Kate Auletta

As I stepped into the elevator my palms sweated, my knees shook and my teeth chattered.

"It's only broken down twice," said my guide.

"Oh, great," I replied, staring at the floor rather than looking out the windows.

The exterior elevator began its 88-foot climb to the five-year-old...

London is bracing itself. The 2012 Summer Olympics officially begin on July 27 and the capital of a country known for bumbling self-consciousness is about to have the eyes of the world upon it.

Eager to get a sense of the preparations, I headed toward the area...

Even as I waded into the water, peeling seaweed off my crispy skin, stepping on rocks and stubbing my big toe, I knew I needed it.

It had been four months since my last vacation. I know what you're thinking, and I thought it, too, until I realized just how...

Rob Lowe -- he of "Parks and Recreation," "The West Wing" and "St. Elmo's Fire" -- has been enlisted by the state of California to be their “Official ‘Unofficial’ California Tour Guide."

Lowe moved to California in 1976 and he knows his way around the state. The actor has begun...

I have just returned from three days at Disney World. I'm a tad sunburnt, a bit exhausted and have sore legs. But I'm also exhilarated.

I'll be honest: I was a bit terrified by the prospect of spending three days at a crowded amusement park during high...

Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, the Fantasy, was christened on the Hudson River in New York City Thursday night.

Ample amounts of champagne flowed as guests toured the ship's atrium, which still had that "new ship smell," and guests were treated to a mini-Disney concert inside the ship's...

I have a love/hate relationship with football.

I hate that, for the last remaining 80 degree days in the fall, I find myself sitting inside yelling at the television as if it was the playoffs. I hate that Sundays in the fall mean nose-tingling wings (I don't eat them,...

An unidentified Sikh man in his mid-50s was stabbed while waiting for his flight on Sunday evening at Fresno's Yosemite International Airport.

The man was waiting for his flight around 5:30pm on Sunday in the airport near the security checkpoint with his translator when a 26-year-old white...

"Austin's great."

"Austin is the best."

"You'll love Austin. It's just so...weird."

It was like a Shakespearean chorus of voices in my head as I landed in the Texas capital. As soon as I got off the plane, there were shirts, coffee mugs, everything with the city's catchphrase "Keep Austin...

James Ogle, a filmmaker who posts his videos on the perennially fantastic website Vimeo, has created an time-lapse video of New York City--complete with shots of Times Square, Lincoln Center, and Grand Central Station, among others.

The video gives a glimpse into the lives of New Yorkers...

Back in May, it was announced that Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the former pilot who manned the "Miracle on the Hudson" plane, was to become a CBS News Aviation and Safety Expert.

Last week, we caught up with the hero pilot from his home in the...

There's a reason so many songs have been written about our southern neighbors. Mexico is home to nearly 114 million people, with 78% of the population living in urban areas such as Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey.

Yet, despite Mexico's widely urban population, the beach towns along the country's Pacific...

Chef Andrew Weissman, who owns a slew of restaurants in San Antonio, doesn't just travel for fun, he travels for food. "I don't have friends who don't travel for food," he tells Huffington Post Travel from his home in San Antonio.

With the town heading into its third day...

In a serious breach of TSA security, a JetBlue passenger at New York's JFK airport was able to pass through security with three box-cutters in his carry-on luggage according to the The New York Post.

Eusebio D. Peraltalajara, a 45-year old man from Jersey City attempting to...

A new airline will debut sometime in 2011 serving direct flights from New York's JFK airport to Las Vegas' McCarren airport.

The much-reported on airline, LV Air, makes big claims in its aim to be the carrier for east coast passengers to Sin City. Here's the one...

Like most life-long New Yorkers, I happen to be of the opinion that the world tends to revolve around the five boroughs. Who wouldn't want to live amongst the sights and sounds of New York City?

Yet this weekend I found myself in Philadelphia visiting relatives and I found, to...

LONDON -- A London apartment that Jimi Hendrix lived in is opening to the public as part of an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of his death.

Hendrix moved into the top floor of 23 Brook Street with his English girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, in 1968, two years after he came...

In some countries we're sure there are celebrities who are just happy being singers or actors. That just isn't the case in America. We're all about "brand expansions"--from perfume and clothing lines to hotels. Robert Redford seems to have started the trend when he bought the Sundance Resort in 1969....

There are scenes from movies set in a car and there are the quintessential road trip movies. While our personal favorites are "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" and "Dumb and Dumber," we want to know which are your favorites!

Here at HuffPost Travel, we're fully committed to the idea that travel, no matter how close or far you go, is in everyone's DNA.

As the editor of this new section, I want to hear from you, the reader, about your best, your worst, your wackiest, your...