World Hum Travel Movie Club: National Lampoon’s ‘Vacation’

Philadelphia Welcomed Record Amount of International Visitors in 2007

Denali National Park Buses Going Hybrid?

Baggage: Check It or Ship It?

Susan Sessions Rugh: ‘The Golden Age of American Family Vacations’

Elyse Franko asks the author of “Are We There Yet?” about the rise and fall of the family vacation, segregation in travel and how family trips are changing today

As a Woman, Can I Really Travel Without Much Fear for my Safety?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

Inside Slum Tourism

With mixed feelings, Rob Verger recently signed on for a tour of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. He looks back on the experience—and the photos he was allowed to take.

Break Bread and Brie in France

Great cheese abounds in the land of Gaul, but dig in and you risk committing any number of faux pas. Terry Ward explains how to partake of the nation’s famed fromage with savoir faire.

10 Wanderlust-Inducing Summer Concerts

Call it world music or global pop or the sound of the world hum. Ben Keene reveals 10 acts on tour that are sure to transport you. Plus videos.

A Journey Into ‘The Second World’

Some bureaucrats joke that they would never claim expertise about countries they had not at least flown over. In an excerpt from his new book, Parag Khanna argues that real global understanding can only come from serious travel.

‘The Worst Guidebook Writer Ever’?

Lonely Planet author Robert Reid reviews Thomas Kohnstamm’s “Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?” and weighs in on the controversy surrounding it

Is the United States ‘The Most Underrated Country in the World’?

See, that’s the crux of the problem. Americans are interested in America and so is the rest of the world. So when tourists visit America, they think Americans know squat about the world, while everybody knows so much about America. Well, whose fault is it that nobody finds your tiny country interesting?

Someone above said we should leave 9/11 out of talks about travel....How can you???? If it were not for 9/11 and our current administration, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. Am I incorrect in saying that the rapid decline in U.S. travel occured after 9/11/01? Don’t Americans realize that in the last 7 years, Bush and his cohorts have completely eradicated all foreign policy and goodwill, that has taken our country decades to ensure. Does anyone comprehend the implications of this for future generations? This is not something we, as Americans, should read and then forget. This is our legacy. This is our children and grandchildrens issue now, that we are leaving them to deal with.
Yes...we must have security procedures in place for people coming into this country, but being rude, insolent, and ignorant should not be part of the training rountine for our customs officals. A little common sense goes a long way.