Layovers Worth Extending
The best places to stay when you’re on your way to where you’re going
Bring the Kids
Bring on the airport tantrums and the teenage eyerolls…it’s time for a family vacation!
Peak to Peak: The Dolomites
Kelly Brennan shares her love for this Italian mountain region in her debut blog column, Peak to Peak.
Where to Next: Craving Culture
You don’t have to travel far to experience these enclaves of culture.
Where to Next: Adventure Awaits
Trips so epic you’ll forget you’ve been waiting a whole year to take them.
Where to Next: Group Getaways
We’ve all missed traveling with family and friends. Whether your crew is looking for a low-key Caribbean escape or an all-out adventure in Alaska, these are the group getaways we’re eyeing for 2021.
Smooth Sailing: Cheers to Charters in 2021
If you aren’t quite ready to dive back in to the waters of hotel stays, learn why Emily Pariseau thinks chartering is the perfect way to dip your toes into travel again.
Gone Tasting: Where to Sip and Swirl in 2021
Local Foreigner IC Meg Nolan is ready to say cheers to 2021. Here are he top picks for viniculture vacations, both near and far.
Southern Jaunt: On the Road
Like a lot of travelers, TLF IC Elizabeth Walsh rediscovered the beauty of the road trip in 2020. So hop in the car and check out the best places she drove to this year — chorus of “are we there yet?” not included.
Live Like a Local Foreigner: Bucket List Bonanza
The refrain we’re hearing again and again is, “I can’t wait to get back out there and visit the places I have always wanted to see.” Click through for five trips that define EPIC, because we’re ready to go big - it’s bucket list time.
Table for Dru: Napa Valley
Napa may be known for its wine, but the food scene is what calls Local Foreigner IC Lauren Dru back year after year. In Table for Dru: Napa, Lauren pulls up a chair at three of the region’s best restaurants.
Live Like a Local Foreigner: Long-term Escapes and Private Homes
Now is the time to trade the city for the country, the east for the west, Central Park for the great outdoors - think of it as the chance to take a grown-up semester abroad. We make travel better, but we also know there's no place like home.
Festive Fire & Ice: Holiday Hotels with Flexible Cancellation Policies
We get it - 2020 has given us all trust issues. So we’ve rounded up our favorite warm and cold weather properties that understand it’s tough to commit right now and have adjusted their cancellation policies for the holidays, because we all deserve something to look forward to.
Where to Next: Take a Snow Day
Depending on who you ask, skiing is either an accessible diversion, an annual highlight, or a flat-out obsession. TLF Travel Consultant Jordy Lievers-Eaton has rounded up the best destinations to get your snow fix, whether you’re a powderhound or the local mountain’s après-ident.
Travel in the Time of COVID-19
We may have lost the breakfast buffet, but what have we gained from post-pandemic protocol? Five Local Foreigner clients share their thoughts on what it’s like to travel right now.