Craving sun and sea? This June, don't miss the chance to join Melissa Biggs Bradley on a special Insider Journey to Croatia, focused on culinary, cultural and outdoor experiences hosted throughout the lesser-known peninsula of Istria, a spectacular wine-producing region. Immediately after, she'll be hosting a second Insider Journey to Slovenia, an emerging destination that appeals to history buffs, nature lovers and urbanites alike, thanks to its miles of pristine alpine trails and glacial lakes, fairytale-worthy castles and charming cobblestoned cities. Plus: Mark your calendars for our beloved annual hiking-focused trip to the marvelous Rosa Alpina retreat in the Italian Dolomites later in the fall.

Know a Mom who loves to travel? Give the gift of travel with a membership for a future journey (pictured above: a mother-daughter adventure in Bhutan), a treasure from our virtual trunk show souks or a seat in our virtual Indagare Clubs for wellness, mixology, contemporary art and more. Or, let us help plan a long weekend escape to a favorite spot with (or for) your Mom, when the time feels right. Contact our team for more options and ideas.

Looking to be transported to a surfer’s paradise? One of our favorite travel writers, Paul Theroux, has a new book out this week—Under the Wave at Waimea—and it’s at the top of our list. We asked the peripatetic author to share the inspiration behind his latest novel, plus his tips on Hawaii, his favorite travel narratives and much more.

What do you need to consider when traveling during Covid with a child under 16 who is not yet vaccinated? What are your travel insurance options? Indagare has answers to your Covid travel questions, all in one place, and we are continuing to monitor border policies, testing and vaccination protocols and more to help you navigate the current travel landscape.

Listen in as Melissa Biggs Bradley talks with top industry experts in conservation and sustainability about how Covid will reshape the new travel landscape, the destinations we love—and how we experience them—in the months and years to come.

When: Tuesday, April 27 at 12:00 p.m. ET

Melissa Biggs Bradley will be talking with Great Plains Conservation co-founder and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dereck Joubert, one of the most important voices in African conservation today, about the impact Covid has had so far on Africa—both its people and its animals—and the key takeaways for travelers and for the travel industry going forward.

When: Wednesday, May 5 at 12:00 p.m. ET

"Maybe the most important part of travel is to get a shift in perspective and to try and understand the world from the perch of somebody else. Which is why being involved in a meaningful way in the communities you're visiting...is the point… In some ways, travel is about being given back to yourself. And if it has the potential to re-sensitize us to the nuances of the real world of the natural world, for example. And culture is nothing more than a response to nature. So people who have deep cultural knowledge have learned it from that natural setting...that's what we need and thirst for, even if we don't express it in quite that way."
—Fogo Island Inn's Zita Cobb, from Episode 13 of Season 2 of the Indagare Global Conversations Podcast "Island Time"