Tuesday,  March 25 , 2025

Linkedin Pinterest
Liferight chevron arrow icon

Travel

Pacific Ocean beach along Mexico’s Costalegre.

Afar magazine’s 25 amazing travel destinations for 2025

Pacific Ocean beach along Mexico’s Costalegre.

January 11, 2025, 5:55am Life

As a new year dawns, travel magazines and websites everywhere are offering up inspiration for 2025 adventures. Fodor’s issued both Go and No Go lists — the latter included 15 places to avoid — while Conde Nast Traveler suggested 25 places to go this year. Now Afar, the San Francisco-based… Read story

Climate change-driven weather on travelers’ minds

January 11, 2025, 5:01am Life

The increasingly severe weather brought about by global climate change is weighing on the minds of travelers. Read story

Construction continues on the new tower at the M Resort on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in Henderson, Nevada.

Las Vegas catching up on room losses with Tropicana, Mirage closures

Construction continues on the new tower at the M Resort on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in Henderson, Nevada.

January 5, 2025, 6:00am Business

Southern Nevada lost more than 4,500 hotel rooms in 2024 when the Tropicana and Mirage closed their doors and the region won’t fully bounce back from those losses until the Hard Rock Las Vegas opens its doors in 2027, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said. Read story

Disney tightened its disability access service in April to exclude all conditions but developmental disorders like autism, citing an unsustainable increase in requests for accommodation.

Disney cut back accommodations. What’s it like to attend while disabled?

Disney tightened its disability access service in April to exclude all conditions but developmental disorders like autism, citing an unsustainable increase in requests for accommodation.

January 5, 2025, 5:16am Life

Mary Benhart’s family gushed about Disney World’s willingness to accommodate people with disabilities in an ad for the company last year. Read story

Autumn leaves are scattered across Seward Park in Seattle with Mount Rainier in the background.

Seattle’s winter forest offers a feast for the senses

Autumn leaves are scattered across Seward Park in Seattle with Mount Rainier in the background.

January 4, 2025, 6:05am Life

Now is our wintering time, when the trees in their gloaming drip and glisten with wet. Birds puff their feathers, snugging into their warmth. Read story

Disney Aulani Resort on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

5 sunny getaways for the new year

Disney Aulani Resort on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

January 4, 2025, 6:04am Life

Plan for a sunny getaway in the new year. Here are five ideas to consider. Read story

5 tips to keep teenagers happy on family vacation

January 4, 2025, 6:04am Life

You planned the perfect vacation for your entire family, and your teenagers were more than happy to put their lives on hold to come along. But now that you’re a few days into your trip, they’re acting uninterested and staring at their phones for hours on end. Read story

The premiere ride at the new Epic Universe theme park is called Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry. Visitors will enter the Ministry of Magic’s grand atrium for the trial of the infamous Dolores Umbridge. They will then board the ministry’s famous magical elevators that move sideways, backward or stop violently.

Universal to debut Epic Universe

The premiere ride at the new Epic Universe theme park is called Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry. Visitors will enter the Ministry of Magic’s grand atrium for the trial of the infamous Dolores Umbridge. They will then board the ministry’s famous magical elevators that move sideways, backward or stop violently.

January 4, 2025, 6:04am Life

Universal Orlando is conjuring up more than just another wizard-themed land for Epic Universe, the first new theme park in Florida in more than 25 years. When it opens in May, Walt Disney World should be worried, analysts say. Read story

In a storied French Quarter building, the Napoleon House has been operating since 1914.

5 places to stop on a jambalaya tour of New Orleans

In a storied French Quarter building, the Napoleon House has been operating since 1914.

January 4, 2025, 6:04am Food

New Orleans is a city known for its music, history and culture, with a long held reputation as a place people can let loose and experience some of the best the South has to offer. Jazz music fills many of the city’s storied streets, but the one thing visitors never… Read story

Natadola Beach in Fiji.

Explore eight bucket-list destinations

Natadola Beach in Fiji.

January 4, 2025, 5:56am Life

It’s been a year of adventures and plenty of globetrotting for Bay Area residents, who have celebrated major anniversaries and fulfilled dreams from California to Paris — hey, Mickey! — Norway and Fiji. Read story