It wasn't until very recently that American travelers were allowed to visit Cuba legally. But since The U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lifted some of the travel restrictions and granted People-to-People licenses to select tour operators in 2011, Americans have been traveling the short distance...

You've probably heard the chatter that music superstars Beyoncé and Jay-Z recently celebrated their five-year wedding anniversary in Cuba. Their trip reignited questions about whether Americans can travel to Cuba legally. From what I've seen in the media, there are still many misconceptions about Americans traveling to Cuba....

A few weeks ago, I got a call from one of our passengers. She had just returned from Turkey, where she purchased a carpet that she was in love with, but which cost her a pretty penny. She claimed that the carpet was gorgeous -- just what she had been...

With more than 31 years of experience trekking around the globe, I consider myself an experienced traveler, but even veteran travelers fall prey to travel missteps abroad. This year, I resolve to be a better-rounded traveler and soak up every minute of time I spend in each new destination.

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After 30 plus years in the travel business, I'm still surprised each time I see an advertisement for a trip to an exotic destination at an impossible, dirt-cheap price point. Online marketing hyperbole aside, these ads tout "air-inclusive vacations" at Amtrak ticket prices for inclusive tours to amazing destinations.

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I've dedicated the past 31 years of my life to creating travel programs that give people a taste of the beautiful diversity and magic that is found when we venture into the world. But nothing I've accomplished in my career matches the project of two ambitious and creative young men...

More than 84 million Americans are expected to travel over the holidays this year, and 42 percent plan to fly to their destination. As this is the busiest travel time of the year, I started thinking about how travel, particularly air travel, has drastically changed over the last several decades....

Ever since Ellen Creager of the Detroit Free Press published her article last August asking whether legal travel to Cuba was in danger of ending, I've had many calls from journalists asking about my thoughts on the subject. Friendly Planet Travel, which I started more than 30 years...

Fifty or so years ago, no one would have believed that the most lavish, luxurious, futuristic city in the world would be built, practically from scratch, surrounded by the desert. Yet, that describes Dubai's amazing metamorphosis into what is today the epitome of opulence among cities in the world.

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The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games is only a few hours away and that means London is bracing itself for an influx of millions of visitors. Or so you would think. If you're someone who has always dreamed of traveling to London or...

My job as president of a travel company affords me the opportunity to see travel trends first-hand, as bookings to different destinations rise and fall with the times. The most recent trend I've come across? Bookings to Greece are in a terrible slump. In my opinion, this unfortunate...