Candyce H. Stapen

Two new surveys give insight into the best times to buy airline tickets and the most popular places to go with your tickets.

As a record number of Americans leave home for the year-end holidays, we offer these six savings suggestions, a mix of tried-and-true tips and novel ideas.

Two new products aim to save kids from two nasty side effects of travel: Boredom and motion sickness.

A new line of luggage was designed to help travelers get through TSA checkpoints quickly and efficiently. But does it live up to the hype?

Sometimes getting to your destination, especially around the holidays, feels more like a trial than an adventure.

Eye candy for the Christmas season extends beyond sparkling outdoor lights and elaborately decorated trees, to include imaginative ice sculptures and fanciful gingerbread houses.

‘Tis the season when travel sites and booking companies predict the next must-visit destinations. In a recently released analysis of where Americans will travel in 2016, lodging site Hotels.com forecasts a few destinations that may have you doing double takes.

What should you do when your taxi cab driver goes berserk in the middle of bumper-to-bumper traffic?

While we like getting gifts, giving them can be the gremlin that steals a big chunk of our seasonal joy. A new survey sheds some light on what kinds of gifts people actually want.

December's light displays add sparkle to a month known to be cold and dreary in much of the US. These easy to navigate theme parks and zoos provide plenty of holiday dazzle for you and your family.

Big ships sail with one major advantage over smaller vessels: the deck space to float a boatload of engaging activities. Anthem of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International's (RCI) latest mega-ship, leads the cruise industry in offering appealing things to do at sea.

In this season of wishes, a travel booking site asked 1,000 travelers about what technology-gear, gadget, service-they long for in the future and what they use now.

Travel companies have jumped on the Cyber Monday bandwagon, offering discounts-some as much as 40% off-on resorts, city hotels, adventure tours, and more.

As the recent attacks in Paris remind us, no place is safe from terrorism. Yet as travelers we can take precautions that can help to keep us safer and, in critical situations, there are resources to obtain crucial information and to communicate with loved ones.

Carillon Miami Beach has big plans. They're investing $30 million over the next two years to expand the hotel's services and refine its wellness focus.

Vacationers, fed up with roads that feel like parking lots, over-priced hotels, expensive-but-mediocre meals, and crowds everywhere, are looking for "secondary cities." Winston-Salem, NC, is just right.

Worldwide, workers don't use 20% of their vacation days, according to Expedia's recently released 2015 Vacation Deprivation study. That amounts to a median average of foregoing five days of rest and recuperation out of an average of 25 possible days.

Where do you go in search of a great Caribbean all-inclusive resort? Try the Dominican Republic, home to five of TripAdvisor's 10 Travelers' Choice award-winners for Caribbean all-inclusives.

Whenever an airline announces a new route, it's wise to pay attention. That's because prices go down (especially if competing carriers get into an airfare war), and convenience goes up with the additional boarding locales.

Seat kickers and spaced-out parents rank as the two most disliked airline travelers, according to travel site Expedia's third annual Airplane Etiquette Study.

It's that time of year when travel booking sites tempt would-be vacationers to reserve rooms and flights by informing them of budget-stretching locales.

Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia are among this winter's top-rated, budget-stretcher destinations in Asia, according to TripAdvisor's recently released TripIndex Asia.

For those who love the beach in fall and winter, St. Simons Island, GA, offers top-notch tranquility, interesting excursions, and tempting off-season rates.

Laughter is good medicine and not just for the audiences who guffaw at the jokes, but also for clubs, resorts, and cities. The funny business of live comedy shows and festivals generated about $300 million a year in 2014.

Every noteworthy resort features a really good restaurant, one worth traveling to for memorable meals. That dining room is ECHO at the King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island, GA. ECHO, which debuted March 2014 as part of a multimillion dollar resort renovation, serves what chef de cuisine James Flack calls "Southern coastal with a twist."

Experiencing the most vivid displays of the green and purple bands of light that dance across the night sky requires traveling to remote locations near the magnetic poles. But that doesn't mean you can't travel in style.

Now's the time to plan your winter vacation if you haven't done so already. That's because travel appears to be back to pre-Great Recession levels.

Can't think of where to go this December for a vacation? Consider this recently released analysis of the best cities for winter holiday travel.

Tompkins Square Park in New York City will host one of the largest and most creative Halloween events in the US this Saturday.

A new survey looks at the most luxurious airport lounges in the world and finds airlines and facilities in Asia and the Middle East dominate.