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Hanna Wickes

Hanna Wickes is a content specialist working with McClatchy Media’s Trend Hunter and national content specialists team. Prior to her current role, she wrote for Life & Style, In Touch, Mod Moms Club and more. She spent three years as a writer and executive editor at J-14 Magazine right up until its shutdown in August 2025, where she covered Young Hollywood and K-pop. She began her journalism career as a local reporter for Straus News, chasing small-town stories before diving headfirst into entertainment. Hanna graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2020 with a degree in Communication Studies and Journalism.

Why House Swapping Is Having a Major Moment Nearly 20 Years After 'The Holiday'

House Swapping Is the Newest Travel Trend Nearly 20 Years After 'The Holiday'

Curious about house swapping after rewatching The Holiday? The once-niche travel model is booming in 2026 as travelers look for cheaper, more authentic alternatives to Airbnb and hotels. Here’s how house swapping works, what it costs and why so many people are giving it a try. What Is House Swapping and How Does It Work? […]

The Adult Gap Year Trend Is Here: Why Burned-Out Gen Z Is Hitting Pause on Careers and Traveling Instead

The Adult Gap Year: Why Burned-Out Gen Z Is Hitting Pause on Careers

Burnout is no longer a problem to push through — it’s becoming the reason a growing number of young workers are walking away from their jobs entirely. Instead of waiting for retirement, Gen Z and millennials are taking what’s known as an “adult gap year”: A deliberate pause from career-building to travel, learn new skills […]

Why Gen Z Travelers Are Booking ‘Bilingual Breaks’ for Language Learning and Slow Travel Across Europe

Why Gen Z Travelers Are Booking ‘Bilingual Breaks’ Across Europe

Forget the all-inclusive resort and the well-worn tourist trail. A new travel trend called “bilingual breaks” is taking hold among Gen Z, who are booking short European getaways with one specific goal in mind: practicing a new language with the locals who actually speak it. The trend, identified in 2026 research from Airbnb and Duolingo, […]

Language Immersion Travel Is Having a Moment — Here Are the Best Programs for Adults

These Are the Best Language Immersion Programs Abroad for Adults

Language immersion programs abroad are becoming one of the fastest-growing forms of slow travel, with more and more adults and retirees booking trips that combine daily language classes, cultural experiences and longer stays designed to build real-world fluency while living like a local. What Is a Language Immersion Program Abroad? A language immersion program is […]

Celebrity Longevity Treatments Ranked: Which Wellness Trends Are Worth It?

Celebrity Longevity Treatments Ranked: Which Trends Are Worth It?

Celebrity-approved longevity treatments — from cold plunges and red light beds to NAD+ drips, stem cell injections and peptide shots — are dominating wellness feeds and high-end clinics, but the science behind these anti-aging trends is uneven at best. Backed by A-list names but often mixed in evidence, these therapies are being marketed as ways […]

8 Best Recovery Retreats in the U.S. for Healing, Burnout and Mental Wellness

9 Best Recovery Retreats in the U.S. for Healing and Mental Wellness

Burnout, grief, addiction and unresolved trauma rarely respond to a long weekend off — and a growing number of Americans are seeking deeper, more structured help. Recovery retreats, which blend clinical therapy with holistic wellness practices, have moved from the wellness fringe into mainstream demand, with programs across the country pairing immersive stays with mindfulness, […]

What is longevity travel? Inside the booming luxury wellness trend

What Is Longevity Travel? The Luxury Wellness Trend Focused on Living Longer

Longevity travel is rapidly becoming one of the most lucrative corners of luxury hospitality, as travelers increasingly look for vacations that promise to extend healthspan rather than simply offer a break from daily life. Hotels, resorts and specialized clinics are reshaping their offerings around preventative medicine, advanced diagnostics, sleep optimization, recovery therapies and personalized wellness […]

Where Celebrities Go for Beauty Treatments Abroad: Kim Kardashian, Gwyneth Paltrow and More

Where Celebrities Go for Beauty Treatments Abroad: Kim, Gwyneth and More

Aesthetic medicine has become a passport stamp. As Kim Kardashian, Gwyneth Paltrow, Eva Longoria and Rachel Brosnahan publicly chronicle trips built around facials, injectables and wellness retreats, beauty tourism — once a private indulgence — is reshaping how travelers plan vacations and where they spend money on their faces and bodies. The stakes for readers […]

Sleep Tourism Is One of 2026’s Biggest Travel Trends — Why Travelers Are Booking Vacations Just to Sleep Better

Why Sleep Tourism Is One of 2026’s Biggest Travel Trends for Travelers

Sleep tourism is shaping up to be one of the biggest travel trends for 2026, with hotels, wellness resorts and even medical-led retreats building entire vacations around one goal: better rest. Instead of packed itineraries and nonstop sightseeing, travelers are booking sleep-focused stays with smart beds, blackout rooms, spa treatments and personalized wellness programs. Here’s […]

The Rise of Beauty Tourism: 5 Best Countries for Glass Skin, Facials and Hair Transplants

The Rise of Beauty Tourism: 5 Best Countries for Cosmetic Procedures

Travelers are increasingly booking flights for facelifts, hair transplants and “glass skin” facials, turning beauty tourism into one of the fastest-growing corners of the global travel economy. Driven by cost, specialist expertise and techniques that experts say are years ahead of what’s available at home, the practice now spans everything from non-invasive injectables to full […]

Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, LeBron James and More Celebrities Who Cold Plunge Regularly

Harry Styles, Lady Gaga and More Stars Who Cold Plunge Regularly

Ice baths used to be the domain of pro athletes and Scandinavian saunas. Now Harry Styles is taking daily dips at Dublin’s Vico Baths, Lady Gaga is timing her post-show recovery to the minute and LeBron James is starting game days submerged in freezing water. The cold plunge has crossed over from elite recovery tool […]

GettyImages-2194438221 The 7 Best Cold Plunge Resorts Around the World In 2026 for Luxury Wellness Travel

The 7 Best Cold Plunge Resorts Around the World in 2026

Cold plunge resorts have moved from a niche Scandinavian ritual to one of the most sought-after categories in luxury wellness travel. Travelers are booking trips built specifically around freezing-water immersion, sauna circuits and recovery-focused spa programming, and resorts from Iceland to Arizona are designing entire experiences around the practice. The shift has been fast. Cold […]

GettyImages-2163119500 Celebrity Hotels and Wellness Retreats You Didn’t Know Were Owned by Hollywood Stars

Celebrity Hotels You Didn’t Know Were Owned by Hollywood Stars

Celebrity hospitality is having a moment, with Hollywood stars increasingly putting their names — and money — behind wellness retreats, boutique hotels and oceanfront resorts. Here’s a guide to the celebrity wellness retreats and properties where you can vacation like your favorite stars. Hugh Jackman — Gwinganna Health Retreat Hugh Jackman is a co-owner of […]

Hobby-Based Dating Explained: Why Gen Z Is Leaving Dating Apps for Real-Life Connections in 2026

Hobby-Based Dating Explained: Here's Why Gen Z Is Over Dating Apps in 2026

The way young adults meet romantic partners is changing — and dating apps are losing the battle. Gen Z is walking away from Tinder, Hinge and Bumble in favor of run clubs, book clubs and craft groups where chemistry builds around a shared activity instead of a swipe. The shift matters because it’s reshaping who […]

GettyImages-1207763483 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: K-pop boy band BTS visit the SiriusXM Studios on February 21, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Will BTS Finally Make Their Met Gala Debut in 2026?

The biggest band in the world has never walked fashion’s most-photographed staircase — not as a group, not even individually. Could 2026 finally be the year that changes? The math is tantalizingly close. BTS — RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — kicked off their long-awaited world tour in April, just weeks […]

‘Love Is Blind: Argentina’ Contestant Sentenced to 15 Years for Attempted Murder of Ex-Wife He Met on Show

'Love Is Blind: Argentina' Star Sentenced to 15 Years for Attempted Murder

A contestant from Love Is Blind: Argentina has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of his ex-wife — the same woman he met, fell for and married on the Netflix dating series. Santiago Martínez was convicted of attempted murder, repeated assault and unlawful detention of Emily Ceco, according to reports […]

GettyImages-2160769324 You’ve Done It a Thousand Times—But Who Actually Invented the High Five?

You’ve Done It a Thousand Times — But Who Invented the High-Five?

You’ve done it thousands of times. After a game-winning shot, a solid joke, a perfectly executed parallel parking job. You’ve probably never thought twice about who did it first. The high-five is so woven into sports and everyday life that it feels like it must have existed forever — like a handshake or a wave. […]

Cat Gives Birth in Chicken Coop and Hens Step In as Babysitters in Viral Instagram Video

Chickens Step In as Babysitters After Cat Gives Birth in Coop in Viral Video

A black cat picked a chicken coop nesting box as the spot to deliver her kittens — and the hens sharing that space decided to pitch in with the newborns. In a video posted by @farmer.jo.homesteading on Instagram, the cat gives birth to a litter of kittens in a nesting box right next to the […]

GettyImages-2198243267 Why the Viral Frozen Egg TikTok Trend Is Dangerous, According to Food Safety Experts

Why Experts Say the Viral Frozen Egg TikTok Trend Is Dangerous

A viral egg trend on TikTok shows users freezing whole eggs in their shells, slicing them in half and frying them into tiny “mini eggs.” The method has gained millions of views across multiple waves on the platform, resurfacing again and again as new users discover the hack and try it for themselves. It looks […]

Llamas in Sweaters? Inside Portland Airport’s Viral Therapy Animal Program That’s Helping Travelers Relax

Llamas in Sweaters? Inside Portland Airport’s Therapy Animal Program

If you’ve ever felt the stress of navigating a busy airport terminal, imagine turning a corner and finding a six-foot-tall llama dressed as a pirate waiting to greet you. That scene is a regular reality at Portland International Airport, where therapy llamas and alpacas visit about once a month as part of an animal-assisted therapy […]

Devin Booker Blasts NBA Referee After Suns’ Game 2 Loss to Thunder in Heated Playoff Clash

Devin Booker Blasts NBA Referee After Suns’ Game 2 Loss to Thunder

The Phoenix Suns are down 0-2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in their first-round playoff series, and the postgame press conferences are already more heated than the games. After the Thunder’s 120-107 Game 2 victory on April 22, Suns guard Devin Booker went somewhere few NBA players dare to go — he named a specific […]

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