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You can find hotels that allow smoking, hotels that allow pets, and hotels that allow early check-in, but you can’t always find hotels that cater to gay and lesbian travelers.
Until now, that is.
Expedia.com launched yesterday its “LGBT-welcoming” feature, as well as its LGBT store: a Web page that — with the help of the International [...]

Our Playing Favorites Giveaway has come to its close, and we are ready to choose the winner of a ReboundTag – a microchip luggage tag that can be traced from anywhere in the world.
Thanks to everyone who participated!
photo of Copenhagen by brianholsclaw

Let’s be frank: it’s more than a little easy to forget the lessons and promises of Earth Day. After the worldwide, earth-centric festivities and general eco-enthusiasm, disenchantment is likely to ensue.
Lucky for the student traveler, however, is the travel industry’s obsession with creating more environmentally-friendly excursions. Between greener venues and transport and the general trend [...]

“It was like the city had become a painting, and I was lost inside it,” my friend told me.  “Everything glowed.  The colors were on fire.  The canal was breathing.”  That, for him, was Wednesday in Amsterdam.  That was when magic mushrooms were legal.
The city most famous for its permissiveness of vice was once also [...]

When most people think of Amsterdam, the first things that come to mind are undoubtedly legal cannabis, prostitution, tulips and bikes.  But there is so much more to the Dutch city than that.
I moved to Amsterdam because of my husband’s work nearly two years ago, and fell in love with it right away.  The city [...]

Amsterdam is a wildly cosmopolitan city with no shortage of quality restaurants, and not just traditionally Dutch ones. It’s harder to find a place serving Dutch food (whatever that is) than Italian, Indian, or Indonesian.  In fact, it’s Indonesian fare that’s the highlight of the city’s culinary scene.
Due to the Netherlands’ one-time colonial presence in the [...]

Imagine pointing the camera on your cell phone at the Swiss Alps and having the name and height of any peak in your general vicinity pop on on your screen as you guide device over the mountain range. Now picture yourself strolling down the streets of Amsterdam and seeing information directly from Spotted by Locals [...]

One of Amsterdam’s charms is its happy population of houseboats floating lazily in its many canals.  If walking by these cozy-looking abodes makes you wish your own home was on the water, the next-best option might be the Vita Nova hostel, a fully operational vessel used as a hostel when it’s not sailing the northern [...]

Last week, I wrote about the biking paradise that is Amsterdam and how to get the most out of your experience in the city on two wheels (see: Bicycle Mania in Amsterdam).
Because of the fantastic bike lanes everywhere, Amsterdam is a relatively safe city to bike in, if you know what you’re doing.  But as a [...]

Spring is finally here.  Well, almost – but it is starting to look like it outside.
Flowers are sprouting, the snow has finally melted, and temperatures are consistently in the 40s or above in most of Europe.
For those of you who have spent the winter in Europe — the coldest winter recorded in 30 years — [...]