Published February 28, 2014 on AOL Travel || Spring weather in New York may still be a month or two away, but after a winter this rough it's time to infuse some warm-weather fun into city life. Here are our favorite "spring break"
Published February 28, 2014 on AOL Travel || Rio de Janeiro's famous sites like Copacabana Beach, Sugarloaf Mountain and the Christ the Redeemer statue have been the stuff of postcards as long as people have been sending postcards. Whether you're traveling here
Published February 5, 2014 on AOL Travel || Sure, we're all rooting for Team USA. But in the spirit of Olympic competition we wanted to know: what's the best part of Team USA?It turns out that when it comes to producing gold medal-winning
Published on February 1, 2014 on AOL Travel || From romantic beach vacations to skiing adventures to winter city breaks for a long weekend, here are our picks for places to travel in February. Read more
Published on January 29, 2014 on AOL Travel || In tonight's penultimate episode of Top Chef Season 11, the final three Cheftestants say goodbye to the Big Easy and arrive on the Hawaiian island of Maui. There they'll slice, sauté and serve their
Published October 24, 2013 on AOL Travel || You've chosen your cruise operator and picked which river you want to explore. Your airline tickets are booked and you're eager to relax with a glass of wine as a dreamy landscape passes
Published October 23, 2013 on AOL Travel || A castle looms larger as it gets closer, jutting out over terraced vineyard hills that slope down to the cloudy river water. A crew member appears, clean gray vest buttoned over a
Published on October 22, 2013 on AOL Travel || One of the biggest draws of river cruising is that you pay a lump sum and your entire vacation is handed to you on a silver platter (or a black neoprene
Published October 22, 2013 on AOL Travel || Onion-domed churches, vineyards chiseled into hills, ancient castles and grand palaces: a river cruise on the Danube is a scenic affair. In August I joined Viking River Cruise's Romantic Danube trip from Nuremberg to Budapest. Along the
Published August 13, 2013 on AOL Travel || As New York City's bike share program enters its third month of service, the blue cruiser bikes have already been absorbed into the city's daily landscape. Sure, a few wealthy people grumble