When I left my job without another one lined up, everyone thought I was having a breakdown. I was. But I was also buying a one-way ticket to Bora Bora, and it turned out those two things were deeply connected — because sometimes the only way back to yourself is…
Bora Bora
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Bora Bora Resorts: A Guide to the Best Overwater Bungalows
By February, the grey had settled in so deep I could feel it behind my eyes — I needed sun, warmth, and a place where winter was someone else’s problem for a few weeks. That’s how I ended up standing on a private deck above a lagoon so impossibly turquoise…
Dubai
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The 7 Best Neighborhoods to Stay in Dubai for Your Trip
I never took a gap year. I went straight from high school to college to a career, doing every sensible thing in the right order — and somewhere around 32 I realized I’d been meaning to see the world since I was 17. Dubai was one of the first places…
Bora Bora
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Bora Bora Honeymoon: The Perfect Romantic Itinerary
The week my company went fully remote, I opened a map and asked a question I’d never seriously asked before: if I can work from anywhere, why am I still sitting in this apartment? My eyes landed on a tiny speck in the South Pacific — Bora Bora — and…
Dubai
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Top Day Trips from Dubai: Abu Dhabi, Desert, and More
After our youngest left for university, the house got very quiet very fast. My partner and I looked at each other over dinner one night and said, almost simultaneously, “So… where do you actually want to go?” We’d been living in Dubai for years, marveling at the skyline from our…
France
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French Countryside Itinerary: 3 Days in Provence and the Luberon
Three weeks after my relationship ended, I did the only thing that made sense: I booked a solo trip somewhere I’d always wanted to go but had been waiting for the “right time” to visit together. Provence had lived on that list for years — the lavender fields, the crumbling…
France
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Hidden Gems & Secret Spots: Your Ultimate Paris Instagram Off-the-Beaten-Path Guide
When I turned 35, I made a deal with myself: no more saving the good stuff for someday. The trip I’d been pinning photos of for four years finally had a departure date — Paris, and not the postcard version of it. Sure, my feed was full of the Eiffel…
France
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Beyond Nice and Cannes: Discovering the French Riviera’s Hidden Gems
My boss handed me a bonus check and said “invest it wisely.” I invested it in a round-trip ticket and two weeks somewhere I’d been dreaming about since a geography class in eighth grade — the French Riviera, that sun-drenched stretch of coastline I’d stared at in a textbook map,…
France
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Wine Lover’s Guide to French River Cruises: Bordeaux & Burgundy
My passport sat blank in a drawer for two years after I got it — I kept saying “soon” until a friend called me out at dinner. We booked flights that night. I barely slept. That impulsive decision landed me on a slow boat drifting through Bordeaux and Burgundy, a…
Greece
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One Day in Athens: The Perfect Itinerary for First-Timers
We eloped on a Tuesday with three friends and a bottle of champagne, telling ourselves the real trip would come later. “Later” arrived 18 months after our wedding when we finally stopped waiting for the perfect time and booked a flight to Athens. With just one day before island-hopping pulled…