Filed under: , , , I've always love a good village-by-the-sea, but there's something about the villages on the Greek isles that are just magical. takes me back to an amazing holiday I once had in Santorini. I've been dying

Filed under: , , Commands like "forward grind" and "backward grind" are guaranteed to elicit a chuckle, but when you're deep in the throes of a sailing race, the laughter is pushed to the back of your mind. At the

Filed under: , , , , , Coeur d'Alene, Idaho plays host to , which got underway this past weekend in beautiful , located just outside the mountain community. Hundreds of endurance athletes descended on the region to take part

Filed under: , , , I often ask audiences to define paradise. While responses vary, a high percentage involves some combination of white sand beach, coconut palm and blue-blue sea scenario. It's so pervasive I've long been curious where the

Filed under: , , , , This Monday brings some wacky travel posts around the web, as well as some practical tips for summer trips.My True Slant friend, Jeff Koyen, offers up . Believe it or not, a Twilight cruise

Filed under: , , Got plenty of business travel this summer? A family reunion that's taking you across the country for two weeks in August? Have to book a hundred rooms for a graduation? This summer is great time to

Filed under: , , , , , , Environmental tour company has promised to stop using fossil fuels on its vessels by 2015. Ecoventura runs environmentally conscious boat tours to the Galapagos Islands, a unique ecosystem that is under threat

Filed under: , Check out this amazing timelapse video made by United Airlines. It shows the retrofitting of their first class cabin from their old seats to their new lie-flat sleeper seats. Of course, United Airlines is years behind on

Filed under: , , Miami is a lavish city. It's people and beaches are beautiful, the food is tremendous and money and style reign. It takes a special hotel to cater to these traits, a special cut of class that

Filed under: , , , We didn't realize that the US was such a terrible place to live until the Sydney Morning Herald . According to , Pittsburgh is the most liveable city in the United States of America, ranked

Filed under: Welcome back to Tuesday Travel Trivia-- it's like Jeopardy without that know-it-all host. We had quite a few winners -- apparently I'm not as clever as I thought-- but the first winner was Jeff. Congrats!Want to become this

Filed under: Here are the hottest gadget deals for today, Tuesday June 9th 2009. Remember, these deals are often only valid for one day, so act fast before they are gone!Handsfree does not get much cheaper than this (after a

Filed under: , The Fung Wah Chinatown bus has long been a cheap and reliable way to get between New York and Boston, and as of June 15th, they will also operate a new route between New York Chinatown and

Filed under: , , , , , When he took time out from making historic speeches to see the country's most famous sights--the Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza. It's surprising he had the time, considering he was only in

Filed under: I'm not entirely sure why, but this sign scares the crap out of me. I've never been a big fan of insects, but anything warning me about bugs twice my size is something I'll pay attention to (even

Filed under: Let me open with a quick re-introduction to Tom Bihn bags. We first covered them here on Gadling when they announced their . That bag was so impressive, that it went on to win a spot in our

Filed under: There are many ways you can entertain yourself on a (long) road trip - many vehicles have DVD players, and some even come with connectors for your iPod and iPhone. But Autonet Mobile takes entertainment on the road

Filed under: , It is already day 7 of our . Today's annoying passenger is a relatively new phenomenon, and has been slowly going from bad to worse in recent years. I'm of course talking about people who never learned

Filed under: , , Here's a sampling of the best of the rest from around the travel world:Development researcher Chris Blattman relays some about tribal conflicts in Africa. The New York Times brings us this of trustafarians in New York's

Filed under: , , Holy crap. That is about the only response I have to this Airbus A380 being developed for Saudi prince al-Waleed bin Talal. Of course, the prince has not officially announced that this will indeed be his