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Want a better beach trip? Go when everyone else isn’t. These destinations shine in the shoulder season.

The spring break of your dreams is closer than you realized on Alabama’s beaches.

Of the 63 national parks in the United States, about a third are free to visit every day of the year.

As the sun’s cycle reaches solar maximum, the aurora borealis will be brighter than ever in 2024 and the “Land of the Midnight Sun” is among the top places to see it. Join the Alaska experts at UnCruise Adventures for a dream trip in the state filled with natural wonders and adventure.

This region in Chile is home to outdoor adventure galore.

The vacation rental platform is looking for out-of-the-box property ideas—the weirder, the better.

Afar’s team roamed wide in 2024. These were our favorite spots from a year of exploring.

Natural sights and urban delights—Vancouver has it all.

Set in storied villas, quiet gardens, and stylish palazzi, these Florence hotels offer a more intimate take on the city’s Renaissance heart.

Eat chili-garlic lobster, take a boat to Little Tobago Island, or hike the oldest protected forest in the Americas.

Hike through a subtropical rain forest by day, drink great wine in a luxury lodge by night on a Great Walk of Australia.

New year, new travels for you.

The National Park Service unveiled a revamped calendar for when Americans can enter the national parks for free in 2026, dropping Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth for Flag Day (also President Trump’s birthday) and Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday.

In 2026, the VidantaWorld resort and entertainment complex in Nuevo Vallarta will welcome a new theme park named BON (Beauty of Nature) and an all-suite hotel with a focus on luxury, nature, and fewer crowds.

Big Sky Resort just welcomed One&Only Moonlight Basin, the most exciting hotel opening in this scenic ski town.