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.
Flight disruptions remain a frequent reality for travelers, often leaving passengers to cover unexpected hotel stays, meals and transportation on their own. Many premium credit cards include trip delay reimbursement as a built-in benefit, yet the coverage only activates when specific actions are taken in sequence. Without those steps, eligible expenses can go unclaimed even
A Fairfield mother took her newborn to the emergency room after noticing a cough that raised concern. The family waited roughly an hour and a half inside the facility. No tests were performed and no treatment was provided before they decided to leave. Weeks later, a bill arrived for nearly five thousand dollars. The Trip
American Airlines has begun rolling out expanded food options across its Admirals Club network. The carrier now offers additional hot items designed to let travelers assemble a full meal rather than rely on snacks. The updates also include more frequent menu rotations and an improved charcuterie display. These steps address long-standing feedback that lounge dining
Seattle stands out among the 2026 World Cup host cities for its combination of natural beauty, established soccer infrastructure, and compact layout that favors walking over long commutes. With matches scheduled at Lumen Field in the SoDo neighborhood, visitors can pair tournament games with Pacific Northwest exploration in a city of roughly 4 million metro
Every year, millions of travelers land in Europe with their itineraries ready, their bags packed, and their bank cards loaded. The first stop for most of them? An ATM. It seems like a perfectly harmless move. The problem is that a growing number of those machines are designed to quietly take a cut of your
Something is shifting in how Pennsylvania couples plan their time away. Rather than flying somewhere warm or filling a weekend with crowded itineraries, more and more pairs are heading just a few hours north – deep into the Pocono Mountains – and choosing quiet, remote retreats tucked between pine forests and glacial lakes. It’s a
There’s something quietly compelling about watching a continent unfold through a train window. No security lines, no turbulence, no white-knuckle highway merges. Just glass, steel, and an ever-changing landscape pulling you forward at a pace slow enough to actually absorb. North America holds some of the most geologically dramatic and visually varied terrain on earth.
On the morning of August 9, 2024, National Park Service rangers arrived at Rock Creek Bay in Utah’s Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to find that something was simply gone. A beloved stone arch, one that millions of people had photographed, jumped from, and pointed to on maps for decades, had crumbled into the water
Most people picture island travel as a two-suitcase ordeal involving airport security and baggage fees. Most people think island getaways require expensive flights and complicated travel arrangements, but some of America’s most stunning islands are accessible by car, connected to the mainland through scenic bridges and causeways that make the journey part of the adventure.
Something has shifted in how New Yorkers plan their summer escapes. The old script – rent a share house on the South Fork, sit in traffic on Route 27, spend $30 to park near a crowded beach – is starting to feel tired. More and more city dwellers are quietly rerouting north instead, trading the
Solo travel has grown from a quiet niche into one of the most powerful forces reshaping global tourism. More people than ever are booking flights alone, trusting their instincts, and hunting for places that genuinely feel safe rather than just technically stable. One country keeps surfacing in those conversations, sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly, but always
Oʻahu may first greet you with sunlight, surf, and that impossibly blue meeting place between sky and sea, but the island asks something deeper of travellers who are willing to listen. It asks us to look beyond the postcard, beyond the beach chair, and beyond the easy beauty that first captures the eye. A meaningful
