Travel

Road trips, city weekends, group trips and the gear that survives all three.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your $80 park pass and the parks worth using it on first

What the America the Beautiful pass covers, what it quietly doesn't, and the arrival window that decides whether the day is any good.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your first Grand Canyon trip, without the rookie mistakes

Which rim, which trail, where to sleep, and the turnaround rule that keeps a great day from becoming a rescue.

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The two-hour stop clock that keeps the back seat happy

A snack ration system, a stop rhythm you announce out loud, and four games that survive hour three of a long drive.

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Five days on the Blue Ridge Parkway, milepost by milepost

469 miles at 45 mph, no gas on the road itself, and the overlooks that are actually worth putting the car in park for.

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GuideNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Where the family vacation money actually goes

The trip almost never blows up on the hotel bill. It blows up in $14 increments, three times a day, for nine days straight.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Route 66 stretches still worth driving with kids

Most of the old road is frontage pavement beside an interstate. These are the segments that actually earn a tank of gas and a day of your vacation.

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GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Stop picking the destination first. Pick the week and let the weather decide.

Coconut.com flips trip planning around: you say when you can go, it finds where the weather's best and the price is right. Here's how it works and how to use it.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Take him where the fish bite, not where the trophies are

The father-son fishing trip that actually works is two nights, four hours from home, on water full of small fish that never stop biting.

GuideDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How to camp with a baby and still enjoy it

Book the pitch near the toilet block, solve the 4am temperature drop, and keep the drive under ninety minutes. Most of the rest is just a weekend outdoors.

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