• How to Host Friendsgiving: An Easy, Grown-Up Plan and Menu

    How to Host Friendsgiving: An Easy, Grown-Up Plan and Menu

    How to host Friendsgiving without the stress: when to hold it, potluck or host-cooked, a make-ahead timeline and a full menu from turkey to pie.

  • Fall Travel Tips: Your Late-Season Questions, Answered

    Fall Travel Tips: Your Late-Season Questions, Answered

    My fall travel tips for the questions travelers ask most this time of year: booking holidays, insurance, Europe entry rules, upgrades and advisors.

  • The 2026 Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Gifts for Travelers

    The 2026 Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Gifts for Travelers

    The best gifts for travelers in 2026: 25 luxury ideas from cashmere and carry-ons to tech, travel-size beauty and hotel gift cards, with prices checked.

  • Christmas in New England 2026: The Best Towns, Events and Dates

    Christmas in New England 2026: The Best Towns, Events and Dates

    Christmas in New England for 2026: dates for Kennebunkport Prelude, the Nantucket Stroll, Woodstock Wassail, Newport Mansions and Boston tree lightings.

  • Book Now: The Best European Christmas Markets for 2026

    Book Now: The Best European Christmas Markets for 2026

    The best European Christmas markets for 2026, with dates for Vienna, Colmar, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Copenhagen and more, plus a luxury hotel near each.

  • Warm Places to Visit in December: 8 Luxury Escapes from Boston

    Warm Places to Visit in December: 8 Luxury Escapes from Boston

    The best warm places to visit in December, from Nevis and Canouan to Turks and Caicos, Punta Mita and Cartagena, with weather and flights from Boston.

  • A Grown-Up Halloween: Elegant Adult Halloween Ideas

    A Grown-Up Halloween: Elegant Adult Halloween Ideas

    Elegant adult Halloween ideas: a costume-optional dinner party, a better cocktail, Salem done right and a weekend at a reputedly haunted luxury hotel.

  • A Luxury Guide to Salem in October (Without the Crowds)

    A Luxury Guide to Salem in October (Without the Crowds)

    How to do Salem in October well: when to go, where to stay, where to eat and what to see beyond the crowds, from the Peabody Essex Museum to Ledger.

  • Nantucket After the Crowds: An Autumn Guide

    Nantucket After the Crowds: An Autumn Guide

    A guide to Nantucket in the fall: cranberry season, the best year-round hotels, what stays open, fall events and why to book the Christmas Stroll now.