Helen Hatzis, is the Chief Exploration Office and Co-Founder of Trip Jaunt.
Helen is a recipient of the Governor-General Award, has been honoured as one of Canada's Nicest People! A true xenophile at heart, she finds joy in traveling and delights in sharing her experiences through Trip Jaunt (formerly Weekend Jaunt), an online travel community and hub she established in 2010. Her aspiration is to inspire others to explore the world as she does!
Helen is an esteemed advisory member of the North American Travel Journalists Association.
Carnival Corporation disclosed that a social engineering attack gave hackers access to sensitive customer information. The compromised details include passengers’ dates of birth and passport numbers. The incident underscores the risks that major cruise operators face when handling personal data for millions of travelers. How the Attack Unfolded The company attributed the intrusion to a
There’s a moment, usually sometime in early July, when the Provence countryside stops looking like a photograph and starts feeling like something you can’t quite explain. The air carries it first. Before you see a single purple row, the scent finds you on a country road somewhere between Avignon and the Luberon, drifting through an
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence sits in the heart of the Alpilles, its stone streets and plane trees forming a quiet backdrop most days. On one Monday each spring, that calm gives way to something older and more insistent. The Transhumance Festival returns, and thousands of sheep move through the town center in a living reminder of seasonal rhythms
The southwestern United States has long known the connection between heavy rains and spikes in rodent activity. This year, forecasts of a developing super El Niño add a new layer of attention to that pattern. Health officials are watching closely as the climate phenomenon takes shape ahead of peak summer travel season. How Weather Patterns
Wilmington, Delaware sits just 30 minutes from Philadelphia and offers a compact downtown that blends preserved historic buildings with new energy. The city has long served as a corporate center, yet recent developments in lodging and dining have shifted attention toward its appeal as a weekend destination. Visitors find easy navigation, reasonable parking, and a
A fisherman working along the California coast was hospitalized after a sneaker wave suddenly pulled him out to sea. The incident involved a rapid surge that overtook the individual without apparent warning, requiring rescue and medical care. Reports confirm the event took place amid routine coastal activity, drawing attention to the force of such ocean
Looking beyond the sand to discover the history, culture, community, and everyday moments that make Hawaiʻi’s capital unforgettable Many visitors arrive in Honolulu with a familiar checklist: Waikīkī Beach, Diamond Head, a sunset cocktail, and perhaps a surf lesson. While those experiences are certainly part of the story, it didn’t take long to realize that
There’s something quietly remarkable about the way people across the world continue to help people they’ve never met and will likely never see again. A stranger hands over directions, money, or an afternoon of labor – and the transaction carries no expectation of return. This simple, ancient impulse has now become the subject of serious
There’s a common belief that travel means throwing all structure out the window. No alarm clocks, no fixed mealtimes, no morning rituals – just pure spontaneity. It sounds freeing, and for a few days, it often is. The reality, though, is more interesting. A growing body of research suggests that certain rhythms and personal habits,
There’s a peculiar thing that happens when you leave home for a long stretch of time. You don’t just learn about wherever you’ve gone. You start seeing where you came from in an entirely different light, as if the lens you’ve always looked through has been swapped out for something with more depth and wider
Travel has a way of making the world feel smaller, and that’s both a gift and a responsibility. Every trip you take ripples outward, touching the lives of people in ways that are easy to overlook when you’re caught up in the excitement of being somewhere new. According to Booking.com’s 2025 research, nearly three quarters
Few cities on earth carry the weight of Athens so lightly. It’s a place where a construction crew digging a metro tunnel can stumble upon an ancient road and simply pause, document the find, and continue. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s just a regular Tuesday in Athens. The Greek capital has spent millennia accumulating layers
