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The 2026 Northeast Kingdom Fall Foliage Festival lines up 11 Vermont towns through October 11, with church suppers, cider pressing and cheese far from the crowds.

Fewer destinations, longer stays, slower trips: the 2027 Lemongrass report puts the anti-optimized vacation first among 15 travel trends for the year ahead.

More than 30 U.S. heritage railroads run fall foliage trips from late September to early November 2026. Plan ahead for October weekends and Amtrak’s D.C. work.

About 1,200 sheep parade down Ketchum’s Main Street as the 30th Trailing of the Sheep Festival fills Idaho’s Wood River Valley from October 7 to 11, 2026.

South Bend voted 9-0 to require a $150 permit for short-term rentals from January 1, 2027. Here’s why home exchange, with no money involved, is a different model.

Amtrak Cascades launches its new Airo trains on September 30, 2026: Portland, Seattle and Vancouver by rail, with about 90% fewer particulate emissions.

Across the bridge from Michigan, the Agawa Canyon Tour Train runs 114 miles through Ontario’s fall colors, with its fall season lasting until October 18, 2026.

About 30 minutes from Madison, New Glarus is a Swiss-style village with its own Oktoberfest, plus Green County Cheese Days, the country’s oldest food festival, just down the road.

International tourist arrivals hit 1.52 billion in 2025, and in 2026 destinations worldwide are drawing hard new limits on where travelers can go.

National Public Lands Day 2026 runs from September 12 to October 10, with over 900 volunteer events planned across the United States.

Thanksgiving 2026 falls on November 26: take 3 days off, November 23 to 25, for 9 days of vacation. Here’s why to ask before the end of September.

The 58th Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest runs September 25 to October 17, 2026, drawing around 700,000 visitors to Ontario, just 2 hours from Buffalo.

Climate Week NYC 2026 runs September 20 to 27 with 1,000+ events. Inspired by its Transport and Travel theme, here are 5 habits for a lower-carbon fall trip.

Starting October 1, 2026, Maryland becomes the first US state to require fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, and evacuation maps in every short-term rental.

Oxford, Mississippi sits just 75 miles from Memphis, yet this walkable Southern college town remains one of fall’s most overlooked getaways.

Nine miles from Gettysburg, South Mountain Fairgrounds hosts the National Apple Harvest Festival across two October weekends, with 300+ craft vendors.