Travel

After several years of staying home, next year is shaping up to be the year of travel.

We’re sharing our best insider tips for your next trip to Portugal, including a section on tips for visiting Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve.

Footsteps in empty hallways, ghostly apparitions, lights flickering on and off and things that go bump in the nights.

Determined not to join the sad Lost Luggage Club whose membership is exploding in Europe, I vowed to pack for six weeks in a carry-on.

These parks offer a great escape from the city, in under an hour and a half drive:• Sky Meadows State Park offers history paired with nature.

Marriott Puerto Vallarta in Mexico has a gorgeous infinity pool, six restaurants, kids’ area with pool and dozens of complimentary chairs and umbrellas on the beach.

You’re going to need a bigger ocean.

Just five hours from Atlanta, Abingdon is a perfect getaway for a long weekend.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is offering $1,000 bonuses to add 6,000 new agents with air travel demand rising.

Thanks to a partnership between Atlanta-based security startup Liberty Defense and technology from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, soon passengers will no longer have to take their shoes off in airport security lines.

It’s got everything you need to know about visiting a U.S.national park.

Now is the perfect time to take a spring road trip because there’s nothing more liberating than hitting the open road.

This past year has left us missing a lot of things, one of the biggest being traveling.

Can’t you just picture yourself lounging by the pool with magnificent views of the red rocks at the Magical Sedona Home? Or dine on the patio with valley views.

We found cabins we love in every state, from a historic home that is a replica of a president’s home to cabins built on organic farms.

Hiking in cheap or ill-fitting boots is no fun.

My husband wants me to try this thing called “camping.

It may be one of the remote lodges in the world.

Imagine yourself lounging on a patio, a chilled glass of Pacheca Branco Grande Reserve in your hand, overlooking the vineyards of a lush 18th-century estate and vineyard in the Douro Valley in Portugal.

The National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC, tells America’s story.

Three must-see exhibits:

Adventures await in Denali National Park and Preserve and the Alaska Railroad’s Denali Star Train makes the journey just as fun. Daily departures run from Anchorage and Fairbanks.

For three years, I’ve written the same words on Airbnb’s reservation field that says “tell your host why you’re in town.”

While you may think of camping sites, lodges and cabins for park accommodations, some offer lodging a bit more out-of-the box. We recently stayed in a 1970s barrel cabin in Unicoi State Park in North Georgia, so named because it’s shaped like a giant barrel.

“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world,” Marilyn Monroe said. I don’t know about conquering it, but I do know the right shoes are key to seeing the world. The struggle to find the right shoes is real.

Here are our favorite apps to make travel easier, more affordable and more fun.

Recently, The Travel 100 asked a crucial question of frequent fliers: Is it rude to recline your seat all the way on an airline? The options:

After the year I got a cheese grater for Christmas, I’’ve come up with my own list of gifts. My list includes a SodaStream to make my own carbonated water, unbreakable sunglasses, handwoven bag from Kenya and a line of gorgeous leather goods.

Get a recipe for a prosecco mojito, tips on handling flight delays and a luggage tag that charges your phone. Find the best way to see Machu Picchu, go consignment shopping in Palm Beach and tour Ireland.

North Carolina’s ferry system has been in place for 70 years and has become the second largest behind Washington.

With lists aplenty reminding Washingtonians to visit the Virginia wine trail or make a weekend trip to St. Michaels, we’ve created a list of recess activities that are not likely to already be on your radar.