How You Travel Matters

Earlier this year, Indagare's creative director Simone Girner went on a scouting trip to Tunisia, exploring this fascinating North African country, which should be on your radar for 2021. 

Traveling during the time of Covid may be challenging, but it can also be extraordinary. Having just returned from a three-week trip to Rwanda, leading two of our Insider Journey trips, I am happy to report that the country—which was...

On August 1, Kenya became one of the first countries to re-open its borders to Americans, and, in September, I made my first international trip post-lockdown, spending almost three weeks there. To arrive, I had to face new travel anxieties...

I consider myself part of the first generation of true global citizens. Born in New York to an Australian mother and an American father, who met in London in the 1950s, I made my first trip halfway around the world...

Slowly and with careful consideration, the Indagare Team has been venturing back out into the world to bring first-hand reporting to our community, and to lead by example as we determine what the future of travel will look like. Exactly...

Looking to travel again, but wanting to ensure your trip is as safe as possible? Private options may be the answer when you choose to fly, stay or sail next.

Before COVID-19, the Indagare Team was constantly scouting around the world in search of the best new hotels, restaurants, guides and experiences for our community—as well as emerging destinations to keep on your radar. Exactly one year ago, Associate Editor...

NBC News selected Indagare CEO and founder Melissa Biggs Bradley as one of its Visionaries, highlighting "CEOs, entrepreneurs and innovators who are reshaping their industries, as well as adapting their strategies to meet the moment." When Covid-19 brought international travel...

Although it can sometimes seem as if our actions drive our life stories, really it is the other way around: the stories we tell ourselves about who we are, where we’re going and what we want out of life are...

While it is impossible to completely eliminate the chance of getting sick while traveling, I have interviewed doctors, other industry experts and frequent travelers for advice on how to minimize risk on the road. Since the emergence of the coronavirus,...

Last year was full of many upheavals, delayed dreams, deferred plans, forced separations and other challenges, including deciding when, if and how to gather with family—and when, if and how to travel. After spending early lockdown together, our family, like...

Three years ago, after my second trip to Rwanda, I wrote an article called “A Plane Ride to Inspiration,” because even though I had come to see endangered mountain gorillas, what left me in awe was the resilience of the...

In the words of famed travel writer Paul Theroux, “winter is a season of recovery and preparation.” As we approach the one-year mark of this global pandemic, planning a responsible getaway—be it a long weekend close to home or an...

2020 certainly did not turn out the way any of us expected—and yet, the Indagare Community continued to get out on the road and into the world, in new ways. Since last April, these are the hotels that you turned...

Designer and entrepreneur India Hicks sat down with Indagare CEO and Founder Melissa Biggs Bradley during our Design Club series to talk about her latest projects and design inspirations, island living during Covid and why creating your own unique sense...

Writer Paul Theroux’s latest book, Under the Wave at Waimea (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), set in Hawaii, tells the story of Joe Sharkey, a legendary 60-something big-wave surfer, coming to terms with being past his prime—and a tragic accident that forever...

Summer is just around the corner, and the promise of longer, warmer, sun-filled days—along with rising rates of vaccinations at home and around the world, and the recent CDC declaration that travel is low-risk for fully vaccinated people—has the Indagare...

Whispers of springtime are in the air, and as the afternoons fill with sunshine and timid buds stretch their faces towards the light—and vaccination rates continue to rise—the culture capitals of the East Coast are shrugging off their coats of...

We could all use more wellness in our lives. Whether we seek to disconnect from the outside world, challenge ourselves or relax in style (or all of the above), a restorative getaway to a rejuvenating resort is often the perfect...

It's the ultimate escape: unplugging in the great outdoors at a remote retreat, with stunning natural scenes providing the perfect backdrop and larger-than-life activities entertaining the entire family from dawn to dusk. These are the 10 best destinations for ultimate...

Here are the results of Indagare’s latest Travel Sentiment Survey, with opinions from more than 1,200 respondents surveyed, who offered their perspectives on travel during Covid, conducted one year after the pandemic was officially declared.

For One&Only Resorts’ first European hotel, the luxury brand turned its sights to Montenegro, a pint-sized Balkan country with a gorgeous coastline on the Adriatic and rugged mountain interior. More than six years in the making, One&Only Portonovi is the...

Along the Adriatic coast, Montenegro has bubbled quietly under the travel radar for years, especially compared to its ever-trendy Balkan cohorts Greece, Croatia and Slovenia. Smaller than all of them (Montenegro is roughly the size of Connecticut, with a fifth...

Usually, Indagare's team of travelers can be found scouting in all corners of the world, at any given moment, bringing back the latest on-the-ground intel and firsthand expertise for our community. This year, like everyone else, we've been more grounded—but...

You don’t need to fly to the Maldives or the Caribbean to enjoy a sun-soaked holiday on a breathtaking beach. The U.S. coasts offer postcard-perfect stretches of powdery white sand and shimmering waves that make for an easy beach getaway on a...

After a year of Covid, Melissa Biggs Bradley reflects on the way we think about travel now and the positive impact of embracing the (unknown) road ahead.