Traveling Tod

If you’re flying this holiday season – whether to visit family, spend time with friends or just to get away – it’s possible you might be traveling with gifts for loved ones. However, taking gifts with you may not be as easy as you think. The good news is that you have some options. If [...]

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, which may be the world’s best-known lopsided structure, is an enduring attraction in the Northern Italian city of Pisa. The nearly 200-foot high tower has undergone years of stabilization work to ensure that visitors can continue to admire its classic architectural beauty. Construction of the tower, which is the bell [...]

Of all the international destinations being booked for the remainder of 2011 by clients of Travel Leaders, one – London, England – has had a big resurgence in popularity. Rising to number three in Travel Leaders’ 2011 Fall Travel Trends Survey, London is now close to the number one ranking it held for many years. [...]

Las Vegas reclaimed its top spot in the recent Fall Travel Trends Survey conducted by Travel Leaders. The desert glamour spot had consistently ranked as the top choice of travelers booking a vacation in the U.S., but recently lost that position to Orlando, Fla., and its fantastic theme parks. The 2011 Fall Travel Trends Survey, [...]

Hoover Dam, located just 30 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, recently marked 75 years of water control and hydroelectric power production on the Colorado River. Spectacular new views of this Depression-era engineering wonder are now available from the nearly 900-foot-high O’Callaghan-Tillman Memorial Bridge, which allows vehicles to cross Black Canyon about 1,500 feet downriver from [...]

Although the island paradise known as Fiji covers a wide 75,000-aquare-mile area swath in the South Pacific, only 10 percent of is actually land. But, that land is exactly what you might imagine the South Pacific to be: lush, mountainous islands surrounded by clear blue water and edged with sandy beaches that are fringed with [...]

A trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., or Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., is an essential part of the American experience for many families. However, Disney is very much a global enterprise, and you can also visit Disney parks in Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong and soon in Shanghai. Tokyo Disneyland, part of the Tokyo [...]

            Even before the April announcement that the U.S. Treasury Department eased restrictions on travel to Cuba, a poll conducted by Travel Leaders showed that 75% of consumers would go or consider going to Cuba if all travel restrictions were lifted.             Cuba is less than 100 miles from the tip of the Florida Keys, [...]

Savvy business travelers accustomed to earning rewards through airline frequent flyer programs are probably just as familiar with another source of rewards – hotel frequent guest programs. Like frequent flyer programs, frequent guest programs encourage loyalty by awarding points, which can be redeemed for free nights and room upgrades. Most frequent guest programs offer multiple [...]

Each summer, some cities that made it through another chilly winter – Milwaukee, Baltimore, Salzburg and Edinburgh, to name a few – celebrate by staging some of the world’s most famous festivals. Milwaukee’s Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, is an 11-day celebration held on the shore of Lake Michigan. The annual festival welcomes hundreds [...]