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Top Travel Valentine’s Day Gifts

Before you go and say that Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark holiday, let’s turn that frown upside down. Because any occasion to show appreciation for that special someone who will throw down for you any day of the week should be celebrated. We have the top Valentine’s Day gifts for the traveler — from low to high, thoughtful to exorbitant. Buying a gift for the one you love can be a mission, especially if your partner has a certain taste.…

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Destinations + Hotels to Inspire You

5 Essential Santa Barbara Hotels

There are some places that never get old. And there are some that make you want to pack up and move there. Welcome to Santa Barbara, which is maybe one of the most utopian places in the U.S. It’s like unhappiness can’t exist in a place where there’s over 300 days of sunshine and perfection a year. Here are five essential Santa Barbara hotels for your next getaway. Hotel: El Encanto, A Belmond Hotel Overview You’ve been to the Belmond…

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New York City

Best Jazz Nights in NYC

There’s something about the depths of winter that makes you want to be cozy. If you’re going to venture out of your house, you want to be enveloped in a dark, intimate, and warm spot. It’s all about the music, the lighting, and the crowd. In other words, you need a good jazz night out in NYC, and these are the top places to catch a show now. Bemelmans Location: Upper East Side You can’t say jazz in NYC without…

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Travel Buzz

5 Getaways for Presidents’ Day

Thank goodness for presidents. The upcoming three-day weekend in February is perfectly timed to break up the hardest part of winter. This means that you need to make the holiday weekend count. Whether it’s to catch fresh morning tracks on a ski trip or to head to the beach, here’s where to go for Presidents’ Day that’s outside of the box. Hotel: Silversands Grenada, Grenada The Optimal Presidents’ Day for: Beach time and enjoying one of the most beautiful under-the-radar hotels…

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Celebrity Travel

Harry Connick Jr.

All this talk of Mardi Gras inspired us to find a celeb from New Orleans. We didn’t need to look very far, and if you can’t find one reason to like Harry Connick Jr., well, you just don’t like people. These are a few of Harry Connick’s favorite spots in New Orleans, as well as as well as some of his picks for travels around the world. Not all celebrities travel to do good, especially while road tripping through their…

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Destinations + Hotels to Inspire You

3 New Orleans Hotels to Know

We know; you probably went to Mardi Gras in college and many of you are grateful there was no social media back then. Because if there’s any place where what happens there should stay there, it’s New Orleans. But since your first visit to the Big Easy, a lot has changed. (Not just you, either). Especially in recent years, where there are hotels that are more than just post-revelry crash pads. New Orleans is as cultural as it gets in…

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Best Of The Best

Top New Orleans Restaurants

New York may be the melting pot of the U.S., but New Orleans is the melting pot of cuisine. A fusion of Spanish, French, Native American, and West African, New Orleans offers some of the best food in the United States. There are times to tighten your belt, but a weekend in NOLA is not one of them. Here are seven essential restaurants. A big shout out to Alicia, who gave us her latest list plus her favorite classics of…

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Hotel Reviews

Eleven Experience Bahama House

You know the Bahamas for the beaches and the surreal blues where you can’t find where the sea ends and the sky starts. Then there’s swimming with the pigs, which really is quite the experience. But maybe the most elegant part of the Bahamas is Harbor Island, which is like the Nantucket of the Caribbean. Here’s where to stay in the Bahamas. Overview The Bahamas is made up of over 700 individual islands and cays, but perhaps the most authentic…

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Celebrity Travel

The Show: White Lotus

Sometimes, the location of a show shines just as bright as the stars in it. And when a locale gives some of the most talented stars in Hollywood a run for their money, it’s worth our attention for sure. The second season of White Lotus was filmed in Sicily, and these are the White Lotus locations to put on your list. The Show to Watch The White Lotus is not just a show, but the White Lotus locations in Sicily…

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Style

The Best of Resortwear

There is something especially satisfying about throwing on a bathing suit and sandals in the midst of winter’s polar vortex. We’d all like a long weekend with some Vitamin D and Vitamin Sea right now. Here are the essential resortwear pieces to put in your suitcase for that weekend escape. What once originated as bathing suits and coverups have taken on a whole new dimension as resort wear. With their resortwear collections, designers want to tell a story. As each destination…

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