FX Excursions

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

Katherine Rodeghier

During a career spanning 40-plus years, travel journalist Katherine Rodeghier visited nearly 100 countries on seven continents and cruised across the globe. She had close encounters with penguins in Antarctica and lions in Tanzania, waded in a cranberry marsh in Wisconsin, sipped spiced wine at European Christmas markets, and danced the two-step in Texas. Her career began writing and editing an award-winning travel section for Chicago’s Daily Herald. She also contributes to Chicago Tribune and a variety of magazines and websites. Rodeghier is a long-standing member of the Society of American Travel Writers. On Instagram, she’s @traveljournophotog.


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November 2021
Nov 11, 2021

Make Lasting Memories on an Expedition Voyage in Antarctica

As a travel journalist who has tallied visits to dozens of countries, I am often asked to name my favorite destination. I don’t think twice: Antarctica.

United Airlines First to Purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel for ORD

Chicago O’Hare International Airport will soon receive sustainable aviation fuel, all thanks to United Airlines, which became the first airline to purchase SAF for use at the airport, one of the largest in the United States. Neste, a producer of SAF, will provide up to 1 million gallons of its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The first supply arrived in August.

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Oct 20, 2021

The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago Review

Though the Chicago area has been my home for decades, the view from the Water Tower Suite on the 26th floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago made me gasp. I had admired Chicago’s dramatic skyline many times, but never from this angle. Through expansive windows, the skyscrapers of 900 N. Michigan Ave. and the John Hancock Center, now named 875 North Michigan Avenue, rose to my right. Far below, the landmark Chicago Water Tower nestled in a ring of trees. One of the few survivors of the Great Chicago Fire, a turning point in the city’s history being remembered on its 150th anniversary in 2021, the Gothic Revival relic resembled a fairy-tale castle in a children’s playset.