Awash in color, scent and texture, gardens are a welcome gift from the natural world. Here are five places where beauty is blooming:

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1. Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Families are encouraged to explore the more than 1,000 acres of gardens, woodlands, meadows and fountains as well as a 4.5-acre conservatory that comprise ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. - How did a pair of hockey fans from Maryland come to own one of the largest private collections of rum in Florida? It started with a single, cheap bottle. "It's called Sunset Very Strong Rum," said Joe Horstkamp, "but the locals just call it 'strong rum.'"

Horstkamp and his wife, Myssi Davis, were on their honeymoon to the ...Read more

Younger generations are buying trip insurance in greater numbers these days.

Prior to the pandemic, 11 percent of travelers age 21 and under were insuring their travels, but now, that is up to about 25 percent, according to research from Squaremouth.

This goes for millennials and Gen-X, too. Before the coronavirus outbreak, most insured trips ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down cruising, customers are still complaining that they still haven't received refunds for prepaid fares and fees.

The first time Ken Knox called MSC Cruises' Fort Lauderdale headquarters to ask when his family would get refunds for the cruise that was canceled on April 29, he ...Read more

There has always been a degree of danger involved in flying, no more so than when I was a tyke flying with my parents (Mother hated flying, Father loved going places). In 1955 when I first flew ("In diapers!" Mother would later lament, her flight that much more pleasant), there was a far greater chance you could die or be maimed in a plane crash...Read more

It's been a tough time for Caribbean destinations that reopened their borders to international visitors, as government and tourism officials have struggled to contend with the unprecedented challenge posed by COVID-19.

Late last week the U.S. Virgin Islands reversed an earlier reopening of its borders to leisure travelers as the territory ...Read more

Alcatraz Island reopens Monday, ending about five months of pandemic-caused closure for one of the most popular National Park Service sites in California.

In a statement Thursday, an NPS spokesman said Alcatraz cruises -- the main source of visitor access to the island -- will resume with reduced capacity to allow social distancing. The boats ...Read more

On some nights in the North Dakota Badlands, there are forces more threatening than the coronavirus.

Fifteen minutes before the cast of the "Medora Musical" was expected to launch into its opening number on a July night, an executive who had clearly drawn the short straw shuffled onto the outdoor stage to announce that impending lightning was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- COVID-19 has scared away Halloween Horror Nights.

Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort announced Friday that the popular fall fright fest has been canceled this year amid the ongoing public health crisis. The California theme park has been closed to the public since March, while the Florida location reopened ...Read more

The Louisville Tourism marketing agency has announced several new initiatives to assess and improve racial and minority imbalances.

The new and improved initiatives will build on Louisville Tourism's existing strategy of curating the city's cultural assets and add innovative programming that utilizes local attraction partners highlighting ...Read more

MIAMI -- When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, vacation van rental company Ondevan saw its clientele evaporate overnight.

Used to fielding bookings from mostly international customers, Ondevan owners Omar Bendezu, 34, and Haley Kirk, 28, of Hallendale Beach had to pivot to focus on South Floridians in mid-March, hoping they might want a #VanLife ...Read more

The pandemic has sent demand for commercial airline flights into a tailspin, but business is soaring for the private jet companies that fly corporate bigwigs and deep-pocketed travelers looking to wing away to an exclusive getaway.

The trend demonstrates once again that the outbreak of COVID-19 is having vastly different effects on Americans ...Read more

Results of a new Hotwire survey released this week offers a glimpse inside the collective psyche of the American public as summer wears on amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In his evaluation of the findings, brain-health expert and New York Times best-selling author, Mike Dow, Psy.D., Ph.D., suggested that widespread feelings of isolation and...Read more