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Travel Rewards Are Getting Worse. Here’s the Airline Miles Strategy I Use Instead.

By: Tim Wenger

Airline points keep losing value. For travelers who fly often, focusing on one airline miles strategy may be the simplest way to make them more useful.

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Steamboat Springs Adds Culture, Cuisine, and a Steamy Soak to Your Ski Trip

By: Tim Wenger

What to do in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, like Howelsen Hill, Tread of Pioneers Museum, Table 79, Laundry Kitchen, and Strawberry Park Hot Springs.

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Here’s All the Gear and Resources You Need to Plan a Splitboarding Trip

By: Tim Wenger

To get into backcountry snowboarding, you need the right splitboarding gear. Here's everything you need to get started, updated for 2025.

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Winnipeg Is 500 Miles From Anywhere. That’s Exactly Why Its Music Hits So Hard.

By: Tim Wenger

A punk fan flies to Winnipeg for a Propagandhi show and discovers how a 1919 strike, 50 community clubs, and prairie isolation built Canada’s loudest music city.

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Winnipeg Is 500 Miles From Anywhere. That’s Exactly Why Its Music Hits So Hard. Seeing a new side of Canada's "middle child." 1 View

By: Tim Wenger

A crinkled $5 bill punched my ticket into Winnipeg. I'd dug it out of my passport holder, where I keep leftover cash from international trips in a

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I Have a Weird Habit That Might Seem Creepy to Most Travelers

By: Tim Wenger

One editor’s habit of scrolling old Uber rides, TripIt itineraries and Google Maps pins to relive past trips is a little creepy. He’s fine with that.

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I Have a Weird Habit That Might Seem Creepy to Most Travelers Nostalgia is a helluva drug. 1 View

By: Tim Wenger

I have a weird habit I haven't quite figured out how to explain to people without sounding rather unwell.

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Kids and the Future of Skiing: How Some Resort Operators Get It, and Others Don’t Skiing needs to be affordable for families. 1 View

By: Tim Wenger

I will never forget the day I became familiar with the “edgie wedgie.” It was St. Patrick's Day in 2024, and I'd lured my longtime mountain buddy

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Kids and the Future of Skiing: How Some Resort Operators Get It, and Others Don’t

By: Tim Wenger

With lift tickets nearing $300 per day, major ski resorts are pricing out families, and this is detrimental to the sport's future.

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Inside Sugar House Hotel, Marriott’s All-Electric Bet on the Future of Hospitality

By: Tim Wenger

T he most radical thing about Sugar House Hotel is how ordinary it feels. The 115-room hotel in Winooski, just across the river from Burlington, is entirely electric.