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Happy Holidays!

-The Traveler’s Collection team

Whether headed out to a Christmas market from Vienna’s Grand Hotel Wien or cozying in by a fire at the Triple Creek Ranch in Montana, The Traveler’s Collection has a bullet proof packing list for this year’s winter getaway. Convinced that your chunky cold-weather-closet […]

Although Thanksgiving is regarded as an American holiday, over the years various cultures have infused their spices, herbs, and unique flavors into the traditional Turkey Day menu to make it one of their own. The result is a continually expanding inventory of reconstructed stuffings and morphed pumpkin pies. If you’re looking […]

Repeatedly gracing the front page of The New York Times travel section in the past few years, Istanbul, Turkey, has maintained its title as one of the world’s most extraordinary destinations. A place in which polar opposites convene- modern and old, wealthy and poor, religious and secular, sophistication and simplicity- this paradox of […]

Last week on The Travel Journal we previewed halloween-like celebrations in Ireland, China, and Spanish-speaking countries. From apple-bobbing, to lantern lighting, and colorful alter decorating, we learned that there are various traditions dedicated to fostering fright. Here are a few more hair-raising rituals:

Austria

In Austria, some people will leave bread, […]

Trick or treating, pumpkin carving, haunted hay rides, costume shopping. These end-of-October activities are typically associated with a tradition rooted in American culture, but various countries around the world similarly celebrate a day of creepy crawly spookiness. So, if you’re overseas and homesick for Halloween, keep in mind that your foreign friends might […]

“Let us unite, seven billion strong, in the name of global common good.”

-Message for UN Day 2011 from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Sixty-five years ago today, the United Nations announced the anniversary of the Charter of the UN, a day for people of the world to be […]

As we transitioned into comfort food weather, in September we featured fall-friendly salad recipes to encourage maintaining summer’s fresh and healthy eating mindset. Although the veggies used in each recipe are most nutrient-filled in their raw, untouched form, sometimes fall’s grey skies call for something soothingly toasty. Something that would sufficiently substitute the […]