US cities, Canadian provinces, and Mexican coastlines - itineraries that mix the big icons with the small finds.
Five weekend trips from Boston: Cape Cod and Provincetown, Portland in Maine, the Berkshires, Newport in Rhode Island, and Portsmouth just over the New Hampshire line.
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Five weekend trips from San Francisco: Sonoma and Napa, Big Sur by way of Carmel and Monterey, Point Reyes, Mendocino up the coast, and Lake Tahoe.
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Five weekend trips from Chicago, all under three hours: Lake Geneva, the Michigan dune and wine coast at Saugatuck, Galena’s 1850s main street, Milwaukee, and Starved Rock.
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Five weekend trips from Los Angeles: Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Joshua Tree, Ojai, and Catalina Island an hour out by ferry.
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Five weekend trips from New York: the Hudson Valley at Beacon and Cold Spring, the Hamptons and Montauk, the Catskills, Philadelphia, and Storm King.
Eight US bank accounts compared for international travel, covering foreign transaction fees, ATM fee refunds, monthly minimums and the two-account setup most travellers should run, plus the hidden traps worth avoiding before you fly.
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I’ve researched, applied for, or directly used 8 digital nomad visa programs since 2021. Here’s the actual ranking based on real data: ease, taxes,…
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