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Byline: LUCAS PETERSON Correction Appended My grandmother and I walked along Kweilin Street in Kowloon, near the Sham Shui Po rail station, where the open-air market was a scene of [...]

Ride-sharing has become a multibillion-dollar business over the last several years. The traditional taxi industry has been upended and is now forced to compete with drivers using their own automobiles, [...]

I was motoring along Route 101 in northwest Washington State in my little rental car, getting a kick out of the fact that I frequently drive the same highway in [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON I was motoring along Route 101 in northwest Washington State in my little rental car, getting a kick out of the fact that I frequently drive the [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDGreen-Wood cemetery seemed a natural place to spend a few hours in the midst of a hectic urban tour. I passed under its imposing Gothic Revival gates and began [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON Green-Wood cemetery seemed a natural place to spend a few hours in the midst of a hectic urban tour. I passed under its imposing Gothic Revival gates [...]

When I disembarked and took a look at Amber Cove, my initial thought was: ''Oh, no.'' We had just docked in the Dominican Republic after a full travel day at [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON When I disembarked and took a look at Amber Cove, my initial thought was: 'Oh, no.' We had just docked in the Dominican Republic after a full [...]

They had turned out the regular overhead lights at the Pearl Champagne Lounge, and now there was just black light, which lent an eerie fluorescence to the clubgoers' white T-shirts [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON They had turned out the regular overhead lights at the Pearl Champagne Lounge, and now there was just black light, which lent an eerie fluorescence to the [...]

This article is part of a series aimed at helping you navigate life's opportunities and challenges. What else should we write about? Contact us: smarterliving@nytimes.com . Quotes touting the benefits [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON I was trudging through calf-high grass in an industrial zone just a couple of miles north of Toronto's city limits. Having crossed through a car dealership, I [...]

I was trudging through calf-high grass in an industrial zone just a couple of miles north of Toronto's city limits. Having crossed through a car dealership, I sprinted across a [...]

I had been on only one cruise in my life: a hulking 4,252-person Royal Caribbean vessel that featured an ice-skating rink, a mini-golf course, a casino and a Johnny Rockets. [...]

I have a confession: before writing this column, I had never used Airbnb. My first experience with this San Francisco-based rental-home marketplace, which was founded in 2008 and dropped a [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWe stepped out into a drizzly London evening on St. Martin's Lane in the heart of the city's West End. I had decided to treat my mom, an obsessive [...]

''Chekhov,'' I kept saying. ''Check-off.'' Natalya, my kind, maternal Airbnb hostess, finally nodded. ''Ahh,'' she said, understanding. ''Chekhov,'' she repeated, making the ''e'' sound like ''ee'' and the ''kh'' more [...]

It's the simple things that sometimes present the biggest challenges. I was looking for a way to get to the Four Seasons Moscow, a huge beige box of a building [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON It's the simple things that sometimes present the biggest challenges. I was looking for a way to get to the Four Seasons Moscow, a huge beige box [...]

When I first set foot onto the hot sand of a Bulgarian beach and laid eyes on the Black Sea, I thought to myself, ''This has to be the ocean.'' [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON When I first set foot onto the hot sand of a Bulgarian beach and laid eyes on the Black Sea, I thought to myself, 'This has to [...]

Discussion of the Twin Cities -- Minneapolis and St. Paul -- inevitably tends to revolve around the former, while the latter, despite being the state capital, is usually relegated to [...]

After a week of downloading and trying out various travel and navigation apps, I reached an unfortunate conclusion: Most of them are worthless -- clunky, buggy, seemingly desultory efforts by [...]

The bad reputation of theme park food has been, let's face it, pretty well deserved: All the negative aspects you might find at a state fair -- sugary, greasy and [...]

The Kenai Peninsula is a 9,000-square-mile appendage jutting down from Anchorage into the Gulf of Alaska. At the end of the Sterling Highway, the 140-mile winding backbone that snakes down [...]

There's so much advice today on how to find rock-bottom airfares that it can be difficult to filter out the noise. Here are three flight-booking tips, though, that I can [...]

I walked out of Tokyo Station, the big commuter hub in the city's Chiyoda district, and turned to look up at its gorgeous brick facade. I was lost. I couldn't [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON I walked out of Tokyo Station, the big commuter hub in the city's Chiyoda district, and turned to look up at its gorgeous brick facade. I was [...]

Los Angeles may feature an abundance of holistic arts, yoga and macrobiotic diets, but it's probably not the first city that comes to mind when you hear the term ''eco-friendly.'' [...]

Tom Wolfe, chief concierge at the Fairmont San Francisco, greeted me in the lobby of the palatial hotel, which opened in 1907 atop the expensive Nob Hill enclave. Impeccably dressed [...]

Occasionally you get those ''aha'' travel moments -- epiphanic flashes when you see or experience something so enchanting that a thought occurs to you: ''Yep, that alone just made the [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON Occasionally you get those 'aha' travel moments - epiphanic flashes when you see or experience something so enchanting that a thought occurs to you: 'Yep, that alone [...]

When I exited my Megabus a few weeks ago in Milwaukee, Wis., saying goodbye to my fellow passengers and ending what had been an extremely eventful, harrowing trip, I had [...]

Famously, the word ''aloha'' has several meanings. It's often used, I found during my stay on the Big Island of Hawaii, as a noun loosely meaning a spirit of affection [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON Famously, the word 'aloha' has several meanings. It's often used, I found during my stay on the Big Island of Hawaii, as a noun loosely meaning a [...]

With every car rental transaction comes the slightly uncomfortable moment when the agent behind the counter tries to foist the company's insurance on you. When this happened to me at [...]

Yesterday was my first time taking Megabus, a discount intercity bus service that began in 2006 and quickly gained notoriety for advertising fares as low as $1 each way. Yesterday [...]

Things were in full swing when I arrived at the Fremont Street Experience, a covered outdoor street fair that functions as the throbbing party vein of downtown Las Vegas. Occasional [...]

Byline: LUCAS PETERSON Things were in full swing when I arrived at the Fremont Street Experience, a covered outdoor fair that functions as the throbbing party vein of downtown Las [...]

The article offers travel tips for Mumbai, India and includes recommendation for street food, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, and hotels.

The article offers travel tips for Ladakh, India and includes recommendations for hotels, restaurants, and shopping.

The article offers information on planning a skiing adventure under budget by tracking flight prices with Google Flights, booking cheap resorts in Afton Alps ski area in Minnesota and using sites like Expedia which showcase ski-themed hotel.

The article offers travel tips for Colorado and includes recommendations for dining, accommodations, shopping and historic excursions.

The article offers travel tips for Drake Bay, Costa Rica and includes recommendations for transportation, outdoor recreation, and accommodation.

The article offers travel tips for Lima in Peru, and includes information on tourist attractions like Playa Makaha, a rocky beach close to the Parque del Amor, the Lima international airport, and places to eat like Al Toke Pez.

The author compares several travel websites including Travelocity, owned by an American travel company Expedia, Kayak owned by an American company Priceline, and Hipmunk in terms of several services offered by them such as flight tickets, hotels, and packages.

The article offers travel tips for Moscow, Russia and includes recommendations for dining, accommodations, and afternoon activities.