Travel

“Remember that scene in Pirates of the Caribbean where there’s a ship battle in the bay and then later you see Jack jump off a cliff into the water? That was all shot here in this area.” The enthusiastic tour guide telling me all this while my companions nodded and exclaimed, “Oh really?” might have …

It was 10 years ago when we published the very first issue of Perceptive Travel online magazine, which you can still see at that link. It’s got Rolf Potts, Jen Leo, Bruce Northam, Peter Moore, and Harold Stephens, plus me reviewing some books like the very first edition of Signspotting. We started off with a …

As I often do when I’m traveling on vacation, I’ve plowed through a bunch of magazines this week and read a lot of articles about apps and websites that will help you find a great travel deal. It’s a popular subject and there are always new options coming along promising to shave some money off …

Another year, another few dozen great travel stories from Perceptive Travel, founded in 2006 and still going strong. Here’s our rundown of the top travel stories of the year in 2015. We kicked things off by welcoming Mary Jo McConahay for the first time. She has scored a “Travel Journalist of the Year” award from …

It’s a common lament from foreign travelers—especially Europeans—that it’s difficult to get around in most U.S. cities without your own car. In our automobile-centric young country, there often aren’t many easy options for getting from A to B on public transportation. There are plenty of exceptions though, including some cities that don’t immediately come to …