Travelogue

We love our parents—and some of us ARE parents—but it's not always easy traveling with your folks. It could be a matter of speed: You want to go heli-skiing in Alaska; they'd prefer to cruise there. Maybe it's a difference in price point, or a question of who pays for what. Should adult children take their parents on vacation, as a thank you for all those years of Disney trips? Or should you split the bill evenly? There's also the question of trip planning: Should one person be in charge, and is it automatically Mom and Dad? It was in the past! Or is it the family member with the youngest child, and therefore, the most restrictions? In this week's Travelogue podcast, we get personal, sharing tried-and-true ways to make family travel something to look forward to every year.

We'd like to think we can plan everything on our own: every hotel room, every cross-cultural interaction, every landmark tour, every local hole-in-the-wall dinner... But if we're really, really honest, even Condé Nast Traveler's editors can admit that sometimes we need some help.

There's no doubt a single meal can make a vacation memorable—but what makes a meal unforgettable? Is it really just about what it does to your taste buds, or the quality of the ingredients? Or does greatness extend beyond the palate: Is it also the setting; the conversations you have; the newness of not only a taste, but also a sight, a sound, a smell? On this week's edition of Travelogue we dissect the role of food as a means of exploration—an entry point into new cultures and multi-sensory experiences.

R.I.P. Summer 2017. We're chasing summer to the southern hemisphere and exploring America's greatest weekender cities this fall.

While we'd never claim that you should only travel during a single season of the year, there's something especially alluring about summer vacations. Maybe it's grade-school nostalgia or the temptation of skipping town on a Summer Friday, but whatever the reason, the results speak for themselves. Just look at the *Condé Nast Traveler* team: This summer, we traveled a whole lot around the country and the world, and for this episode of our podcast we give you some itineraries to copy and file away—or even put into action as the season comes to a close.

Should Western tourists visit North Korea? Is it an act of voyeurism, or can tourism actually help the country? Does cultural diplomacy outweigh the risk of life? Would you go, if given the opportunity? Listen to this week's podcast and let us know what you think on Facebook and Twitter.

In honor of Condé Nast Traveler's 30th anniversary, we're delving into some of the ways travel has changed over the last three decades.

We dive deep into how water plays a part in our travel lives and the physical and psychological benefits of spending time around oceans, lakes, and rivers.

We sat down with a veteran pilot and former flight attendant to ask all our burning questions about what actually goes on at 30,000 feet.

In the past year, suicide bombers and terrorist groups have targeted specific areas—and arenas—that gave them a world stage and a chance to strike travel at its heart. But how does terrorism affect travel? And what do we do, as travelers, when it's a threat that's hard to ignore?

Nowadays, cruising can mean a week of fine dining on the high seas; a Disney-themed sailing along the Panama Canal; or even an opportunity to travel to the North Pole. It’s no wonder, then, that the number of people choosing to cruise has surged. It’s also the reason why we’ve decided to dedicate this week’s podcast—and a lot of this past month—to all things cruise-related.

In addition to the there-is-one-best-time-to-book-a-flight fallacy, we dive into the other travel myths out there that can—and should—be put to rest.

Sorry, all you Eat, Pray, Love diehards out there—turns out, solo travel isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, earthshaking epiphanies, and whirlwind romances. On this week’s travelogue podcast, Traveler editors dish about their solo travel experiences—the good, the bad, and the very awkward—and whether the prospect of traveling by ourselves, whether for a business trip, or a reunion-gone-bust, killed the excitement around time spent away.

There are so many things to love about Airbnb and its competitors: the price point, the flexibility, the immediate access to a culture. But, there are a few things some frequent travelers take issue with—sleeping in a stranger's sheets to start. Our complicated feelings regarding Airbnb have been behind many a debate among Traveler's editors. But in a world where home shares are drawing many travelers away from hotels, we used this week's episode of Travelogue to dig in to who should be using Airbnb and why.

We've said it before: Travel can be addicting. But, is there a point where travel becomes a competition for bragging rights and a life constantly on the move starts to eat away at any semblance of normalcy or stability—and, if so, is that a bad thing? This week, we talked with two of the world's most traveled men about their best trips, their scariest experiences (what would you do as a tourist in Tehran when the Iranian Revolution hit in 1979?), and why they continue to travel with such urgency.