New England Travel

How do you want to experience the joys of New England?

I’ve been to every continent except Antarctica, but have written more than 250 articles and five guidebooks on New England, including Lonely Planet, Frommer’s, Outside Magazine’s Adventure Guide to New England, New England Seacoast Adventures, and my latest, New England in a Nutshell, published in 2020. This is also why New England Travel Planner chose us as their recommended travel agency for the region. Here are some more ways to enjoy our region:

It’s worth the special trip to New England to see its annual leaf show!

Leaf Peepers Delight

We know the best scenic routes to avoid the crowds and the finest hikes to view the leaves from a bird’s eye view. We strive to make sure you’re there just in time for prime fall foliage glory, whether you’re in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on taking a beautiful rural drive through Vermont. 

Keep it Active

Bike the rolling farmland of Vermont, paddle the legendary Allagash River with an exceptional Maine Guide, sea kayak to Massachusetts’ Crane Beach, or hike from inn-to-inn in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. As author of Outside Magazine’s Adventure Guide to New England, few know the backcountry better.

Views abound after a hike up Maiden Cliff in stunning Camden, Maine
In search of the elusive puffins or moose, you need to take time and effort!

New England Safari

Want to see the Big Five in New England—Moose, Whales, Puffins, Beavers, and Loons? We know the best local guides and outfitters in the northern tier of Maine who can make this wish a reality.

Foodie Tour

From Vermont cheesemakers and brew-masters to lobster rolls from Cape Cod Massachusetts to Maine, we’ll help you taste the authentic New England cuisine and sip our distinctive libations. At night, we’ll make sure you visit our favorite James Beard Award-winning restaurants in Boston, Portsmouth, Portland, and the Maine coast.

Everyone must indulge in lobster rolls and fried clams when in New England!
The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts has a surprising amount of art museums, galleries and sculpture gardens.

Art Lovers

Fishermen struggling against powerful nor’easters kept Winslow Homer busy on the boulder-strewn shores of Prouts Neck, Maine. Georgia O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, and other early American abstractionists joined John Marin to work at his summer cottage in Deer Isle. We’ll get you there and then onward to some of the top art museums in the country, from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to Mass MoCA and the Clark Art Institute in the Berkshires to the Farnsworth in Rockland, Maine.