Hotels rolling out the yoga mat

Like Wi-Fi, on-demand movies and fitness centers, yoga is becoming an amenity many hotels and resorts just can’t do without. Long popular at spas and retreat centers, yoga classes have been spreading to mainstream hotels, resorts and tour operators over the last several years. As the ancient stretching and meditation practice gained popularity, the travel [...]

Valley of Fire spectacular side trip from Las Vegas

You’ve done your time in Las Vegas. You’ve given generously to the casinos, gorged on their food and overdosed on their glitz. You need an escape from the Strip. The Grand Canyon is too far. The Hoover Dam is too crowded. You crave space and air that isn’t tainted by cigarette smoke. And you can [...]

Washington wax museum pushing presidents, not pop stars

Forget Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Washington visitors apparently want to see the likes of John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland and perhaps Chester A. Arthur. The city’s Madame Tussauds wax museum is preparing to rebrand itself as the only place with sculptures of all 44 U.S. presidents that visitors can see up close and [...]

Winter a cool time to visit wine country

Winter is quiet time in wine country. Which makes it a very good time for a visit. With harvest over and future bottles of wine resting peacefully in barrels and tanks, your chances of chatting with a winemaker when you visit a winery is higher. And as temperatures drop, so do crowds and prices, making [...]

8 ideas to make the most of traveling together

Eight couples share ideas on how to make the most of traveling together: 1. Communicate “Find your own phrase to say to support your partner when you don’t have the privacy you want or when life on the road is getting you down. For instance, a simple ‘Good morning’ can mean ‘I love you.’ ” [...]

10 great places to feel like an Olympic champion

There’s nothing like witnessing Shaun White stomp a double cork 1080 in the 22-foot halfpipe, or seeing Rachael Flatt effortlessly nail a triple Salchow. However, if you can’t join the sports-loving masses in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics (today through Feb. 28), never fear. Jim Kaese, cofounder of athleticmindedtraveler.com, shares his favorite ways to [...]

Old Malaysia family recipes find unlikely new home

Before you glimpse the roast duck on skewers, before you hear the clanging Chinese woks, the first hint that you’re approaching a melting pot of generations-old family recipes is the sizzling smell of charcoal-fried noodles. The place is Malaysia’s newest food court, whose modern sleekness in a bustling mall belies the rich history of its [...]