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10 Incredible Tree House Hotels in the U.S.   If you’ve ever wanted to take your love of the great outdoors to new heights, get ready to climb up to the canopy and sleep in one of these amazing treehouse hotels. Feats of contemporary engineering, these contemporary treehouse hotels are…

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Top 15 Beach Destinations for Winter Vacations While the rest of the world is buried beneath sheets of snow and ice, many of the best beach vacations can be found blanketed in nothing but sunshine and warm breezes. There’s no need to wait until summer to step your toes into…

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Fodor’s Go List 2019 52 reasons to get going. For some of us, travel is a necessity. A luxury, a break, an adventure–yes, but what’s more, it is our true reality. Because when we travel, we are awake. Travel, its ethos of wonder, curiosity, and open-mindedness: it truly makes us…

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Hotel Experiences  By Kristy Alpert These hotels hold the key to one-of-a-kind local activities all over the world. Forget pillow menus and minibars, these hotels are offering something a bit more transformative. At one point the mission for hotels was to keep guests inside their rooms, but these unique experiences are…

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This is the ultimate Beatles nirvana. Each year, thousands of visitors come from all around the world to Rishikesh, a spiritual city at the foothills of the Himalayas in India to practice yoga and meditate at the banks of the Ganges River. Yoga and meditation are the main draws here,…

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15 Totally Bizarre Spa Treatments Around the World Kristy Alpert | August 9, 2018 Relaxing or not, these treatments will be memorable. There’s a time and a place for a regular ol’ Swedish massage, but these bizarre treatments found at spas around the world can give you a signature sense…

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10 Strange Can’t-Miss Sights to See in St. Petersburg Sneak out of your group tour for these top 10 obscure sights in St. Petersburg.  Kristy Alpert    With all due respect to the numerous and notable tour companies that do a fantastic job guiding hoards of tourists around the main…

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Leave the Bags at Home: These Hotels Will Make You Custom Clothes Kristy Alpert  Fashion designers have become the rock stars of the hotel scene, redesigning lobbies, outfitting guestrooms, and even creating custom uniforms and costumes for hotel staffers. The latest thing designers are putting their stamp on in the…

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The 15 Cheesiest, Most Delicious Finds in Quito, Ecuador Don’t miss out on these cheesy dishes on your next trip to this culinary capital. By Kristy Alpert The country may be famous for potatoes and chocolate, but the one ingredient Ecuadorians won’t go without is cheese. They eat it for…

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10 Essential Stops on a BBQ Crawl Through Memphis By Kristy Alpert Pack your stretchy pants and loosen that belt for some swine dining in Memphis. There are more than 117 barbecue restaurants in Memphis; more if you count the baby back ribs or chocolate dipped applewood smoked bacon at…