Chantel is a creative writer, foster for local animal welfare, and mom to 2 young girls who inspire her with their wisdom beyond years, always keeping her on her toes!
Beach season in Rhode Island can feel like it belongs to two very different states. There’s the version most people see: crowded parking lots, umbrellas packed shoulder to shoulder, the hum of a thousand conversations blending into white noise. Then there’s the other version, quieter and cooler, known mostly to locals who’ve been protecting it
There’s a quiet revolution happening in small-town America, and it smells nothing like sulfur. Across the country, a handful of geothermal towns have been quietly reimagining themselves as serious wellness destinations, drawing in travelers who are done with the quick spa day and ready for something deeper. The shift is real and backed by numbers.
There is something about harvest season that pulls people off their couches and onto the road. The crispness in the air, the color in the trees, the smell of cider and wood smoke – it all conspires to make autumn the most traveled season in America. Every fall, communities across the country throw open their
Every year, thousands of pet owners arrive at the airport only to discover their dog or cat can’t board the flight. Not because of something dramatic or unforeseen, but because of a policy detail tucked into a carrier’s fine print that never got read. The rules governing pet travel are more layered and more specific
Most people open a travel credit card for the sign-up bonus. They collect the points, book a flight or two, and then quietly forget about most of the card’s other features. That’s a surprisingly common pattern, and it leaves a lot of real value sitting unused in the fine print. The perk worth paying attention
Accessible travel has never been more active or more visible. A 2024 study conducted in conjunction with The Harris Poll found that 25.6 million travelers with disabilities took 77 million trips. That is not a niche footnote in the travel industry. It is a statement about human determination. Travelers with mobility disabilities annually spend $58.2
There’s a particular stretch of central Vermont where the road narrows, the tree canopy closes over you like a slow exhale, and then, without much warning, a weathered red wooden bridge appears out of the mist. It doesn’t announce itself. It just sits there, spanning a cold river, looking like it has been doing so
There are places you visit for the architecture, the coastline, or the museums. Then there are places where the first thing locals want to show you is a taproom. These towns have built their reputations not on landmarks but on fermentation tanks, hop bills, and the quiet pride that comes from pouring something truly excellent.
There’s something quietly compelling about a place that sits just one hour from one of America’s most electric cities, yet feels like an entirely different world. Indiana Dunes National Park hugs the southern shore of Lake Michigan in northwestern Indiana, and for generations, Chicagoans have treated it as their own backyard retreat. What’s changed recently
Some towns string a few lights along Main Street and call it done. Others commit to the whole idea with a kind of joyful stubbornness that turns a simple December evening into something you genuinely remember. Across the United States, there are places where holiday lights are not an afterthought – they’re a civic identity,
There was a time when the American weekend revolved around a car, a paper bag of popcorn, and a giant screen glowing against the evening sky. At their peak, roughly 4,063 drive-in theaters were operating across the United States in 1958. The numbers have fallen sharply since then. The numbers dropped rapidly in the 1970s
There’s a particular kind of excitement that comes before a first skydive. It’s equal parts nervousness and wonder, the feeling of standing at the edge of something genuinely extraordinary. Picking where you take that leap matters far more than most people realize. The drop zone you choose shapes every dimension of the experience, from how
