Patrons dine outside at Jeanie’s in Cozumel, Mexico, in November 2025. The west coast has the calm sea, sunsets and, along San Miguel’s waterfront, restaurants and bars with stunning views. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times) By PATRICK SCOTT It may be surprising that Cozumel, the 30-mile-long island just off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula that is one of the world’s busiest cruise ship destinations, can still feel comfortably uncrowded, peaceful and even wild. Go beyond the someti

Experts advise starting conversations with children about safety about a week before a journey, taking a family photo at the start of each day, and labeling bags and clothes. (Weston Wei/The New York Times) By DANIELLE GELFAND A few months ago, my family was in the crowded Brussels Airport. Though I’d put an AirTag in my then 7-year-old daughter’s knapsack, made a bracelet with our contact information and even taught her my phone number to the tune of “Happy Birthday to You,”

A miller at Isle-aux-Coudres in Quebec, Canada on Sept. 5, 2025, gives a demonstration about how the flour is made. An agro-tourism route through the Charlevoix region offers a hyperlocal bounty, charming towns and farms that preserve traditional methods of production. (Renaud Philippe/The New York Times) By JIM ROBBINS It is a culinary adventure that started with a bang: Some 400 million years ago, a meteor more than 2 miles wide slammed into what is now the Charlevoix regio

Dishes at a restaurant at the Pellestova mountain station in Norway, 2025. A 100-mile journey along the country’s Troll Trail includes stunning vistas, snowbound mountain hotels and waffles. (David B. Torch/The New York Times) By DAVID GOODMAN In ancient times, travelers in Norway avoided paths thought to be inhabited by trolls. According to Nordic folklore, these fearsome creatures lived in the mountains and threatened and harassed humans. But the Troll Trail, or Trolloypa i

Sometimes, a short-term rental doesn’t live up to its billing. Here’s how to recognize red flags before you turn up at the front door. (Weston Wei/The New York Times) By ADRIENNE WICHARD-EDDS When my husband and I followed our GPS to the charming Maine saltbox home we’d rented on Airbnb in July, we blew right past. We circled back, finally accepting that we’d arrived. Surely, this sad shack on top of a retaining wall at the back of an empty lot was not where we’d planned to s

An ocean vista at a resort in Thailand on Dec. 26, 2024. 52 Places to Go, the Travel section’s annual list of recommended destinations, lands every January. Each short entry is a snapshot into a different possible adventure. (David Rama Terrazas Morales/The New York Times) By TACEY RYCHTER 52 Places to Go, the Travel section’s annual list of recommended destinations, lands every January. Each short entry is a snapshot into a different possible adventure. Some Travel editors w

The sandstone formations known as, from left: the West and East Mitten buttes and Merrick Butte at Monument Valley, in the Navajo Nation, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2025. Fallout from the slump in travel to the U.S. has reached all the way to Monument Valley, where a dozen Navajo guides told The New York Times that their international business evaporated this year. (Gabe Castro-Root/The New York Times) By GABE CASTRO-ROOT The red sandstone buttes and rugged expanses of Monument Valley, i

By CHRISTINE CHUNG Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed last week by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first ob