Travels with Larry Olmsted

Skiers And Snowboarders: Why Now Is Your Best Time To Buy Next Season’s Pass
By Larry Olmsted The new generation multi-mountain passes are the best deals in winter sports, and every year they are introduced right now at the lowest prices of the season, with incentives to encourage early sales. If you are going to buy one you might as well do it early, because

Cheap Airfares: New Site Saves You On Coach And Business Class
By Larry Olmsted I get a lot of pitches for new travel apps and websites, and while I am always on the lookout for tools that will help my readers (and myself!) enjoy travel more, most of them are near useless. But I just test drove a good one. Searching

A Vegas Hotel is Reborn
By Larry Olmsted When the Palms opened in 2001 it was a game changer for the Vegas resort landscape, off the Strip but still packed with A-list Hollywood, pro athlete and celebrity appeal. The casino hotel was invention of the Maloof family, who have owned two NBA teams, the Houston

Chatham Bars Inn, Cape Cod
By Larry Olmsted More than ever before, travelers are demanding an authentic, immersive experience when they travel and are eagerly trading cookie cutter for a unique sense of place. After more than a century as Cape Cod’s premier luxury resort, and a recent $100 million renovation, the Chatham Bars Inn offers

Real Food, Fake Food
Longtime contributor Larry Olmsted has written an important and groundbreaking book about the food that we eat every day, Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It. It’s already on the The New York Times Bestseller List and you can probably

World’s Most Iconic Hotel, The Ritz Paris, Reopens
By Larry Olmsted The world is full of iconic hotels, from London’s Savoy to Venice’s Cipriani to Hong Kong’s Peninsula, but it is fair to say that the Ritz Paris is the most iconic of them all. It was the first namesake launch by the most revered main in hospitality history,

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Gets Even More Luxurious
By Larry Olmsted There are luxury trains on every continent save Antarctica, but the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express is the one everybody knows, nicknamed the King of Trains and Train of Kings back in the 19th century. The title is fitting, as it routinely carried European royalty, Presidents, and even Russian Tsars.

Better Than First Class? Flying P.S. On United Airlines
By Larry Olmsted “First Class” always sounds sexy, but when it comes to flying, it’s a vague and uncertain term. Back in the Golden Age of air travel, First meant hand carved beef tenderloin, free flowing champagne and passengers who wore ties. This kind of First Class flying still exists

Guns N’ Roses Reunion in Las Vegas
By Larry Olmsted 30 years after their breakout blockbuster Appetite For Destruction became the bestselling debut album in history, the featured trio from Guns N’ Roses’ original lineup is back – after a two decade absence. Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan have reunited, and they are headed to
12 Best Ski Resort Hotels
By Larry Olmsted Skiers and snowboarders are blessed with a wealth of great choices when it comes to picking a resort for a winter vacation. Among “major” ski resorts, those with a hundred-plus trails, wide variety of terrain and full-service facilities like great ski schools and extensive lift networks, the