Lori Rackl

3 weeks ago | frommers.com | Lori Rackl

A major player in Great Lakes cruising went away. Now, it’s back. And while there’s still some room for improvement, the new Victory Cruise Lines is largely better than before. Victory I and II are no strangers to the Great Lakes straddling the U.S.-Canadian border. The two 190-passenger vessels were custom built in 2001 to sail the lakes and spent years ping-ponging around them, partly under a company named Victory Cruise Lines, which was rebranded as American Queen Voyages in 2021.

4 weeks ago | travelandleisure-es.com | Lori Rackl |Liliana Ortiz

Unos meses antes de su boda, Mackenzie Gange-Anderson se fue de vacaciones a Marruecos. Pero no fue con su futuro esposo. En cambio, fue con un grupo de mujeres que no conocía. “El aspecto exclusivo para mujeres realmente me atrajo”, dice Gange-Anderson, analista de recursos humanos de Chicago. Durante su aventura de ocho días por las montañas del Atlas con Intrepid, Gange-Anderson tuvo la oportunidad de conocer formas de vida tradicionales.

1 month ago | travelandleisure.com | Lori Rackl

Trekking with Intrepid in Nepal’s Annapurna range. Credit: Matt Cherubino/Intrepid Travel A few months before her wedding, Mackenzie Gange-Anderson took a vacation to Morocco. But she didn’t go with her soon-to-be husband. Instead, she went with a group of women she’d never met before. “The women-only aspect really appealed to me,” says Gange-Anderson, a human resources analyst from Chicago.

1 month ago | frommers.com | Lori Rackl

Winter is shaping up to be the new summer when it comes to Mediterranean cruises. Instead of deploying all of their ships to the Caribbean and other balmy destinations when the weather in Europe gets colder, more cruise lines are opting to ply the Med’s waters year-round. And as ships are added, more passengers are gravitating to these voyages during so-called "quiet season" from November through March.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Lori Rackl

On a recent trip to Spain, the best paella I ate wasn’t served in a restaurant. It was in a tiny kitchen apartment in Valencia, made by a chef who teaches cooking classes in his home. Jose Rodriguez belongs to a growing network of hosts opening their residences to tourists — travellers craving not only a home-cooked meal but also an up-close look at local life.