Travel & Transportation Blog

A December company outing in the Hudson Valley can start with dinner, a cooking class, or bowling. The useful question is which one your colleagues would actually turn up for. When comparing office Christmas party ideas, consider whether the team wants time to talk, something to do, or simply an early bedtime. Before paying a...

The tuxedo takes its American name from Tuxedo Park, a gated village in Orange County, New York. The jacket has British roots, which makes the history of the tuxedo a transatlantic story. It involves a royal wardrobe, Gilded Age society, and competing accounts of who wore what first. Apparently, even a dinner jacket needs an...

From November 6 to 15, 2026, the New York Comedy Festival brings more than 200 comedians to all five boroughs. Over 100 shows fill small New York comedy clubs and major theaters. The difficult part is getting your friends to agree on whose jokes are worth leaving the house for. Pick a show before the...

Kingston fits two very different eras into a single day. Up on the hill, stone houses remember the American Revolution. Two miles south, old warehouses recall the coal barges that once crowded Rondout Creek. Start uphill with a slow wander through Uptown Kingston, where colonial houses and an old church lead to lunch at a...

Every fall, Warwick's orchards fill with visitors carrying apple baskets, buying cider doughnuts, and taking enough pumpkin photos to last until next October. Venture beyond the Route 94 farm stands, and the best things to do in Warwick, NY have little to do with picking fruit. Historic buildings from the Revolutionary War era line the...

Route 211 gives the area a rather ordinary first impression. The strip has shops, chain stores, and enough traffic lights to test your patience. It's not exactly the sort of place that makes you pull over and start exploring. But judging an entire city by its busiest highway is a bit like judging a restaurant...

Front Street can turn a quick lunch into a long afternoon with very little effort. Beacon sits directly across the Hudson, the Highlands rise behind it, and every now and then a tugboat drifts through the view like it has all day. That riverfront scene is the Newburgh most visitors notice first. A few blocks...

Monroe has the odd luck of sitting beside one of the region's biggest shopping magnets. Woodbury Common gets plenty of attention, but the town itself has a stranger little personality. You get old millponds, railroad traces, wooded corners, and a local history that somehow includes Velveeta. That mix makes things to do in Monroe, NY...

On Halloween, Greenwich Village fills with costumes long before the parade begins. Elsewhere, clubs prepare for late nights, bars host crawls and themed parties, and people cross the city wearing outfits that seemed much easier to manage at home. You'll find plenty of results when you search for a Halloween party in NYC. The harder...

The first signs of autumn north of New York City can be subtle. A few yellow branches appear along the river, then entire hillsides turn orange, red, and gold. Seeing Hudson Valley fall foliage can be as simple as picking one area and giving it enough attention. Some of the most rewarding options are close...