WELCOME TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL Leisure Lifestyle Issue, celebrating the best in leisure travel. This year is a bit different because many of us haven’t traveled as we have in the past, but instead of writing about what we’ve missed in 2020, I’m looking forward to what will be possible in the rest of the year and beyond.

I come from traveling stock; my family has always celebrated and encouraged travel. After overcoming a fear of flying when I was younger, I’ve been in the skies for business and leisure ever since. I try to make time for at least one trip each year, whether it’s visiting a domestic destination like Jackson Hole or heading overseas to Italy where my heart (and stomach) never want to leave. I’m excited to use this issue’s article on fall foliage as a guide when planning my own drive to see the spectacular colors as we say goodbye to summer and hello to my favorite season. I also hope to plan future travel over the holidays to spots like Seville (voted Best Leisure Destination in Europe). I’ve never been, and thanks to votes from our Global Traveler audience, I can’t wait to go.

We hope you use the Leisure Lifestyle Issue as we do, not only to do what we can to support domestic destinations but also to plan future travel to international locales. Travel will come back; and when it does, I’ll be ready to take to the skies. Until then, I’ll explore my future destinations with the help of Global Traveler and readers like you who take the time to vote for the best this world has to offer wanderers like me. Thank you!