The Winter Clearance Sales are Already Hot I'm currently enjoying warm days in Mexico, but I did take a jaunt up to NYC for a conference two weeks ago and didn't see the sun the entire time I was gone. No wonder so many people are trying to escape ...

Guanajuato State Beyond San Miguel de Allende This has been a great year for San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. After topping several magazine readers' polls in 2020 as the "best city in the world" or "best small city in the world," they proved it was...

A Long and Short Road Trip, a Novelist's Portugal, and a Remote Stilt City Over Crocodiles The situation with borders, varients, and vaccines is still fluid, long after we hoped we'd be out of the woods on this. Many of our writers are still out an...

You Can Visit More Than 1 or 2 Countries Now (Yes, even Americans) Despite the wishful thinking of leaders in some U.S. states, this virus threat hasn't gone away. Thankfully some other countries have done better at clamping down and stopping the sp...

From one of the hottest places to sleeping on ice... Hey, how's your winter going? Many people fall into one of two camps this time of year. They get grumpy and dream about escaping to somewhere sunny and warm, or they cheerfully ...

The Most Visitors...or the Most Dollars? The United Nations World Tourism Organization put out a report recently showing that the Americas received 233 million tourists and the tourists spent approximately US$333 billion. That's behind Asia and Euro...

More Good News out of Mexico I mentioned last newsletter that despite all the very real problems in Mexico, the destination blew away all previous records for tourism last year, with 39 million visitors, and there's practically a gold rush going on ...

You are calling the shots now From early childhood, we are brought up to be obedient. Do what the babysitter says. Do what the teacher says. Do what the professor says. Play the notes like they're written. Keep your head down and do what the boss s...

The "Luxury All-inclusive" Concept Turns 20 in Mexico Do you remember when you first heard the phrase "luxury all-inclusive"? I do, and people laughed derisively when they heard it. The feedback I heard from many upscale travelers was that the whole...

More Flight Options and...The World's Greatest City? It seems to us that every month or two we're seeing a new announcement about increased flights to Mexico. As the country has passed the 30 million tourists mark, there's a mad rush to meet demand,...

The Winter Clearance Sales are Already Hot I'm currently enjoying warm days in Mexico, but I did take a jaunt up to NYC for a conference two weeks ago and didn't see the sun the entire time I was gone. No wonder so many people are trying to escape ...

Guanajuato State Beyond San Miguel de Allende This has been a great year for San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. After topping several magazine readers' polls in 2020 as the "best city in the world" or "best small city in the world," they proved it was...

A Long and Short Road Trip, a Novelist's Portugal, and a Remote Stilt City Over Crocodiles The situation with borders, varients, and vaccines is still fluid, long after we hoped we'd be out of the woods on this. Many of our writers are still out an...

You Can Visit More Than 1 or 2 Countries Now (Yes, even Americans) Despite the wishful thinking of leaders in some U.S. states, this virus threat hasn't gone away. Thankfully some other countries have done better at clamping down and stopping the sp...

From one of the hottest places to sleeping on ice... Hey, how's your winter going? Many people fall into one of two camps this time of year. They get grumpy and dream about escaping to somewhere sunny and warm, or they cheerfully ...

The Most Visitors...or the Most Dollars? The United Nations World Tourism Organization put out a report recently showing that the Americas received 233 million tourists and the tourists spent approximately US$333 billion. That's behind Asia and Euro...

More Good News out of Mexico I mentioned last newsletter that despite all the very real problems in Mexico, the destination blew away all previous records for tourism last year, with 39 million visitors, and there's practically a gold rush going on ...

You are calling the shots now From early childhood, we are brought up to be obedient. Do what the babysitter says. Do what the teacher says. Do what the professor says. Play the notes like they're written. Keep your head down and do what the boss s...

The "Luxury All-inclusive" Concept Turns 20 in Mexico Do you remember when you first heard the phrase "luxury all-inclusive"? I do, and people laughed derisively when they heard it. The feedback I heard from many upscale travelers was that the whole...

More Flight Options and...The World's Greatest City? It seems to us that every month or two we're seeing a new announcement about increased flights to Mexico. As the country has passed the 30 million tourists mark, there's a mad rush to meet demand,...

The Winter Clearance Sales are Already Hot I'm currently enjoying warm days in Mexico, but I did take a jaunt up to NYC for a conference two weeks ago and didn't see the sun the entire time I was gone. No wonder so many people are trying to escape ...

Guanajuato State Beyond San Miguel de Allende This has been a great year for San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. After topping several magazine readers' polls in 2020 as the "best city in the world" or "best small city in the world," they proved it was...

A Long and Short Road Trip, a Novelist's Portugal, and a Remote Stilt City Over Crocodiles The situation with borders, varients, and vaccines is still fluid, long after we hoped we'd be out of the woods on this. Many of our writers are still out an...

You Can Visit More Than 1 or 2 Countries Now (Yes, even Americans) Despite the wishful thinking of leaders in some U.S. states, this virus threat hasn't gone away. Thankfully some other countries have done better at clamping down and stopping the sp...

From one of the hottest places to sleeping on ice... Hey, how's your winter going? Many people fall into one of two camps this time of year. They get grumpy and dream about escaping to somewhere sunny and warm, or they cheerfully ...

The Most Visitors...or the Most Dollars? The United Nations World Tourism Organization put out a report recently showing that the Americas received 233 million tourists and the tourists spent approximately US$333 billion. That's behind Asia and Euro...

More Good News out of Mexico I mentioned last newsletter that despite all the very real problems in Mexico, the destination blew away all previous records for tourism last year, with 39 million visitors, and there's practically a gold rush going on ...

You are calling the shots now From early childhood, we are brought up to be obedient. Do what the babysitter says. Do what the teacher says. Do what the professor says. Play the notes like they're written. Keep your head down and do what the boss s...

The "Luxury All-inclusive" Concept Turns 20 in Mexico Do you remember when you first heard the phrase "luxury all-inclusive"? I do, and people laughed derisively when they heard it. The feedback I heard from many upscale travelers was that the whole...

More Flight Options and...The World's Greatest City? It seems to us that every month or two we're seeing a new announcement about increased flights to Mexico. As the country has passed the 30 million tourists mark, there's a mad rush to meet demand,...