Start your engines and feel the adrenaline rush. During Momentum Adventure‘s six-day Baja Adventure, you’ll roar through the desert in a limited edition Baja Challenger racecar; chase mighty blue marlin in the Sea of Cortez; shoot under par at a Jack Nicklaus-designed course and dream big in a posh villa on the grounds of the [...]
We’re wrapping up the week with five links worth a click. Happy travels, Jetsetter! So it was really hot in NYC last week (we know, we know, we went a little overboard pointing that out). But that didn’t keep people away from the hot hotel pools we’ve got in this fine city. In fact, The [...]
In our second installment of The Check-In, we’re talking to Chris Manning, co-founder of Travaasa, a unique hotel concept with outposts in Austin and Hana, Hawaii. Travaasa is where adventure travel meets local activities meets the spa meets total relaxation… it’s an idea that stands out in the travel world. We got to the bottom [...]
Sure, New York City is an expensive place to live. But we’ll let you in on a little secret: We New Yorkers are actually just a bunch of cheapos. That trait is never more apparent than in the summer, when the price of fun stuff — Movies! Music! More! — drops as quickly as temperatures [...]
Sometimes you feel like a nut… sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you feel like sleeping in a traditional hotel… sometimes the only thing that will do is a metal treehouse in remote Sweden. For those ever-present “what would it be like to…” questions, this list’s for you. We’ve put together our favorite unusual (though still gorgeous [...]
We’re wrapping up the week with five links worth a click. Happy weekend travels, Jetsetter! In this week’s edition of hot travel mess, a Canadian couple was rewarded about $12,500 after suing Air Canada. The charge? The flight attendants didn’t speak the Mother Tongue, French, during on-air announcements. And yet the couple speaks fluent English [...]
In this regular column, Jetsetter’s favorite hoteliers dish on their inspirations and projects. First up: Texan Liz Lambert, of Bunkhouse Management, who is renowned for turning a flophouse on Austin’s South Congress Avenue into Hotel San Jose, one of the most happening hotels in America, and in the process turning herself into a true tastemaker. Now [...]
Though the U.S.’s own Grand Canyon makes all our travel headlines, southern Peru’s Colca Canyon is actually twice as deep and arguably twice as spectacular. When I first visited it, I was stunned by the tiered mountains bisected by the Colca River, bizarre foliage thriving at 10,000 feet and higher and packs of llamas patrolling [...]
Nothing says summer more than surfing. Naturally, we decided to check in with Kelly Slater, the ten-time World Surfing Champion, for the world’s best surf destinations. When he’s not on the water, the Quiksilver-sponsored athlete and obsessive traveler also runs the Kelly Slater Foundation, which supports social and environmentally minded charities, and plays golf all [...]
One of our favorite things about working at Jetsetter is hearing from happy members on their honeymoons. Our partners include the world’s most romantic hotels, and we’ve even got a team on hand to help you plan your dream vacation, so we’re used to hearing about some spectacular honeymoons. But it begs the question: Who [...]