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Featured Short Escapes

USA/Midwest: Bismarck, ND

Colorful Past and Bright Future

A wide range of Upper Midwest natural beauty, outdoor activities for all seasons, hiking and biking trails, an expanding downtown...

USA/West: Santa Barbara, CA

The American Riviera

Fabulous Pacific Coast beaches; breathtaking walks, cycling and kayaking in one of America's most scenic cities.

USA/Northwest: Alaska

Out There and In It

The outdoors in all its glory...forests, streams, wildlife, fishing, hiking, kayaking...you name it, this is the place for it. America's last great wilderness.

Costa Rica/Guanacaste: Monteverde

A Cloud Forest Layered With Irony

A wondrous cloud forest, great eco-lodges and dining, canopy walks, zip-lines, and orchid and butterfly galleries.

Special Venues

USA/Mid-Atlantic: Pocantico Hills, NY

Blue Hill at Stone Barns

The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a working farm and educational center in Pocantico Hills, just 30 miles up the Hudson River from Manhattan. Blue...

USA/South: Leesburg, VA

National Conference Center

Located just 45 minutes from Washington, DC and a half hour from Dulles Airport, the National Conference Center is designed to handle conferences, corporate meetings,...