Candyce H. Stapen

TripAdvisor is out with its Travelers' Choice awards. They highlight the top parks worldwide, based on millions of user reviews.

The National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, packs more than 140 performances into less than a week. Shows include everything from musicals to dramas to solo performances, all showcasing the Black experience in America.

Everyone knows that sinking feeling when you arrive at the hotel and find you've forgot your tie, your shoes, or even your underwear. A pair of new apps aims to rescue you from such blunders.

What happens when 3 entrepreneurs with tech backgrounds aim to do something about hearing loss in children? The dads create a better headphone. But do Puro Sound Labs' new headphone pass the kid test?

More than 41.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home this Independence Day, according to the American Automobile Association. Many of them will take along their favorite friends: their dogs. To ensure that your road trip with your 4-pawed companion remains fun and safe, follow these tips.

It's not just the new "lifestyle" brands--Moxy, Canopy, Hyatt Centric--that lure guests by creating experiences. Marriott, Fairmont, and other major hotel companies as well as many luxury properties also pitch packages and options to remember, or rather, to Tweet about.

Travel has always been inextricably linked with romance, especially in films and fantasies. How we really feel about destinations and desire is the subject of the recently released survey.

Many hotels lend you a curling iron, a bathrobe, a cell phone charger, even a fan and a dehumidifier. Helpful, but boring. At one Puerto Vallarta resort, however, you can borrow bling.

You're not alone if you've ever peed in the pool, taken extra hotel toiletries, or even cheated on your partner when on vacation. A just-released survey chronicles 8 "dirty little secrets" of adult vacationers in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and China. The results may surprise you.

Forget about airport parking fees when you use FlightCar, a new service available in about a dozen cities. Instead of doling out big bucks to garage your vehicle, FlightCar helps you make money by renting your auto.

Carnival Cruise Lines' new brand will offer "social impact travel," combining the amenities of a cruise with the opportunity to do volunteer work in developing countries.

Bavaria is what you expect but also what you don't, a combination that makes the region anchored by Munich especially interesting.

‘Tis the season for summer travel surveys. Often interesting, the surveys morph into bragging posts for the top-ranked and unjust lists to be ignored by the low-rated destinations. While the results can be useful for future planning, savvy travelers should always assess the results with a good dose of skepticism since methodologies vary.

These apps and services put a smile on your face by making it easier to obtain a good hotel rate not just for rooms tonight or tomorrow but also for stays a week or more ahead.

Summer brings out the family travel surveys. According to HomeAway, an online vacation rental marketplace, kids influence where families go on vacation.

You're not alone if bad drivers make you want to blast your car horn. Americans have a trunkful of complaints about fellow motorists, according to the just released Expedia 2015 Road Rage Report.

That fantasy travel connection-the one in which you bond across cultures by dining with a local who tells you about the trendy shops and secret restaurants-is easy to arrange. To set up the scene, dig into the new meal sharing services, the latest offerings of the sharing economy.

Targeting millennials plus like-minded business and leisure travelers, a series of new lifestyle hotels provide such "givens" as free Wi-Fi, keyless entry, and social lobbies that minimize registration desks and maximize gathering spots.

As more and more families find themselves spread across the country, multigenerational vacations have become a popular way to spend time together while also enjoying some of the world's most beautiful destinations. Here's how to pull it off without disrupting family harmony.