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Rose Hall Plantation, Jamaica More than a million travelers each year come to Jamaica for the beautiful beaches and tropical climate. No doubt a few come for sex or drugs. Either way travelers looking for a tropical paradise are often less interested in learning about Jamaica’s sordid past. Jamaica provides an excellent example of how [...]

A former ski chalet in the Swiss Alps? Maybe you’ve been reading Viator’s Earth Day page, or our new Go Carbon Neutral page. Maybe you’re feeling inspired to make a difference, to minimize your impact and offset your carbon footprint wherever and however you can. That’s great and all, but maybe we also hear you [...]

Is everyone on the Anna Nicole tour? “Visitors to the Bahamas can sunbathe, snorkel, golf, gamble and shop. Now there is a ghoulish new tourist attraction: touring the sites connected to deceased former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith. The Anna Nicole tour starts at Doctors’ Hospital in Nassau, where her son Daniel died in September [...]

Travelers have been sending us questions about the new passport requirements for US citizens. So a recap is in order, in case you’re unaware of the most sweeping changes to US travel documentation in a decade. Beginning January 23, 2007, all US citizens traveling to/from the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada and Central & South America must [...]

If you’re not American, congratulations! None of this applies to you, so you can safely skip this Travel Alert. If you are still reading, we assume you’re a U.S. citizen. In which case we want to remind you of the new Homeland Security law coming into force as of January 23, 2007. That’s the day [...]

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What is the travel world buzzing about this week? In a word, summer. As the top half of the planet eases into winter, the northern hemisphere travel compass starts pointing south, to destinations where ice comes in your drink, not on your windshield. The New York Times Travel section picks up on the “go south” [...]

A friend I traveled with in Africa was (and is) obsessed with monkeys. While I and our other traveling partner went for reasons encompassing things like exposure to different cultures, food, and, well, lions and hippos and elephants, our companion went for the primates. Which when you come to think of it is not a [...]

As winter approaches in the northern hemisphere, the Caribbean starts sounding like a brilliant idea. Clearing snow from your driveway, or clearing a path to a lush tropical beach? Three layers of clothes plus a fuzzy wool hat, or lounging poolside in flip-flops? Snowshoes or snorkeling? OK, so now you’re sold on the Caribbean. The [...]