FX Excursions

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

Barbara Radcliffe Rogers

Barbara Radcliffe Rogers is a travel writer and guidebook author who has written for Global Traveler since 2014 and was formerly its news editor. Rogers now brings experiences of living in Italy and traveling throughout Europe, as well as love of her native New England, to her regular articles for WhereverFamily and features for Global Traveler. She is co-author of the 2024 Frommer’s New England, and guidebooks to Italy and Portugal. Follow her travels at WorldBite.


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Destinations / North America
Oct 6, 2026

Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes at New England Farms

Along with the dazzling fall foliage painting New England in the fall, October brings harvest season, when farms from Maine to Rhode Island welcome families to pick pumpkins, go for hayrides and get lost in corn mazes … and maybe stop at a pumpkin festival on the way. Here are some favorite farms to look for:

Best of Both Worlds

Enjoy the best of both worlds when you fly with TAP Air Portugal thanks to the Portugal Stopover program. With the program, TAP passengers, whether traveling for business, leisure or both, can stop in Portugal for up to 10 days at no additional airfare on the way to their final destination. What does this mean for travelers wishing to explore by both land and sea? It means after flying to Portugal with TAP and experiencing the country in an entirely new way, travelers can then embark on scenic river and ocean cruises from  Portugal’s port cities, or fly with TAP to another European destination.

Destinations / North America
Oct 2, 2026

Living Up to Its Halloween Stereotype: Salem, Massachusetts

For the entire month of October, the historic port of Salem, Massachusetts, becomes Halloween Central. Unlike Salem’s 17th-century history, today witches are celebrated, admired and at the heart of a festival called Salem Haunted Happenings.