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Jennifer Allen

The biggest iced tea trend isn’t what’s in the glass — it’s how you make it

National Iced Tea Day on June 10 arrives with iced tea looking far different from the pitcher-and-powder formula many Americans grew up with. Home hosts are turning to cold-brew methods, house-made flavored syrups and bar-style presentation borrowed from coffee shops and cocktail menus. For a

Armony Marival is the Punta de Mita resort getting luxury family travel right

The first thing you notice at Armony Marival is what you cannot see; walk the path from the lobby toward the water, and the architecture keeps slipping behind fig trees and parota, the terraced buildings following the hillside instead of cutting through it. The effect lands somewhere between Costa Rica

Budapest secretly played Moscow, Paris and Las Vegas in your favorite movies

The Moscow car chase you remember from a “Die Hard” sequel never went near Russia, the dust-choked Las Vegas casino in “Blade Runner 2049” was a derelict palace half a world away and the grand opera house where Jennifer Lawrence makes her entrance in “Red Sparrow” has never hosted

More travelers are trading restaurant tables for cutting boards — and coming home with more than memories

Cooking classes, market tours and food workshops earn a permanent place on travel itineraries, as travelers look for ways to participate in local culture, not just observe it. About 69% of millennials and Gen Z say creating something with their hands is one of the most rewarding parts of travel,

Six Flags is betting you’d rather pay monthly than buy a season pass

Six Flags is making a bet that the way Americans pay for a day at the amusement park is due for a change. The company is expanding its monthly Membership program to six more parks, pitching a continuous subscription as the successor to the once-a-summer season pass. Instead

Mexico City runs on a food calendar most visitors never learn to read

Mexico City is one of the destinations food travelers are prioritizing this summer. About 69% of travelers turn to street food and food carts to find local flavors when they travel, and few cities reward that appetite like Mexico City. From before sunrise to past midnight, the city runs on

Whole hog, pork shoulder, vinegar, mustard: The Carolinas’ great barbecue argument is the best reason to drive through both states

America’s road trip revival has a destination: the Carolinas. Seventy-one percent of Americans plan to drive on their next vacation, and the two-state stretch between the North Carolina coast and the South Carolina Midlands emerges as one of the country’s most compelling food drives. The barbecue