Advice Column

Ask the Travel Shrink: How Can I Use My Travel Points?

Don’t let those valuable miles go to waste.

Feb 20 •

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Are You on the Naughty List?

‘Tis the season for bad behavior in the friendly skies.

Dec 5, 2024 •

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How Can I Score Business Class on the Cheap?

Investigating the company that promises to do it for you.

Aug 1, 2024 •

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Ask the Travel Shrink: What the F Has Happened to Hotel Prices?!

You’re not crazy. The hotel market has fundamentally shifted. Upwards.

Jun 6, 2024 •

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Retreats for Everything That Ails You

The best extreme programs, life-changing treatments, and sweet relief for all your modern maladies.

Apr 11, 2024 •

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Ask the Travel Shrink: Where Should We Go on a Babymoon?

Make it relaxing, make it restorative, and, above all, please make it sexy!

Apr 4, 2024 •

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Ask the Travel Shrink: Amalfi Coast? Help!

Should I skip Positano? Is Ischia worth it? What's a great hotel in Rome? The Fathom Travel Shrink is in. (A bonus post for paid subscribers.)

Jan 28, 2024 •

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Getting Hot + Heavy

Escapist fantasies at the beach, a romantic (mostly) Manhattan jaunt, and some favorite spa retreats.

Jan 25, 2024 •

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