Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor   –   1 hr. It’s a scenario familiar to any skier or snowboarder: You pull out your trusty paper trail map on a snowy, windy day, only [...]

Lisa Cheng , Executive Travel   –   13 hrs. While many of us spend wintertime dreaming of a sunny beach escape, some travelers have discovered that there’s only one [...]

If you’re still mulling what you should do to get away from the cold, Sarah Spagnolo from Travel +  Leisure magazine shares five great destinations that won’t empty your wallet, whether you like the beach, a cruise, or a nice city [...]

4 hrs. Lauren Mack , The Daily Meal Courtesy Park Hyatt Beaver Creek At the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek in Colorado, the “Gentlemen’s Adventure Escape” [...]

53 min. Lauren Mack , The Daily Meal Courtesy Park Hyatt Beaver Creek At the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek in Colorado, the “Gentlemen’s Adventure Escape” [...]

9 days Michelle Kiefer , The Daily Meal Courtesy Thinkstock/iStock Many Northern Californians make crab, not turkey, the center of their holiday feasts. Gingerbread [...]

Courtesy Busch Gardens Williamsburg Peppermint Twist teacups ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Take time out from harried holiday shopping and immerse yourself in the spirit of the season with a visit to one of these eight U.S. amusement [...]

Courtesy Busch Gardens Williamsburg Peppermint Twist teacups ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Take time out from harried holiday shopping and immerse yourself in the spirit of the season with a visit to one of these eight U.S. amusement [...]

2 days Video TODAY Kate Maxwell of Jetsetter.com shares her top tips for making traveling as easy as possible this holiday season, including how to get a cheaper ticket, how to get through security faster, and what [...]

11 hrs. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Travelers are like those proverbial snowflakes — no two are alike. Some like to fly, some like to drive and some just want to put on their headphones [...]

1 hr. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Kena Betancur / Reuters Thousand of people dressed in Santa Claus costume gather at Times Square during the annual SantaCon [...]

1 hr. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Courtesy Swiss Image Participants in the World Championship of Santa Clauses in Samnaun, Switzerland climb a five-meter-high [...]

1 hr. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Courtesy Swiss Image Participants in the World Championship of Santa Clauses in Samnaun, Switzerland climb a five-meter-high [...]

36 min. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher , Travel + Leisure Courtesy iStockphoto It’s blissfully quiet in the fall at Acadia National Park’s Mount Desert Island, [...]

8 hrs. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Courtesy World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association The 27th annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin event in Bridgeville, [...]

8 hrs. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Courtesy World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association The 27th annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin event in Bridgeville, [...]

5 hrs. Rob Lovitt , NBC News contributor Courtesy World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association The 27th annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin event in Bridgeville, [...]

59 min. Lauren Mack , The Daily Meal Courtesy Otesaga Resort Hotel For years, the 103-year-old Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, N.Y. was rumored to have paranormal [...]

1 hr. AP staff , Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s tourism industry is getting a boost from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Burns announced Wednesday that he has partnered [...]

1 hr. AP staff , Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s tourism industry is getting a boost from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Burns announced Wednesday that he has partnered [...]

Sarah Spagnolo of Travel + Leisure magazine shares locations for great Halloween deals, including a hotel in Maine that hosts its own jack-o’-lantern contest and the Colorado hotel that was the inspiration for Steven King’s “The [...]

Sarah Spagnolo of Travel + Leisure magazine shares locations for great Halloween deals, including a hotel in Maine that hosts its own jack-o’-lantern contest and the Colorado hotel that was the inspiration for Steven King’s “The [...]

1 hr. Harriet Baskas , NBC News contributor Courtesy Tennessee State Museum A notorious criminal’s mummified thumb from the early 1800s is among the spooky [...]

1 hr. Harriet Baskas , NBC News contributor Courtesy Tennessee State Museum A notorious criminal’s mummified thumb from the early 1800s is among the spooky [...]

Nilou Motamed of Travel + Leisure tests the TODAY anchors’ travel smarts by sharing four great getaways, from sunny beaches to mountain retreats, to see if they can tell the splurge from the steal. Whether you want to escape to wine country [...]

Nilou Motamed of Travel + Leisure tests the TODAY anchors’ travel smarts by sharing four great getaways, from sunny beaches to mountain retreats, to see if they can tell the splurge from the steal. Whether you want to escape to wine country [...]

3 hrs. Harriet Baskas , NBC News contributor Courtesy Natural History Museum at Los Angeles County The world’s largest orb-weaver, Nephila maculata from Malaysia, [...]

3 hrs. Harriet Baskas , NBC News contributor Courtesy Natural History Museum at Los Angeles County The world’s largest orb-weaver, Nephila maculata from Malaysia, [...]

Susan Montoya Bryan / AP Hot air balloons ascend during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2010. Autumn is here, and with it comes much more than beautiful foliage — it also brings a bounty [...]

Susan Montoya Bryan / AP Hot air balloons ascend during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2010. Autumn is here, and with it comes much more than beautiful foliage — it also brings a bounty [...]