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How to Thrive on a Long-Haul Flight

If you’re wondering how to survive a long-haul plane flight, here’s your answer: Fly first class! I kid. While the lie-flat bed and special check-in line do wonders to boost morale for the elite flyers...

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The Luxe List: 8 Places to Indulge Yourself in 2016

The word “luxury” has been overused to the point of becoming a terrible cliché in the travel world. To my mind, a true luxury experience is much more about human connection, personalization, and...

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Natural Beauty: Great Day Trips From Melbourne

Don’t get me wrong; I love a great city. But there’s a bit of yin and yang to travel. Once I’ve had my fill of urban experiences, I start plotting an escape. I like to find cute little towns that make...

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The Best of Intelligent Travel

We publish new articles and stories all the time on Intelligent Travel, but there are a few that really got your attention last year. In case you missed them, here are the 15 most popular posts of...

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Australia’s Coolest Wine Region: Yarra Valley

At the turn of the 20th century, Nellie Melba was one of the most famous women in the world—an opera legend with a name as recognizable as Adele’s and Beyoncé’s today (after all, Peach Melba and Melba...

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Where to See the Smallest Penguins on Earth

The Penguin Parade—where thousands of little penguins emerge from the ocean like clockwork at sunset to return to their burrows on Phillip Island, a mere 80-mile drive from Melbourne—is one of...

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Why Everyone Wants to Move to Melbourne

Before I traveled to Melbourne, I pressed friends who lived there for suggestions and advice. “You’re going to want to move here,” one warned. “Just be aware.” Melbourne’s status as a supremely livable...

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10 Foodie Favorites in Fort Worth

“Welcome to Fort Worth,” the concierge said, as I checked into my hotel. “We have all the big city amenities here without the big city hassles.” I know this firsthand, having lived in neighboring...

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7 Reasons to Visit San Antonio Now

If your memories of San Antonio are limited to a stop at the Alamo and a meal on the River Walk accented by colorful umbrellas and mariachi music, it’s time to visit again. Texas’s second largest city...

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The ‘Pearl’ of San Antonio

In every city I visit, I zero in on a place—usually a coffee shop or wine bar—that becomes my touchstone for finding the local rhythm. I’ll see the same regulars, order the same drink, and start to get...

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Finding the Perfect Balance in Texas Hill Country

It’s 7 a.m. in Austin when I pull into the parking lot at Stephen F. Austin High School with a dear friend, longtime local—and fellow travel writer—Becca Hensley. Our plan is to join the stream of...

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A Perfect Day in Austin, Texas

Spend a day in Austin and you may feel as if you’re in the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. For all its relaxed, come-as-you-are hospitality, the capital of Texas is a city of ideas, live...

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Five Trips That Changed My Life

Traveling has its challenges—canceled flights, lost passports, maxed-out credit cards, security scares, you name it. But more often than not, at the end of the day, the thrill of becoming acquainted...

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4 Great Home Bases in London

The best, and most memorable, hotels are reflections of the neighborhoods and cities they inhabit. But in massive cities like London, it can be tough to find the perfect fit. Here are four...

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Transformed by Travel: Nine Stories

This year, at the ILTM conference in Cape Town, the most buzzed about topic was transformative travel. And, in many respects, Africa has been ahead of the curve in offering these life-changing...

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A Moveable Feast: Exploring Quebec City

It’s hard not to eat yourself silly in Quebec City. Luckily, there are lots of appealing ways to burn off the poutine and crepes (or at least the first few bites). In the summer especially, the city...

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Quebec’s Grande Dame: Château Frontenac

Few hotels define an urban skyline like the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. This grande dame, which lords over Quebec City from a cliff overlooking the St. Lawrence River, is one of the most...

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Why Locals Love Quebec City

At Les Trois Colombes, loud-patterned dresses hang next to tables piled with scarves and kitschy hats. Every inch of the space, from the walls and carpet to the tiny dressing room, is steeped in color,...

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Île d’Orléans: Parish By Parish

One of Quebec City’s greatest pleasures is wandering around the Marché du Vieux-Port—nibbling on miniature chocolate-and-apple crepes, sampling wines from smiling vendors, and breathing in the bouquets...

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Quebec City for Foodies

You wouldn’t have wanted to be my dining companion in Quebec City. I was completely inappropriate, struggling to stop chocolate from dribbling out of a crepe or digging out the soft parts of olive...

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