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Winter Travel Destinations

Winter travel guides covering ski destinations, Christmas markets, Northern Lights chasing, and warm-weather escapes — with December-to-March pricing and weather realities.

  • Train on the viaduct bridge and the scenic view of the Swiss Alps in Switzerland

    Swiss Alps

    The Swiss Alps put the Matterhorn, Jungfrau, and the Glacier Express route into a country smaller than West Virginia — every train ride is a scenic one.

  • Train on a Train Station in St. Moritz, Switzerland

    St. Moritz

    St. Moritz invented winter tourism in 1864 and hosted two Olympics — a Swiss Engadine valley town where the frozen lake hosts cricket, polo, and horse racing on ice.

  • Sing Cityscape and the Oceanapore

    Singapore

    Singapore fits hawker centers, Gardens by the Bay, and a rooftop infinity pool into a city-state the size of a large suburb — efficiency and ambition in every square meter.

  • Shops in Mexico

    Playa Del Carmen

    Playa del Carmen is Cancún’s cooler sibling — Quinta Avenida for the evening stroll, cenotes for the morning swim, and Cozumel a ferry ride away.

  • A bizarre cocktail featuring an animal eyeball submerged in a drink.

    Phuket

    Phuket is Thailand’s largest island with Patong’s nightlife on one coast and quiet Rawai beaches on the other — the range between party and peace is a 40-minute drive.

  • A bizarre cocktail featuring an animal eyeball submerged in a drink.

    Phi Phi Islands

    Phi Phi’s Maya Bay (the one from The Beach) reopened with visitor caps — the limestone cliffs, snorkeling, and boat access make it Thailand’s most photogenic day trip.

  • Beautiful Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah

    Park City

    Park City hosts Sundance, has two ski resorts connected by a single gondola, and a Main Street lined with galleries that stay open after the lifts close.

  • Aerial view of Polanco, Mexico City

    Mexico City

    Mexico City has 21 million people, Frida Kahlo’s house, Aztec ruins under the Zócalo, and a taco scene so deep you could eat for a month without repeating a filling.

  • Skiing in Yosemite Valley - Adventure on the Slopes of Yosemite National Park

    Loveland

    Loveland is a Colorado ski area at 12,700 feet on the Continental Divide — no frills, no village, just steep terrain and some of the state’s deepest powder.

  • Berjaya Langkawi Resort, tropical paradise getaway.

    Kuala Lumpur

    KL puts the Petronas Towers, Hindu temples, Chinese markets, and Malay mosques within the same square mile — a capital that runs on cultural collision and satay smoke.

  • Islands in Ang Thong National Marine Park, Tha in Koh Samui, Thailand

    Koh Samui

    Koh Samui balances Thai beach life with resort polish — Chaweng Beach parties on one side, quiet Bophut fisherman’s village on the other, and coconut palms everywhere.

  • United States Capitol

    Keystone

    Keystone is Summit County’s family-friendly ski resort with night skiing, a tubing hill, and a gondola ride that makes the commute from the parking lot part of the fun.

  • Aerial view of Jamaica Negril Caribbean Beach

    Jamaica

    Jamaica gave the world reggae, jerk chicken, and Blue Mountain coffee — an island where the culture is as strong as the rum punch and twice as memorable.

  • Snake River Grand Teton Range in Jackson Hole, Wyoming Winter Snow

    Jackson Hole

    Jackson Hole has the steepest ski terrain in the US and a town square with elk antler arches — a Wyoming mountain valley that takes itself exactly as seriously as its peaks.

  • View of the Arno River and Ponte Vecchio from a table at Borgo San Jacopo restaurant

    Jaco

    Jacó is Costa Rica’s most accessible surf town — an hour from San José with consistent breaks, a walkable strip, and a nightlife that surprises for its size.

  • Cua Van Floating Village Halong Bay Vietnam

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Ho Chi Minh City is Saigon’s newer name but the old energy remains — motorbike rivers, war history museums, banh mi for under a dollar, and a skyline growing fast.

  • Sunset view at the Great Wall of Chin

    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong stacks skyscrapers on harbor slopes, dim sum carts in basement restaurants, and night markets on neon streets — a vertical city that never fully sleeps.

  • Walkway with Colorful Designs

    Havana

    Havana freezes 1959 in its architecture — classic American cars, crumbling colonial facades, salsa in the streets, and a mojito at La Bodeguita that tastes like history.

  • Rental Bikes in Neustadt Square, Dresden

    Dresden

    Dresden was firebombed in 1945 and rebuilt the Frauenkirche stone by stone — a Baroque city on the Elbe where the reconstruction is itself the most powerful monument.

  • Copper Mountain Aerial View

    Copper Mountain

    Copper Mountain divides naturally by skill level — beginners on one side, experts on the other, and a village base that keeps things simple compared to Vail next door.

  • Front of Cologne Cathedral

    Cologne

    Cologne’s twin-spired cathedral took 632 years to build and dominates a city that also does Kölsch beer, chocolate museums, and Rhine River culture at a serious clip.

  • Chamonix town in France

    Chamonix

    Chamonix sits at the base of Mont Blanc with the Aiguille du Midi cable car climbing 3,842 meters — a French Alps town built for people who like their mountains serious.

  • Cancun beach at sunset with palm trees

    Cancun

    Cancún’s hotel zone gets the spring breakers, but the cenotes, Mayan ruins at Tulum, and Isla Mujeres ferry ride reveal a different side of Mexico’s Caribbean.

  • Marina and yacht club area in Cabo San Lucas, Los Cabos, a departure point for cruises, marlin fishing and lancha boats to El Arco Arch and beaches

    Cabo San Lucas

    Cabo sits where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez — El Arco marks the tip of Baja and the party scene matches the scenery in intensity.