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AFAR’s Gift Guide for Shopping Small Businesses

Delight the travel lover in your life—and feel good about your holiday shopping this year—with these 23 gift ideas from small businesses around the world.

November 3, 2022 01:24 PM

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Lyndsey Matthews

The Bueng Bua Boardwalk is over one kilometre long, and stretches over the Thung Sam Roi Yot marsh. It's the largest freshwater marsh in Thailand

Epic Trips

I Fed Elephants and Drifted Through Mangroves in Thailand—All in My Wheelchair

Tour operators are offering more accessible adventures throughout the country.

April 30, 2025 05:33 PM

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Cory Lee

Tired of waiting in long TSA security lines? Help is on the way.

Air Travel News

Getting Through TSA Will Be Easier and Quicker in 2023—Here’s Why

The agency is enhancing its technology and protocols at almost every step of the security screening process with the hopes of reducing congestion and stress for travelers and agents alike.

December 22, 2022 04:50 PM

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Michelle Baran

Outdoor Adventure

4 Things I Wish I Knew Before Traveling Solo to a National Park

Come prepared to make the most of this type of solo adventure.

July 17, 2024 06:53 PM

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Bailey Berg

A mother holding a child wearing a coat and pink backpack in an airport security lane

A new program called Families on the Fly aims to make airport security easier for families, as well as for the general flying public. But whether it works will depend on how it’s executed.

July 23, 2025 06:49 PM

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Jamie Davis Smith

Cities We Love

7 Ways to Uncover History in Nuremberg

From the Middle Ages to WWII, the past is never far away in Bavaria’s second-largest city.

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Holiday Travel

Why Stockholm Is the Perfect Christmas Town

It might not be the first place that springs to mind, but it’s seriously festive and fun.

October 27, 2023 01:59 PM

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Lottie Gross

A field of pink and yellow wildflowers greet a hiker in Telluride, as she hikes past a waterfall, trees and rocky terrian.

Outdoor Adventure

Come for the Skiing, Stay for the Summers

Unplug and get into a summer state of mind in Telluride with spa treatments, yoga sessions, and time outdoors.

The Emmy-winning actor wants fellow entrepreneurs to travel more. Here’s how she’s helping them get it done as the newest American Express ambassador.

June 10, 2025 12:38 PM

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Cat Sposato

U.S. Beaches

The 10 Best Beaches in Southern California

From Santa Barbara to San Diego, we’ve narrowed down hundreds of miles to 10 magnificent beaches for your next sunny getaway.

November 7, 2022 01:06 PM

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Sarah Purkrabek

Cape Town, South Africa, City, Buildings, Table Mountain

Where to Go in Fall

10 Best Places to Travel in November

November is for late harvest festivals and early holiday markets.

September 29, 2025 01:46 PM

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Mark Ellwood

A large selection of different french and italian cheeses on the counter of a small store at the market in the Bastille district.

Restaurants + Cafés

Where to Shop for Cheese in Paris

These five fromageries are treasure troves of surprising cheeses.

July 23, 2024 07:19 AM

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Sophie Friedman

Magome juku post town of the Nakasendo with central alps mountain at sunrise, Kiso valley in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Famous travel landmark of preserved old Japanese town.

Outdoor Adventure

A 331-Mile Trail in Japan Through Centuries-Old Villages Will Transport You to the Era of Shoguns and Samurais

Sprinkled along the Nakasendo trail, centuries-old towns look nearly as they would have in the Edo period.

April 10, 2025 10:29 AM

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Haley Harrison

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