12 best solo trips in the US for 2025

Editor’s note: This post is regularly updated with new information. Traveling solo is one of life’s greatest adventures. Freedom, flexibility, empowerment and reflection are just some of the reasons to plan a solo trip. Over the past decade, solo travel stereotypes have evolved from gap year students backpacking the Gringo Trail in South America to trips encompassing a wide…

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Fragrant flying: Airlines and airports use special scents in airports and inflight

Some of the Air France spaces at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), and some of its onboard suites smell a bit different now than they did last month. That’s because, in mid-January, the carrier introduced its first-ever signature fragrance and began using it in its La Premiere (first-class) lobby, a handful of lounge areas at CDG and onboard aircraft…

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SWISS brings top Uri cuisine from Lake Lucerne aboard

SWISS will be taking its guests on a gourmet trip to Canton Uri from next week onwards in the next chapter of its ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ inflight culinary program. The latest special meal creations for First and Business Class travelers are the work of top chef Joshua Lüscher, chef de cuisine at the famed Zwyssighaus restaurant in the…

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