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First Time Travelers trips
Low-friction destinations for early trips abroad
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Napa Valley
Tasting rooms, hot air balloons and a strong restaurant scene.
Edinburgh
A castle on a crag, closes full of history, and August festivals.
Seattle
Coffee, Puget Sound ferries and a launchpad for Mount Rainier.
Grand Cayman
Seven Mile Beach, Stingray City and easy shore diving.
Denver
A mile-high base camp for the Rockies with a serious food scene.
Zion National Park
Slot canyons and the Narrows, an easy add-on to Las Vegas.
Yosemite National Park
Granite walls, waterfalls and giant sequoias in one valley.
Niagara Falls
The classic falls trip, doable from Toronto or Buffalo.
Copenhagen
Design, harbor swimming and a bike-first city layout.
Dublin
A compact capital and the natural start of any Ireland road trip.
Sedona
Red rock canyons, trailheads and dark skies two hours from Phoenix.
Savannah
Spanish moss, historic squares and an easy pairing with Charleston.
Salt Lake City
Four world-class ski resorts within an hour of the airport.
Great Smoky Mountains
The most-visited national park in America, free to enter.
Austin
Live music, barbecue and swimming holes inside the city limits.
Nashville
Live music seven nights a week and hot chicken worth the queue.
Key West
The end of the Overseas Highway, with reef diving and sunset rituals.
Vienna
Imperial palaces, coffee houses and world-class classical music.
Charleston
Antebellum architecture, Lowcountry cooking and nearby barrier islands.
Toronto
Canada's largest city — diverse, walkable and a short flight from the Northeast.
New York City
Five boroughs, endless itineraries, and the densest concentration of world-class museums in America.
San Juan
A 500-year-old walled city, rainforest an hour away, and no passport required.
Rome
Three thousand years of history stacked on top of itself.
Vancouver
Mountains, ocean and rainforest inside one city limit.
Orlando
The theme park capital of the world, with four Disney parks and Universal in one metro area.
Montreal
French-speaking, festival-driven, and the best food value in Canada.
Las Vegas
Resort megahotels, headline residencies, and a launchpad for the Southwest's national parks.
Quebec City
The only walled city north of Mexico — and the most European place in North America.
Singapore
A city-state that works — and the easiest introduction to Asia.
Los Angeles
Beaches, studios, hiking and the most varied food scene in the country.
Florence
The Renaissance in a city you can cross on foot in thirty minutes.
Miami
Art Deco, Latin American food culture and the gateway to the Keys and Everglades.
Sydney
The harbour, the Opera House, and beaches inside the city.
Chicago
Architecture, lakefront and one of America's great museum cities.
Washington DC
Free national museums, monuments and the most educational family trip in America.
Melbourne
Laneway coffee, street art and Australia's cultural capital.
London
Free world-class museums, deep history and no language barrier.
Auckland
A harbour city built on fifty volcanoes.
Amsterdam
Canals, Vermeer and Van Gogh, all on a bicycle.
San Diego
Perfect weather, a world-famous zoo, and the most relaxed big city in California.
Queenstown
The adventure capital of the world, on a lake beneath the Remarkables.
Boston
Colonial history in a walkable, compact New England city.
Geneva
Lakeside diplomacy at the foot of the Alps.
Grand Canyon
A mile deep, 277 miles long, and the most recognisable landscape in America.
Yellowstone
Geysers, wolves and bison across the world's first national park.
Hawaii
Six visitable islands, volcanoes, and the best beaches under the American flag.
Alaska
Glaciers, grizzlies and the largest national parks in the country.