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“Revel” in travel’s latest trend

According to Virtuoso, travellers are ringing in the new year with Revelry Travel – travelling for joy. Expedia agrees, calling it JOMO Travel. Everyone has experienced FOMO, the fear of missing out, but it’s time to embrace JOMO, the joy of missing out. This means leaving the hustle and bustle of everyday life behind and hitting the open road, escaping into nature or staying in a remote locale. Welcome to rural Nevada. Billed as the Road Trip Capital of the USA, Nevada offers 10 themed routes to take visitors across the state, such as The Loneliest Road in America. In the 1980s, Life magazine dubbed this stretch of U.S. Route 50 as having no points of interest. Road trippers willing to leave their Wi-Fi behind in search of stunning landscapes, state parks, ghost towns and sagebrush saloons, can be confident they will be anything but lonely, and in fact, may just find joy.

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Take a detour off the Vegas Strip

Unpack ’25, the data-driven travel trends from Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo, also proclaims Detour Travel will steer visitors’ vacation planning. Detour destinations are lesser known and less crowded than tourist hotspots, but these rising stars are well worth putting on an itinerary, either as an add-on or a new, stand-alone destination. Nevada’s Neon to Nature road trip is a perfect example of how to get a little out there. This hub-and-spoke itinerary encourages visitors to Las Vegas to go beyond The Strip and explore what the surrounding region has to offer. Communities like Henderson, Boulder City, Laughlin and Mesquite offer red rock state parks, hiking, cycling and kayaking tours, championship golf, and other outdoor pursuits not found in a casino

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Sipping through sagebrush saloons

There are few better places to drink in Nevada’s history than its historic watering holes or “Sagebrush Saloons,” as the state calls them. To guide road trippers across the state, the Sagebrush Saloon Passport highlights nearly 30 iconic options. Free to download, the passport allows the user (and a designated driver) to digitally check in at each location and rack up points toward exclusive swag. At each stop, visitors will discover the history of both the saloon and the surrounding community. Stops include Nevada’s oldest drinking parlour, the Genoa Bar & Saloon in the Carson Valley, which is also the oldest settlement in the state; Eureka Owl Club, a full-service bar along Highway 50, one of the most remote and haunted highways in the country; and the legendary Odeon Saloon in Dayton, which has drawn the likes of Wild West cowboys, Mark Twain and Marilyn Monroe.

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Plan a surprising spring break

Typically, Spring Break brings to mind college students looking to let loose, and certainly Las Vegas gets top marks as a destination for this demographic, but for families looking to plan a week or two away, the state of Nevada is a surprising alternative with 10 themed road trips for every interest. For example, the Free-Range Art Highway from Las Vegas to Reno offers free outdoor art installations enroute, perfect for teenagers looking to make their next TikTok. A short detour off the Lake Tahoe Loop leads budding paleontologists to find Nevada’s official state fossil in Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. The Great Basin Highway takes junior park rangers to Great Basin National Park – home to the Bristlecone Pine, the oldest tree in the world – and Death Valley National Park, on the Death Valley Rally is the lowest, driest and hottest point in North America for snowbirds looking for a warmer climate and desert landscape unlike anything seen in Canada.

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About Travel Nevada

The heart of Nevada shines through Travel Nevada, an organization focused on sharing the experiences, landmarks and living legends that make the Silver State a one-of-a-kind destination. Through community collaborations and strategic partnerships, we aim to connect with both locals and visitors alike, showcasing the sometimes-surprising, always-exciting treasures that keep people coming to Nevada. It's theirs to explore-and ours to safekeep, from preserving our wild-at-heart way of life to our wide-open spaces.

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