “hello,”…
Norway is absolutely stunning. It’s home to charming cities like Bergen, as well as bustling waterfront metropolises such as Oslo, the country’s capital. But the vast majority of visitors come to Norway for its natural beauty, best displayed by the country’s iconic fjords. On our last trip to Norway, we visited the county of Sogn…
To enjoy a well-rounded dinner in the U.S. (we’re talking maybe a burger and fries with a beer, a salad to start, and something sweet to finish), you’ll need about $25 dollars in your pocket. But that’s not the case everywhere in the world. In Norway, for example, $25 will just get you the bare…
New York’s iconic Grand Central Station No one wants to stick out like a sore thumb while on vacation; after all, these days “tourist” can almost sound like a curse word — especially the way New Yorkers say it. One place that makes it particularly (painfully) clear who is a local, and who is not,…
It happens all the time, every day. But we find that we’re called out most often for mispronouncing words when we’re traveling — and it’s no wonder! Encountering new languages and new things makes for plenty of new opportunities to call something by the wrong name. It’s an innocent enough mistake, but locals really appreciate…