Video: Tree-Top Champagne Bar in Champagne, France
It's the elixir of lovers and those who love the good life. Champagne is perfection, and how do you improve on perfection? Drinking it in the tree tops at the Perching Bar. BestTrip.TV traveled to the source, the Champagne region of France, and to the National Forest outside its capital of Reims. The Perching Bar is an eco-tree-house bar at the end of a tree walk. High concept design has even the seats and champagne buckets suspended from the rafters... floating,...
What European River Cruise is the Most Romantic?
It's the time of year when we celebrate love - and love of travel. We've hand-picked our favorite travel experiences for treats, pampering, romance, the good life, and celebrating traveling with everyone in our lives we love.Beginning with... the most Romantic river cruise in Europe: Castles and wine and lovers' legends, oh my!Lynn Elmhirst, producer/ host and cruise expert of BestTrip.TV, explains how 'The Romantic Rhine' weaves a perfect romance of Northern European culture for river cruise travelers to watch,...
Video: Meet the Maker: Dutch Bicycles and Cycling Culture in Amsterdam
Did you know there are more bicycles than people in Amsterdam? It's one of the original and influential cycling cultures that helped set the trend towards urban cycling and our love for touring new destinations by bike. The Dutch bicycle - the original workhorse urban bike for entire families - sets the bar in style, function and cool factor. BestTrip.TV discovers cycling culture in legendary Amsterdam, and meets the maker of custom Dutch bikes. If there's anything better than cycling through the streets...
Eataly's $106 Million Italian Culinary Destination in Bologna
They don't want you to call it a 'theme park'. But if you're one of the foodies around the world who love the wildly popular, Eataly franchises, the field-to-fork destination that has opened near Bologna, Italy is the culinary 'theme park' of your dreams.The Eataly phenomenon has been described as a premium Italian grocery store 'with tasting rooms'. You shop, you eat, you love; authentic, from-the-source Italian food and food products. When it launched in New York City, there were...
Video: Hong Kong's Chinese New Year Fireworks
Kung Hei Fat Choy! BestTrip.TV discovers the traditions, the spectacle and the little known facts behind one of Hong Kong's biggest festivals. Chinese New Year - or Lunar New Year - is celebrated not only in mainland China, plus Hong Kong and Macau, but also in Chinese communities around the world, as well as throughout South-East Asia: Singapore, Viet Nam, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and others. Chinese New Year falls on different dates every year in January or February, with each year dedicated...
BestTrip.TV Travel Video: Juice Fasting Resort in Costa Rica
Is health and weight loss at the top of your resolutions this year? Did you also resolve to travel more? What if you could marry your two goals? Travel to a dream destination AND come home healthier? Foodie BestTrip.TV travel video host Lynn Elmhirst trades in cocktails and cuisine for a juice fast at an extreme wellness, weight loss and fitness retreat in Costa Rica. Every year, I make, like everyone else, New Year’s Resolutions. This year I wanted to hit the reset...
Cruise to Cuba? Yes You Can!
10 ways you can cruise to Cuba this year. One of the biggest travel stories of the past year has to be the renewing of relations between Cuba and the US and the rise of Cuba as a destination for American travelers. Cuba has long been a favorite sun and culture destination for Canadians and Europeans. Only US citizens were prevented from traveling to the Caribbean's largest island. Now American cruise ships are permitted to sail to Cuba, and late in 2016,...
Accor's New-Concept 'Millennial' Hotels: 'Revolutionizing' Travel?
French company Accorhotels is launching JO&JOE, a new hotel concept it says is 'disrupting' traditional hotel codes and 'reinventing' the hotel experience in design, food&beverage, service and lifestyle, blending 'the best of private-rental, hostel, and hotel formats for solo, groups, pairs or family 'tripsters'. A lot of jargon, but what does it mean for travelers? JO&JOE hotels are an economy option that will be located in on-trend European and global city-center locations close to public transportation and a city's major points of...
Introducing the Seabourn Encore
Seabourn's new Encore was introduced to the world at a festive evening ceremony pier side in Singapore January 7th, 2017, and we can't help gushing over the first cruise ship arrival of 2017. International recording artist and the world's best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman presided over the naming ceremony as Godmother of the new 600-guest ship, the first of two new all-suite vessels for the luxury, small-ship cruise line. Guests and VIPs joined Seabourn staff to enjoy the vibrant, entertainment-filled launch festivities as...
Intrepid Doubles Family-Themed Itineraries
Intrepid Travel is doubling its family-themed tours for 2017 with 48 itineraries tailored to families in two new styles of travel, Comfort and Active Family.The decision to launch more than 20 tours comes as a result of the increasing demand for multi-generational travel. Intrepid Travel has also experienced significant demand for its teen trips, designed for ages 12 and up, inspiring the launch of teen trekking itineraries in Peru and Nepal, among other destinations.“Intrepid Travel’s kid-friendly tours shake up the...
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