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Jennifer Allen

Southwest Airlines now offers ABCmouse educational content for kids in-flight

Family travel is having a moment, and airlines are taking notice. With 92% of parents planning to travel with their children this year, the highest intention level since before the pandemic, carriers are looking for ways to make the experience better for every passenger on board, including the youngest ones.

The martini cracked the global top 10 for 2 years straight, and new data credits a drink that looks nothing like the original

June 19 is National Martini Day, and the drink it honors has ranked among the world’s most-ordered cocktails for a second consecutive year on terms its midcentury reputation never anticipated. Younger consumers drive the category through mini pours, afternoon occasions and flight menus that remove the intimidation of

Vancouver in summer: The food city that’s finally getting its due

Vancouver has earned a place on every serious food traveler’s list for 2026, and the FIFA World Cup is only part of the reason. The Michelin Guide named it one of 16 best food cities in the world for 2026, and recommended summer: the season when Pacific seafood peaks,

More than half of Americans now celebrate Juneteenth, and the food on the table carries a West African history most people have never heard of

At the edge of Gadsden’s Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, a shallow pool catches the harbor light. Look down, and the floor comes into focus: hundreds of engraved human figures, packed together in the configuration of a ship’s hold. The Tide Tribute sits beneath the International African American

Whale watching has 2 perfect seasons. Most travelers only book 1

The humpback whales breaching off Alaska’s Inside Passage in July are the same animals fluking through Banderas Bay by December. They travel roughly 3,000 miles each way, feeding in Alaska’s cold, nutrient-rich waters through summer, then heading south to Mexico’s Pacific coast to breed and

Record numbers of Americans are camping this summer, and most don’t know the unwritten rules that matter most

More than 52 million North American households camped last year, surpassing pre-pandemic participation levels. A wave of first-time campers arrived between 2020 and 2022 and largely stayed, growing a market that now generates $66 billion in local community spending. What that boom has not produced, for many of

More retirees are choosing life at sea than most people realize, and a new class of residential ships is making it possible

For decades, retirement meant a fixed address. Now, a growing number of Americans are trading the deed to a house for a cabin aboard a ship, and the industry building to meet them is more crowded with ambition than it has ever been. The distinction matters, as this is not