The fashion houses, designer stores and chic boutiques lining Michigan Avenue make for a shopper’s paradise. The Magnificent Mile is home to three shopping towers, as well as dozens of luxury brand name retailers. Beyond the chain stores, however, you’ll also find a handful of boutique stores that sell unique gifts, designer clothing items, shoes and accessories. Use this boutique shopping guide when you’re traversing Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.

It’s the largest city in the Midwest and boasts a thriving arts, culture, entertainment and shopping scene. Chicago caters to all types of travelers with festivals and events at city parks, dozens of world-renowned attractions and hundreds of locally-owned restaurants serving up food for all tastes. Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway in the Windy City or an extended vacation for your traveling party, use this guide to help map out your itinerary.

With several acres of green space, community festivals year-round and stroller-friendly parks, it’s no wonder that downtown Chicago continues to be a popular destination for traveling families. The Windy City is home to several attractions that host family-friendly events and activities each season.

For avid golfers, a golf vacation is a chance to experience some of the best scenery in the world, to test their game on new courses and to deepen friendships with their favorite playing partners.

In Florida, avid golfers have a plethora of choices when it comes to choosing links to experience firsthand. However, for the serious golf enthusiast who wants to follow in the footsteps of the PGA’s greatest legends, there’s no better vacation destination than the home of the PGA itself, located in Palm Beach.

You’ve researched airline tickets, hotels, restaurants, cultural attractions, and more. You know where to find the best deals and services for every leg of your upcoming vacation—but what about airport parking? Fortunately, there are ways to reduce exorbitant long term airport parking fees so you can keep more money in your pocket for your trip.

In this week’s gadget and accessory round-up, we focus on ways to primp, relax and stay safe while traveling.

Have you ever wanted to bring home more than photographs from your vacation? Something more lasting and useful than a t-shirt? Consider taking a learning vacation and be part of a new wave of travel that is growing in popularity.

On-the-go gamblers and techies are sure to like this week’s selection of travel accessories, featuring a compact poker set, collapsible shot glasses (yes, really), and a sleek iPad skin.

There are some places we travel to where we are surrounded by locales from famous movie scenes that are instantly recognizable. The Park Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo from Lost in Translation, the streets of downtown Chicago from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; the castles of Salzburg, Austria from The Sound of Music, or the rolling green hills of New Zealand from The Lord of the Rings.