Travel isn’t about seeing new places but experiencing them in ways that move you. It’s a feeling. A moment. A new perspective. The latest issue of our magazine, Extraordinary Moments, is a heartfelt letter to this ethos.
We don’t choose a destination based on popularity, big events, or social media algorithms. We choose it from experience. It’s a gut feeling. A story we want you to hear. When we talk about a place that we think you should visit, it’s because we know there’s a connection there, just waiting to be made. With that in mind, we’ve handpicked these eight off-the-beaten-path locations. Discover something special in 2025.
Southeast Asia is more than a place; it’s an experience that awakens your senses. It’s a region packed with unexpected connections, bold flavors, and touching moments. With the inside track on Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, we’re excited to show you Southeast Asia, the extraordinary way.
As the year draws to a close, we’d like to bring you some of our team’s most meaningful travel moments from 2024. In this line of work, we’re lucky enough to see some of the world’s most spectacular places. Yet, no matter how often we travel, there’s always a new experience to leave us speechless. That’s the true beauty of travel—the more you do it, the better it gets.
Here are three hand-picked family adventures to take next year by our team of experts who have first-hand experience traveling with kids of all ages.
It’s not too late to escape the chilly winter with a life-changing journey. We’re talking helicopter-hiking experiences in New Zealand’s otherworldly Southern Alps, sun-kissed treks among the razor-edged peaks of Patagonia, and Kenya’s wildlife all to yourself during the secret season, followed by white-sand beach days on the coast. From January through to March, here are a few of our favorite places to visit.
No one wants to be stuck in an airport when an adventure awaits. That’s why we’ve hand-picked 10 epic Extraordinary Journeys destinations with direct flights from the U.S.
Welcome to Brazil, the latest destination in our repertoire. Combine highlight-hitting destinations, like Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, with superlative Iguaçu Falls, and some of Brazil’s more laid-back enclaves, Buzios and Ibiti.
Bhutan could be the last frontier of travel. Untouched and remote, it feels like what I’d imagine Southeast Asia must have been a hundred years ago. Its culture has been preserved on a level that I’ve not seen anywhere else in the world. All buildings must be built to traditional, spectacular standards. The people really do stroll around in their colorful robes. Local customs and dances, if you’re lucky enough to see them, are completely authentic. Nothing is for show here. There is nowhere else quite like it.
Whether you’re looking to travel as soon as possible or throughout the fall and winter months, there’s a last-minute safari for you. This time of year there are fewer crowds, fantastic wildlife viewing, and excellent deals to be had. Parks and concessions are lush and green and new babies are making their way into the world