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Experts say these top trends will define travel in 2025

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 Mark Stachiew

It’s the time of year when travel experts come out of the woodwork to predict trends for the coming year. Some of these trends are

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Where to travel in 2025? Would you prefer some random suggestions or trust an AI for ideas?

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Anyone who’s followed this blog for any amount of time knows that I like to make fun of those end-of-year lists where travel experts predict

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Top 10 trending destinations for 2025: Where the experts say you should go next

December 17, 2024January 30, 2025 Mark Stachiew

It’s that time of year when travel editors are filling pages with their where-to-travel-next-year lists. While these lists are not completely arbitrary, they mostly are,

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These were my 5 favourite travel experiences of 2024

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 Mark Stachiew

I’m lucky to be invited by travel marketing destinations to visit a lot of interesting places every year and 2024 was no exception. These press

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Le Grand Roue de Montréal in the city's Old Port is one of its most distinctive tourist attractions. (Photo by Mark Stachiew)
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Enjoying spectacular views of Montreal from Canada’s tallest Ferris Wheel

November 28, 2024November 28, 2024 Mark Stachiew

It’s only been seven years since it opened, but I finally rode on Le Grand roue de Montréal, the giant Ferris Wheel in the city’s

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New Scientist Discovery Tours help travellers explore the world through a scientific lens

November 19, 2024November 19, 2024 Mark Stachiew

New Scientist, a British magazine known for publishing stories that explore big scientific and societal questions, launched its Discovery Tours program nine years ago as

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Mennonite communities thrive in different parts of Mexico, but are most populous in Chihuahua. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
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My visit with Mexico’s Mennonites

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Mexico and Manitoba both begin with the letter M, but another M word they have in common is Mennonites. During a recent trip to Mexico’s

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Baby puffins are known as pufflings and they don't yet have the colourful beaks that the adults are famous for. (Photo by Mark Stachiew)
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Rescuing baby puffins with Newfoundland’s Puffin Patrol

October 22, 2024November 19, 2024 Mark Stachiew

I point my flashlight through the night air at a white-coloured object on the road, thinking I have found a baby puffin. My excitement turns

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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