Travel
Notre-Dame was built—and rebuilt—through private donations
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. Fire nearly destroyed the Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019. Thanks largely to an outpouring of private donations, the cathedral now…
The hidden economics of airline miles—and what you need to know
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. I joined my first frequent flyer program—American AAdvantage—before a trip to Australia in 1991. Sadly, I let those miles…
Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum offers a glimpse into life at sea
The Vikings were certainly world travelers: From home bases in Scandinavia they made their way as far west as North America, as far south as North Africa, and as far east as Russia and the Middle East. They were infamous as…
‘The Yage Letters’ log Burroughs and Ginsberg’s ayahuasca experiments
The Yage Letters, by William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, City Lights, 68 pages, $8–$54 used Long before it was popular for New Age norteamericanos to visit the Andes Mountains seeking psychedelic enlightenment from…
How Portuguese culture makes it easier to parent
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. My baby was stolen in a Portuguese airport. The culprit was a granny who worked in the bakery there, crafting pastéis de nata.…
How Trump’s travel restrictions are backfiring on American tourists
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. As the Trump administration began snatching college students, detaining legal European tourists, denying entry to British…
The Adam Smith walking tour in Edinburgh, Scotland
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The Heart of Midlothian; Joaquin Ossorio-Castillo/Alamy. St Giles' Cathedral; Nilfanion/Wikimedia. Adam Smith Statue;…
Federal officials won’t admit the real reason for ditching the TSA’s shoe rule
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) did not officially start requiring travelers to take off their shoes at the airport until August 2006. That was nearly five years after Richard Reid unsuccessfully tried to…
Seaside, Florida, mixes master planning and decentralization
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. You might not expect there to be much for libertarians to like about a town that boasts a master plan, where design conformity…
A global trend facing serious challenges
This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. "It was a grueling three-hour commute to my Colorado office this morning. I left Telluride with a yellow day pack strapped…
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