FX Excursions

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

Becca Hensley

Widely published, award-winning travel and lifestyle journalist, columnist, poet and essayist, Texas-based Becca Hensley finds magic in ordinary things, turns found objects into stories and lives for the connections she makes while exploring the world. Ever curious, a luxury specialist with a penchant for the absurd and avant garde, a hotel aficionado, Hensley’s work has appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers. She's contributed to Global Traveler for nearly a decade, serves as honeymoon editor for New Orleans Bride and has written for many diverse titles. Keep up with Hensley on Instagram @beccahensley.


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August 2024
Aug 1, 2024

Indulge in Luxurious Wellness at Spa Montage Healdsburg

At Montage Healdsburg, amid a hilly patchwork of grapevines, rosemary bushes, scrub oaks and eucalyptus, my day starts with a swim in the resort’s immense pool. Positioned 20 feet above the terrain, it seems to float above the surrounding vineyards. It’s dark when I start my strokes, but by the time I finish, a veil of amber light begins to illuminate the landscape. The sun’s rays spill into the rows of fat grapes, fusing with snippets of fog for a swirling effect. I hop out of the water to drink it all in, suddenly reminded of the night before, the way I swirled the resort’s own house-made wine in my glass, sniffing and (gratefully) quaffing it.

Lech Walesa on Tour: A Conversation with a Man Who Changed the World

Some events change a nation. Some change the world.

February 2024
Feb 21, 2024

Healing in the Hinterlands: Relax and Renew Amid the Curative Nature of Southall Farm & Inn

This isn’t an ordinary Southern back porch kitted out with rocking chairs. Instead, at Southall Farm & Inn, I step out to stand beneath an overhang with vintage barn vibes but stylishly brandishing contemporary pizzaz. A row of glamorous sofa-esque loungers edge an inviting pool that stretches the length of the sitting porch, which might more aptly be dubbed a “soaking” porch. That’s because it holds a wondrous mineral bath, a house-built “natural spring pool” that brims with 60 essential minerals curated by experts with salts from South Africa and born from a momentous amount of research to mirror some of the world’s most curative geothermal springs. While soaking, I gaze upon the bounty of this working-farm-meets-5-star-wellness-resort, a 325-acre haven of healing repose.