A Way to Go, Episode 15 - Understanding How Coronavirus Travels, with Dr. Jenn HaytheWere still in the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic, and many of us are asking ourselves the same questions: Is it safe to travel now? Will it be safe in the future? Am I staying home forever? These are issues best answered with rational thought and critical analysis, not fear and panic. So we turned to Dr. Jennifer Haythe of Columbia University Medical C

A Way to Go, Episode 18 - Debating What Travel Will Be After Coronavirus, with Fathoms FoundersWere a few weeks into the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic, and things that were looking rough a week ago seem dismal and dire today. As wee all sheltering in place and struggling to find a new normal, we cant help but wonder, are we ever going to travel again? We will, of course, but how? Just as 9/11 changed forever our experience at the airport

Buy Now, Stay Later is an innovative new program that just launched to help the hotel industry weather this debilitating coronavirus pandemic.The idea is simple: Travelers can invest in hotel bonds in increments of $100, directly from participating hotels. After 60 days, that $100 will be worth $150 in credit at the selected hotel, which can be redeemed in the future when its safe to travel.So $300 becomes $450, $500 becomes $750, $1,000 be

Heres to a fall well spent in New Yorks beautiful backyard. Yes, even this fall.NEW YORK – Its that time of year again when we leave behind our shorts and resume the back-to-school grind — even during this Covid year thats a little (a little?!) stranger than most. But theres no reason to fear the upcoming daylight savings. We can even see some silver linings, like hikes to take, harvests to pick, and fireplaces to (safely) huddle

Navigate previously inaccessible places, score same-day hotel reservations, learn a new language on the go. Thanks to 24 Best Travel Apps, the world is smaller than ever. And you have no more excuses to stay home. Get up and go. Now.But first: Browse, download, and add some new entries to the Fathom Travel Apps folder on your phone. (What? Thats not what you call it?) Even if you carry all these apps with you, youll still have room in your

When it comes to travel products, we like the nice things. Little things. Lightweight things. Things that we dont have to think much about once weve unpacked and settled in, but that can make or break an in-transit moment (like a great pair of headphones or a reliable WiFi connection). For the latest installment of the Fathom Travel Awards, our year-long celebration of our favorite places, people, and products in the world, were rolling out

Where do you find your travel inspiration?For this installment of the Fathom Travel Awards, our year-long celebration of the best places, services, and products in the world, we compiled a list of remarkable travelers and the sites they keep. We have an affinity for the DIYers and for those with passionate viewpoints that are authentic, original, and thrilling to follow. Were proud to present the Best Travel Blogs and Websites 2019: The sit

If you love to travel, you find a way. Start with the ears: Weve rounded up our favorite podcast episodes and organized them according to travel personalities.Traveler Type: The Hotel ObsessivePodcast: A Way to Go (ahem, our podcast)Episode: Transforming Locals into Stars, with Harsha ChanraiHeres the scenario: A luxury resort hotel moves into a destination that has never had one before. Hey now, great! So exciting! But hang on — who

Right around now, Team Fathom is usually finalizing our Where to Go This Year feature, which highlights the destinations that deserve a spot on travelers lists for the year ahead.While objective factors like exciting openings or new airline routes will nudge a location up the rankings, the process of deciding what makes the cut — like so much trend forecasting and lifestyle reporting — is more art than science, a mix of crystal

Well. Looks like someone has taken advantage of the pandemic to develop hotel projects for the future. Or, more accurately, lots of someones, by the look of our new hotels 2021 global forecast, which includes 150 hotels, 27 independent standouts among them. Some projects are delayed 2020 openings; all are interesting in their own ways. If all signs point to travel coming back with a vengeance once Covid vaccines have been widely distributed

The hotel world is emerging from lockdown with gusto, as evidenced by the exciting crop of hotels that have opened so far this year. You may remember several of these from our preview, The Worlds Best Hotel Openings in 2021: 150 to Look Forward To! Whether youre ready to travel far and wide or would rather keep it close to home, youll find lots of reasons to check into these winners.NEW HOTELS IN THE USAHotel Kinsley: Pearl Street

It took me 20 minutes this morning to find the charger for my cell phone. I had to sift through my big backpack, another small backpack and a whole pile of crap that I had stuffed into two corners of my bedroom. As I was digging around, I had to lower my head in shame. It occurred to me that lately, I have failed to adhere to one of the most important rules that I follow when traveling. Located somewhere around Page 3, Section B, Paragraph 1, in my imaginary personal travel manual, this all

I just can’t stop thinking about pad thai. Lovingly tossed rice noodles, mixed with fish sauce, tofu, vegetables, egg and chicken (or shrimp) and topped with a sprinkling of chili powder, bean sprouts, ground peanuts and freshly squeezed lime juice. It is hands-down the most splendid dish on the planet. However, even though I love to eat these noodles as often as possible, the reason why thoughts of pad thai so constantly occupy my mind actually has much less to do with its ingredients than

(This post is part of a unique project organized by Jonny over at www.thelifething.com. Through his efforts, a new inspirational eBook titled “SUCCESS” has just been released that consists of 30 bloggers’ personal definitions of the term ‘success’ and how to achieve it. The eBook is completely free to anyone interested and can be downloaded here: The Success eBook. In addition, most of the bloggers featured in the book have written a post this week about their

Quite a few months ago, Katie over at TripBase.com initiated an interesting project in which travel bloggers interact with each other in order to create an extensive database of ‘travel secrets’. Each travel blogger, once nominated, writes a post about their ‘3 Best Kept Travel Secrets’ and then nominates other bloggers to do the same and thus adding to the collection. Recently, I was nominated by Francoise over at CultofTravel.com to participate, so this is my ̵

“I want to travel right now, but I don’t have any money saved. I think I’ll have to wait a couple of years before I can leave.” The above situation is one that many people email me about, people who know that they are afflicted with the travel bug, but who feel the need to put that desire to explore this groovy world in the closet for now due to the balance (or lack of) in their bank account. At first, I was going to write a lengthy introduction detailing my thoughts on a lack

Right now I’m actually in the stages of deciding where my next adventure will take me, and as a result, it was only natural that I check the US Department of State’s Travel Warning website. This is generally how I begin any of my travel planning, not in order to learn which countries I should circumvent, but quite the opposite, to learn which regions I should consider visiting. A few months ago, I wrote a post about the growing misconception that Mexico is a dangerous destinati

A few weeks ago I wrote about the excitement we feel upon finally booking a flight for that long awaited adventure to foreign lands. There’s that point when all the tension of planning our trip instantly turns in to calm bliss as soon as we click on that “Confirm Purchase” or “Book Now” button. And then, at least for me, the excitement grows steadily during the days leading up to the actual flight and typically, I am so over-excited during the flight itself that I am unable to do any

I don’t know about you, but every now and then while I’m traveling, I need to take a break from all the exploration, discoveries and interactions, not to mention the challenges such as having a monkey steal your sandals in the middle of a city or hiking for five hours in the mud only to discover that you’ve taken the wrong path up to the famous Golden Rock. You know, the stuff that often makes travel nothing but an insane undertaking. Sometimes all I want to do is plop my

I meant to write this post a week ago but somehow I got a little sidetracked. So here it is now. Hopefully, and despite being late, this short post will still accomplish exactly what it is meant to accomplish – to play a role in providing clean drinking water to people in developing nations around the globe. Several weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets”. This post was part of an excellent blogging project organized by Katie Sorene over at Tripbase.com. The goal o