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From the moment I walked through the doors at the Parker Meridian Palm Springs I felt as if I had stepped back in time. Jonathan Adler, the designer behind the fabulous decor at the Parker PS, has created a chill vibe mixing fads of a decades past with rich textiles and colorful details. The property […]

The college football season is in full swing, so where are the best road-trip worthy stadiums? We’ve got the teams, the games and the shenanigans covered on our College Football Travel map.
After last year’s win at the Sugar Bowl–the first held in the post-Katrina Superdome–LSU is looking to make it another big season. The Tigers […]

Here’s a prescription for fending off the inevitable seasonal funk, even if it still seems a long way off: plan a trip for the deepest of winter to somewhere warm and sunny!
Now, it only sounds so cliché because it’s true and it works, and we’ve found some truly great deals that will put in you […]

Our Eat ‘n Sleep feature profiles a restaurant in a random city and a hotel nearby. It’s kinda like that old show “Dinner and a Movie” but you know, with restaurants and hotels. And better jokes.

A trip to Paris requires the consumption of strange animal products. From escargot to frog logs to foie gras […]

When we told you about the debut of The CW’s new show Gossip Girl, we didn’t expect that it would really take us all over Manhattan. Maybe a shot or two of Central Park would sneak in, we thought. But apparently we were so lame as teenagers that we didn’t realize all our friends partied […]

In a world that continues to evolve, I often long for a moment I can control. This moment is mine each time I get behind the wheel of my car.
The smell of cheap plastic …
More than a decade ago, the ticket to freedom was handed to me by a clerk in the driver’s license bureau […]

Half-way around the Earth is a long way to go even in the jet age, so why not get the best of both worlds while you’re down there, especially when you can get it for the price of just one?
Building on our previous efforts to guide you through the bewildering maze of offers from Air […]

Southwest Airlines won’t be assigning seats anytime soon, but the company is changing up its famous cattle call. Though the airline tested an assigned-seats boarding process two years ago, Southwest decided that was a bit too draconian. The new system will give passengers an order for boarding, but won’t assign specific seats.
One immediate benefit is […]

I’m chopping an onion for the tomato and beef ragu and shouting happily to Ruth: ‘This and a bit of olive oil are the only things in this entire meal that were bought!’ But she sniffs and says: ‘Have you really thought through the ethics of this?’–Guardian UK

Caveat: This post is really a thinly hidden […]

Last week, a Jaunted commenter wondered about those super-cheap Skybus fares, “To the people that got the $10 tickets, how did you find them?” Well, we wish there were some big secret to it, but more or less, it’s book early, book often. You’ll have better luck if you try less-than-exotic city pairs, like the […]