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Packing For a Month-long Trip With Toddlers
Last summer, Pia Baroncini headed to Italy with her husband and kids for a month-long trip to visit family and friends and draw inspiration for their respective labels. They managed to balance work with beach days and gelato runs for their two kids under 4. She shares how they packed for a multi-leg trip.
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How I Pack
Detailed strategies from stylish travelers who bring a carry-on or caravan
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Packing For a Month-long Trip With Toddlers
Last summer, Pia Baroncini headed to Italy with her husband and kids for a month-long trip to visit family and friends and draw inspiration for their respective labels. They managed to balance work with beach days and gelato runs for their two kids under 4. She shares how they packed for a multi-leg trip.
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Packing for New Zealand with Rebecca Taylor
The designer whose eponymous fashion brand evoked a romantic, vintage-inspired vibe moved her family back to her hometown of Wellington, where she launched A’Court, a line of functional, seasonless pieces inspired by the raw beauty of New Zealand’s landscape.
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Packing with Natalie Shaquer
When we came across travel creator Natalie Shaquer’s sudoku packing framework, we were immediately won over by its simple and sensical approach: a grid-based system for building a 9 piece travel wardrobe that makes 27 outfits.
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Travel Uniform
Stylish workhorse pieces we reach for trip after trip
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Airplane Pants
You’ll never catch us in leggings or a sweatsuit on a plane, but we still want comfort and the right airplane pant hits the sweet spot of ease and polish. We swear by kick flares as the best pants to wear in transit.
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Barn Jackets
Designed for exactly what the name implies, barn jackets were built for those who needed to move: through mud, over fences, on horseback. They feel equally at home on an estate in the Scottish Highlands and a ranch in the South Texas Plains—or, you know, on the streets of Brooklyn.
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Strappy Sandals
Leave the heels at home and pack something effortless: a pair of sandals that are easy to slip on with sandy feet and a wet swimsuit, but still feel polished enough to go with your chicest caftan.
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The Navigator
Travel advisors, fixers, and hoteliers divulge their destination expertise
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Emily FitzRoy, Founder of Bellini Travel
Whether you’re after a private tour of the Sistine Chapel after hours, or an unassuming trattoria on the side of the autostrada serving life-affirming pranzo, Bellini Travel founder Emily FitzRoy can get you there.
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Drew Kluska, founder of The Tailor
Over nearly three decades of designing custom journeys across Australia, Drew Kluska, founder of The Tailor, has built a deep well of field guides, station owners, pilots, chefs, and artists who can unlock the kinds of experiences that stick.
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Meg Yash, Timbuktu Travel
With nearly 20 years in the travel industry, Meg Yash specializes in adventure travel across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Drawing on a background in international development, she designs travel rooted in ethical, sustainable practices, guiding newcomers and seasoned travelers alike toward off-the-beaten-path, immersive experiences in nature.
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Travel Well
Wellness experts share how they stay healthy, fit and sane on the road
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Valerie McMurray, founder of Soleil Toujours
Soleil Toujours founder Valerie McMurray found her calling in suncare while pregnant, when she realized there was no clean mineral SPF she felt good about putting on her skin. More than a decade on, the brand has become a cult favorite. She breaks down mineral vs. chemical sunscreens, why SPF on a plane is non-negotiable,…
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Megan Graham, founder of RIES
It’s no wonder RIES products nail form and function—founder Megan Graham is an avid traveler and spent her career in beauty marketing at Condé Nast. She shared the story behind the company, some of her favorite wellness destinations, and the products she loves so much she was inspired to design RIES.
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Marieva Malo, founder of The Way
The NYC Upper East Side-based Pilates instructor and founder of The Way doesn’t compromise her wellness routine on the road. She shares the mineral supplements and snacks she won’t fly without, a Pilates hotel-room workout, French pharmacy obsessions, and other ways she keeps it up thousands of miles from home.
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Armchair Traveler
The books that take you places—from the comfort of your couch
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Après Ski
Author Erin Isakov was on skis as soon as she could walk, as were her own kids—and they now explore slopes around the world each year. That deep-rooted love for the sport inspired her new book, Après Ski, which is both a tribute to the sport’s golden age and a practical guide for plotting your…
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Biarritz Through a Design Lens
Interior designer Marta de la Rica has been coming to Biarritz since childhood, and here she shares her favorite places, objects and small moments of beauty from this deeply personal corner of the Basque Coast.
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Chasing Roses
From a coastal hillside in Tangier to a hidden garden in Mallorca to a rose sanctuary outside Tokyo, photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo shares these and other places you can visit that are dedicated to the iconic flower in her beautiful new book, Roses in the Garden.
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Bring-Back
Souvenirs and pharmacy finds we’ll always make space for in a carry-on
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Pharmacy Find: Propolis Spray
This tiny bottle from one of Vienna’s most charming pharmacies is travel-friendly and plays both offense and defense—helping you recover faster when you’re sick and giving your immune system a boost to prevent that from happening in the first place.
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The Souvenir: The Bee Glass
Always on the lookout for real glasses for poolside drinks, Yolanda came across La Rochère’s iconic Bee Glass—the French classic with over 500 years of history—in Bordeaux. With a Napoleonic bee motif and Provençal charm, it’s the rare glass that is as chic as it is indestructible.
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The Souvenir: French Pharmacy Finds
There’s something irresistible about a French pharmacy—an alluring mix of medical and magical, where practical staples feel like chic little treasures.
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The Recipe
Drinks and dishes from our favorite hotels and restaurants around the globe
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Masala Chai from Sújan Sher Bagh
When Clara Hranek traveled to India for the first time, she started off every morning with a cup of masala chai, and took the recipe home with her.
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Segera Retreat’s Ginger Kombucha
At Segera Retreat in Kenya’s Laikipia plateau, kombucha isn’t just a drink, it’s an art. As refreshing and gut-restorative in winter as it is after a long, hot game drive, this bracing, ginger-forward version became an unlikely anchor of Alex Postman’s stay.
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Hudson Ranch Vinaigrette
A pantry staple vinaigrette recipe that Hudson Ranch’s Christina Hudson learned in the kitchen at Chez Panisse.
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Gift Guides
Highly specific gifts that transport us to our favorite places in the world
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YOLO’s 2025 Gift Guide
We spent hours digging up the goods for every traveler on your list and with 290 gifts in total, we’re sure you’ll also find a few things in there for you.
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Our Yolo Gift Guide
A list of things for people who love travel—to wear on the plane, hang on the wall, rub on your skin, drop in your drink, or cook a global feast from
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