Monday, October 18, 2010

Vacationing: The Exotic, Cheap and Fun

Travel + Leisure magazine is a travel magazine published by American Express Publishing. The magazine began in 1969 as Travel & Camera magazine and focused on travel photography before evolving into a magazine

focused on consumer travel coverage. This monthly magazine has about 4.8 million readers, according to the magazines media kit. Novelists, poets, artists, designers and journalists in others fields often contribute articles

along with many ranked listings of the best places, cruises, agents Air Max 90and all things travel including family-friendly, budget and exotic.

Travel + Leisure often ranks and features articles on the best hotels in the U.S. Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean for families to stay. The best-ranking spots feature kids clubs, pools, family-friendly activities and plenty of

things for adults to enjoy.

Each year Travel + Leisure magazine surveys thousands of travel agents and picks the top 100+ for their top agents list. Readers can find top agents throughout the world including Australia, Asia and Africa in the find a top

agent by destination feature of the magazine.

Though many of Travel +Leisure magazines destination picks are not easy on the wallet, the magazine also offers up money-saving tips and deals throughout the year. One recent money-saving feature was about how to

avoid airline surcharges like baggage charges and seat fees. The magazines website also posts "weekly travel bargains" and past features have included "27 Affordable Beach Resorts" and "50 Best Hotels for Families."

Worlds Best Awards is the magazines annual reader survey rating destinations and travel providers including their favorite hotels, spas, airlines, cruise lines and cities around the world. The awards issue began in 1995 and is

one of the travel magazines most popular issues. For the 2008 Worlds Best Awards readers ranked Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Sydney and Florence their top 5 favorite cities.

Much of Travel + Leisures editorial content is devoted to theAir Max 95 coverage of spas. Past features have included guides to Caribbean spas, wellness

spas, European spas and best spas in America. Annually the magazine ranks the worlds best spas and the "A-list" spas, often by specialties.

The travel magazine also devotes a lot of coverage to the growing trend of vacation cruises. These days there are a lot of different kinds of cruises to choose from and Travel + Leisure magazine thoroughly covers every kind

of cruise from yoga cruises, world cruises and environmentally-friendly cruises.

Competitors of Travel + Leisure magazine are Budget Travel, Cruise Travel, Travel 50 & Beyond, National Geographic Traveler and Conde Nast Traveler magazine.

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