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50 Perfect Holiday Gifts, According to Our Favorite Women Travelers

Volcanic ash candle holders from Iceland, delicious chocolate treats from Mexico, and more.
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In a Year of Record Hospitality Strikes, Women Workers Have Taken the Lead

Women hospitality workers bore the brunt of the pandemic's impact on the industry—and now, they're at the forefront of efforts for better pay and benefits.

Book Club

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Women Who Travel Book Club: 10 New Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall

Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
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Women Who Travel Book Club: 11 New Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
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Women Who Travel Book Club: 11 Books to Read On Your Winter Trips

Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.

Features & Essays

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Meet the Bolivian Skateboarders Bringing Andean Culture to the Halfpipe

Peruvian photographer Celia D’Luna on traveling to Cochabamba to meet Bolivia’s ImillaSkate collective.
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Saying Goodbye to Travel as I Know It—From the Mountains of Bhutan

Six months pregnant with her first child, writer Kaitlin Menza sets out on her last trip before motherhood.
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In Morocco, Maryam el Gardoum Is Nurturing a New Generation of Women Surfers

The five-time surf champion founded Tamraght's Dihya Surf School to get more women riding the waves.
Family Travel

In Costa Rica, Reconnecting With My Teenage Daughter

Writer Shoba Narayan on a wildlife- and adventure-filled trip that allowed for family bonding.
Shopping

By Giving Up My Need for Perfect Hair, I Learned to Lean Into My Travels 

For years, I sacrificed elemental travel experiences for the sake of my vanity. Then, all at once, I gave in. 
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Women Who Travel Podcast: The Best Places to Go in 2024

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with colleagues Arati Menon and Sarah James to take you behind the scenes of our annual list.
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January 2024 Horoscope: It’s Time to Rethink Who You Are As a Traveler

Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
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Seeking a Cure for My Fear of Flying

My phobia had reached new heights. Could a training course with Air France help quell it?
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Raving in Ukraine

This week, host Lale Arikoglu goes deep on the country's resilient rave culture.
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Out in the Bush With Botswana's All-Woman Safari Guiding Crew

The group, known as the Chobe Angels, is raising conscious safari standards—and inspiring a new generation of women—in the northern reaches of Botswana.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: What Is Passport Privilege?

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with author Shahnaz Habib to answer this question, debunk wanderlust, and more.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: A Cultural History of Eyeliner Around the World

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with author Zahra Hankir to get to the bottom of kohl's wide-reaching appeal.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Braving the Grand Canyon’s Rapids

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with science journalist Melissa Sevigny to retrace an adventure of a lifetime.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Telling Hong Kong's Story, Despite the Consequences

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with journalist Louisa Lim to chat about the city's past and present.
Inspiration

Retracing Julia Child’s Footsteps Through Paris, 75 Years Later

A food writer shares what it was like to eat, cook, and shop in Paris as Julia Child knew and loved it.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: A ‘Vogue’ Editor's Packing Secrets

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with fashion expert Chloe Malle to get to the bottom of how to pack—and what to pack it in.
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A Different Kind of Summer in Paris

In the midst of a divorce, writer Caitlin Gunther is forced to reacquaint herself with her adopted home.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Susan Orlean's Extraordinary Travels

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with the prolific writer to talk about her adventures, which have taken her to Iceland, Bhutan, and more.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Salem, Then and Now

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with witch expert Dr. Helen Bergen about the seismic trials that happened in this small Massachusetts town, and dives into WitchTok content from around the globe.
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What the First Woman President of Celebrity Cruises Has Learned From Nearly 40 Years in the Travel Industry

In her forthcoming memoir Making Waves, Lutoff-Perlo recounts lessons learned on her way to becoming the CEO of Celebrity Cruises.