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A City Park Visit Lifts Your Mood as Much as Christmas
Santa Claus has long been known as the world’s biggest spreader of happiness and joy, but he now has some competition when it comes to eliciting smiles on Christmas Day. Recent research shows that
Read More »Vacation Photographers: Would You Consider Hiring One?
One of the many joys of returning from a trip is being able to relive the experience by sorting through your vacation photos. Chances are that you managed to get a few really good
Read More »Five Travel Tips for Your Inner Weather Wuss
It’s April 23, 2015, and it’s lightly snowing here in the Midwest. That’s a bit unusual in late April, even for Wisconsin. Walking outside this morning, I watched big, styrofoam-like snowflakes land on the
Read More »Travel & Leisure Chats with WWF on Twitter
Travel + Leisure magazine invited select experts from the travel industry, including WWF’s Elissa Poma, to join a live Twitter chat last month to discuss adventure travel. Here’s a recap of the conversation: Travel
Read More »Young People Have Less Money Than Ever Before, So Why Are They Traveling More?
The ages of some of my fellow travelers on a recent trip to Antarctica surprised me. A stay on a ship that takes you to the more remote regions of the world typically isn’t
Read More »Adventures Alone: First Solo, Unassisted Ski Across Antarctica
In January of this year, a British woman, Felicity Aston, accomplished an incredible feat for adventure annals: she skied solo and unassisted across Antarctica. She is the first woman—and first human—to do so. Dragging
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