With the holiday season just around the corner, travelers are finalizing plans for festive getaways and looking ahead to where they might celebrate in December. From classic winter escapes to destinations that offer something a little different, the best holiday trips combine memorable …
A windswept stretch of Irish coastline. A fairway perched hundreds of feet above the Pacific. A legendary 18th hole where some of golf’s greatest champions have been crowned. For some travelers, a vacation begins with a destination. For golfers, it begins with …
Do you ever feel exhausted after a trip? Same. Oftentimes, I return from one vacation only to feel like I need another. Somewhere along the way, vacations became a competition to see how much we could squeeze into a week. The list …
It’s nearly midnight, and your employee’s connecting flight has been canceled. The next available departure is tomorrow afternoon. Nearby hotels are filling up. Renting a car and driving for hours is an option, however this person has been awake since 5 a.m. …
Few places in the world are as glamorous as the Côte d’Azur. Maybe it’s the Mediterranean light, the captivating blue water, or how a seaside lunch can stretch so late into the afternoon you have to push your dinner reservation out by …
At CIRE, in addition to corporate and group travel, we specialize in bespoke, luxury leisure travel. Yes, certain luxury trips can be pricey, but there’s a difference between expensive travel and overpriced travel. Expensive Is Not the Same as Overpriced Expensive travel …
A city of delightful complexities, Portland celebrates its contradictions with unapologetic confidence. Here’s a place that has figured out how to be simultaneously gritty and refined, bookish and bohemian, craft-obsessed and refreshingly unpretentious. “Weird” isn’t just a marketing slogan—it’s a way of …
You can spend weeks creating a corporate travel policy. Get input from HR and Finance. Set approval levels. Determine hotel guidelines. Spell out who can fly business class and when. Put the finished document somewhere everyone can find it. And then Rachel …
Few destinations are as evocative as Egypt. The pyramids are inherently mysterious. Tutankhamun’s golden mask has been portrayed in books and on TV and movie screens. The Nile, Luxor, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings are places etched into our imaginations …
The announcement came after everyone was already seated: the flight home had been canceled. After a long business trip, she only wanted one thing: to sleep in her own bed. After the announcement, she turned on her phone to let her husband …
