Christopher Muther

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Muther

Donna Casey stepped aboard her Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu and looked for her seat. She splurged for a $4,300 seat in business class and was prepared for 13 hours of lie-flat comfort and cocktails. As she put her carry-on in the overhead bin, she looked down to find a woman comfortably settled in her seat. “I told her nicely, ‘I think you’re in my seat,’ and she just stared at me,” Casey said.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Muther

The hotels that populate best-of lists tend to be flashy properties with nightly rates that make you say, “ouch” when you receive your credit card bill. You know the type — the shampoo scent is customized for the hotel, there’s a multi-page pillow menu, and the lobby bar usually has a name like Cloak + Talon or the Dandelion Collective.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Muther

Good morning. I’m Christopher Muther, travel writer and columnist for the Globe, filling in as a guest today to suggest some of my favorite places to disconnect from the world — and to remind you of today’s REAL ID deadline for domestic flights. But first, here‘s what else is going on:I remember Jan. 6, 2021, quite vividly, but not because of the attack on the US Capitol. It sticks in my mind because I was staying in a treehouse in the wilds of New Hampshire. It was just as fantastic as it sounds.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Muther

Arajet, a Dominican Republic-based airline, announced Wednesday it will begin direct service between Boston and Santo Domingo four times per week beginning Nov. 20. Introductory one-way fares between the two cities begin at $170. While the airline’s name is relatively unknown in the United States, it has built up an impressive network of destinations in Central and South America. Boston joins Newark and Miami as the third US city that Arajet serves.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Muther

Two months before launching a seasonal Boston-to-Halifax route, JetBlue quietly dropped the Nova Scotia city from its summer line-up. A Canadian boycott of travel to the US has led to a reduction in demand for flights between the two countries. “While we were excited to launch summer seasonal service to Halifax, we are pausing our entrance into the market because bookings have not met expectations," a spokesperson for JetBlue said in an email.