The Discovery Cabin at SunLund By-the-Sea on BC’s Sunshine Coast The Sunshine Coast Trail is Canada’s longest hut-to-hut trail, a 112-mile (180-kilometer) route through British Columbia’s coastal rainforest north of Vancouver. But when I decided to hike a few days of this trail with my daughter and her partner, I wanted to sleep indoors, not…
Heading out to the open road is always exciting. You don’t have to worry about leaving on time for the airport. Or about how much luggage you can take with you on the road. Throwing in an extra bag is just fine, as long as it fits in the trunk. But even though weight or…
Just ten minutes from the village of Chivay, lies Aranwa Pueblito Encantado del Colca. Though somewhat remote and located in the small village of Yanque, this 4-star hotel and resort has been ranked as the 9th in Resort hotels in South America. A luxury resort replete with gardens and natural scenery galore, it is only…
The price of getting from one country to another can be a big factor on a short vacation. So the prices for international flights can really impact your budget. The longer you’re away and the more ground you want to cover, however, the more the price of travel within a country will impact your budget….
“Transitional Ethics” is not a term most of us use in our everyday lives, but when it comes to going green it’s a concept we should all become familiar with. Just think about the last time you tried a green product and immediately realized one glaring flaw that triggered your discernment. Did you toss up…
In much of the United States, it’s tough to get around without your own wheels. There’s one major exception to that problem though: the northeast. If you land at JFK or Newark airports, as many foreign visitors do, you’ve got lots of options for bus and train trips from NYC you can take advantage of….
Another strange headline that will never make it to the top of the Google rankings means…a new issue of Perceptive Travel! We’re obviously not publishing articles written by a search engine optimization robot or someone in charge of clickbait at Buzzfeed. Instead, we’ve been bringing you deeper narrative stories from book authors since 2006. Unlike…
The latest issue of Perceptive Travel is out now, with one story from me about what I was doing in the last February before the lockdowns: skiing in Idaho. This is a narrative on my time exploring eight different ski resorts in the southern half of the state, all within a few hours of either…
Many spa resorts built on and around hot springs lay claim to superlatives when it comes to the thermal waters that are the star attraction of their properties. The Springs Resort in Pagosa Springs, CO, is no exception – but it has earned its bragging rights honestly, as its Mother Spring aquifer holds the Guinness…
I admit I knew little about the city of Antwerp, when it was recommended to me as a stopover on my way from Holland to Brussels. Fortunately, what I was to discover was truly eye-opening – and one of my serendipitous finds was our hotel for the night: Mercure City Center Antwerp, a premium property…
