Airports are more crowded than ever and planes are packed, but even at an international airport in the U.S., many people you see jetting off somewhere will never leave the country on their travels.

Eight-year-old Julian Elia stands in front of the Taj Mahal and assesses the magnitude of the white marble wonder towering above him. "It's bigger than the things I've built with Lego," he says. The ...

Photo: Le Domaine des Fonds Blancs is set along Martinique's laid back Atlantic coast. (Photo by Brian Major). What's not to like about spending a week or more relaxing in and around a Caribbean villa ...