FX Excursions

FX Excursions offers the chance for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in destinations around the world.

Kristy Alpert

Kristy Alpert is a Europe-based freelance writer with more than two decades of experience covering food and travel for various outlets, including Global TravelerTIME, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Food & Wine and more. Alpert has visited all seven continents — paid rent on three — and takes far too much pride in her spice cabinet. Follow her on Instagram.


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Destination
Dec 31, 2014

What to Wear to the Galapagos Islands

There is quite literally no place on earth like the Galapagos Islands. Deep in the Pacific Ocean, these volcanic islands are all at once strangely familiar and strangely exotic, making packing for this unforgettable excursion an adventure in itself.

Sunflower Accessibility Program Featured at O’Hare and Midway Airports

Travelers with invisible disabilities passing through O’Hare and Midway International Airports can now discreetly signal they need assistance thanks to a new Chicago Department of Aviation partnership that helps create more accessible and inclusive spaces.

Adventure
Dec 21, 2014

Cave Dining

It wasn’t long ago the most coveted dinner reservation came with a distinct vantage point and sky-high features. High altitude and rooftop restaurants once towered over the dining scene around the world, but the trend rising to new heights today is actually sinking to new lows as diners head underground for their gastronomic experiences.