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World’s Coolest Travel Jobs: What It’s Like to Be a Cruise Ship Captain

We chat with the first American female captain of a megaship and learn how she started out, what it’s like to live on a cruise ship, and the most interesting day she’s ever had at sea.

April 4, 2018 01:25 PM

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Ashlea Halpern

Health + Wellness

This Is How You Live on Swiss Time

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner— with 24 hours’ notice—to Switzerland, where she learned a lesson in Swiss serenity.

December 11, 2015 02:23 PM

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Travel Insiders

SoulCycle’s CEO on Exploratory Travel and the One Cuisine She Can’t Live Without

We caught up with Melanie Whelan to talk travel.

December 21, 2016 01:34 PM

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Danielle Walsh

Style + Design

Where to Vacation in a Frank Lloyd Wright Home

What’s better than touring a Frank Lloyd Wright house? Sleeping in one

July 11, 2017 07:15 PM

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Devorah Lev-Tov

History + Culture

As a Traveler, How Do You Walk Sarajevo’s Bridge to the Past?

With 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent writer Michael Clinton to the reborn capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina 20 years after a siege that broke the world’s heart.

October 11, 2016 12:48 PM

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Michael Clinton

Outdoor Adventure

Norway Is One of the World’s Happiest Countries. Is Friluftsliv the Secret?

Fjordside farms, foraged cuisine, and the Mountain Code: Norwegians claim to have a unique relationship with nature. Perhaps it’s something in their nature.

July 24, 2019 01:50 PM

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Lisa Abend

History + Culture

How to Get a New View of Pearl Harbor

A new tour combines tragic American history with glowing scenery as it retraces the flight path used by the Japanese bombers on December 7, 1941.

November 29, 2016 01:16 PM

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Will McGough

Festivals + Events

6 Ways to Travel Deeper in Rio During the Olympics

A guide to going off the beaten path during Brazil’s biggest event of the year.

June 15, 2016 07:42 PM

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Nick Pachelli

Festivals + Events

How to Survive and Thrive at America’s Cup 35

If you’re in Bermuda for the big event, here’s how to make the most of your time in—and out of—the America’s Cup Village.

June 13, 2017 05:39 PM

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David LaHuta

Restaurants + Cafés

Cooking for a Cause: Michael Solomonov

February 1, 2017 10:09 AM

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Jennifer Flowers

Other

Where to Eat, Shop, and Hike in This Underrated European City

This under-the-radar city will win you over faster than you can say “kilt.”

December 1, 2015 07:47 PM

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Sarah Sung

Travel Tips + Etiquette

5 Ways to Survive a Mercury Retrograde While Traveling

A professional astrologer gives tips on how to avoid travel disasters when the planets AREN’T aligned.

January 22, 2016 03:05 PM

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Ryan Evans

National Parks

Largest Protected Area on Earth Created off the Coast of Hawai‘i

Obama’s expansion of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Monument is a win for conservation.

August 26, 2016 04:11 PM

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Matt Villano

Food + Drink

A Day in the Life of a Food Forager

What it takes to source New England’s most delicious ingredients for the Ocean House hotel in Rhode Island

May 18, 2016 01:37 PM

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Jennifer Flowers

Loyalty + Rewards

Everything You Need to Know About Cruise Lines’ Rewards Programs: The Extra Mile

Frequent cruisers can earn all kinds of perks when they earn elite status

February 11, 2016 12:37 PM

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Ramsey Qubein

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