When 39-year-old British native Paul Hawes bought his Gastown apartment in a heritage building 41/2 years ago, the idea of turning it into a money-making vacation rental didn't even enter his brain.

Looking for an unexpected vacation destination? Consider Osoyoos, in the Okanagan Valley—a lake-filled region in south-central British Columbia that stretches north from the U.S. border. The entire ...

The travel revolution created quite unwittingly by the brothers Wright has done a great deal more than move large numbers of people from one place to another. Proving that few of today’s traveling ...