About while it lasts
The world is full of extraordinary moments. The trick is knowing when to be there.
While It Lasts is a travel magazine built around timing. We cover the wildlife migrations, natural phenomena, cultural traditions, seasonal flavors, festivals, sporting events, and adventures that make a place worth experiencing at a particular moment in time.
Right Place. Right time
You can visit a destination anytime. But some experiences demand that you arrive at exactly the right moment.
For a few weeks, millions of monarch butterflies fill the forests of Mexico. A desert erupts in wildflowers after the right combination of rain and temperature. Whales arrive along a coastline. A harvest begins. A centuries-old festival transforms a city for three days. A river reaches the conditions adventurers wait for all year.
Those are the stories we tell.
While It Lasts helps travelers discover what’s happening, where it’s happening, when to go, and how to experience it before the moment passes.
What we cover
Natural Phenomena & Wildlife
Witness the migrations, blooms, celestial events, and wildlife spectacles that happen only when nature says it’s time.
CULTURE & FOOD
Experience the traditions, harvests, and seasonal flavors that connect a place to a particular moment
SPORTS & ADVENTURE
Chase the seasons, conditions, and competitions that turn an ordinary trip into an unforgettable adventure.
Festivals & Events
Plan your journey around the celebrations, gatherings, and once-a-year events worth showing up for.
Why while it lasts?
Travel inspiration is everywhere. We believe travel can be so much more than a checklist of destinations. It should be experiential and meaningful.
Too often, we discover an extraordinary experience after it’s already happened, or get lost in endless stories about where others went, but not why.
We think the why matters most.
So, we created While It Lasts.
This isn’t a magazine about collecting destinations. It’s about experiencing places when something remarkable is happening there, and giving travelers enough information and inspiration to actually make the journey.
Meet the founders
Chantelle Kincy
Co-Founder, Editorial Director
Chantelle Kincy is a travel journalist, travel advisor, and podcast host from Washington State. Her bylines include National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Business Insider, and Matador Network. She specializes in outdoor and wellness travel, with a particular interest in national parks, wildlife, and the ways nature and travel can change us. Whether she is kayaking among glaciers in Alaska, ziplining above Slovenia’s Soča Valley, or heading into the wilds of Guyana in search of wildlife and Indigenous-led conservation stories, Chantelle is drawn to experiences that make the world feel a little bigger. She believes the best trips are the ones that leave you different from how they found you.
Gentry Hale
Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Gentry Hale is an environmental journalist, travel writer, and magazine editor from Salt Lake City, Utah. Her bylines include National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Business Insider, and Mongabay. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and has dedicated her life to traveling far, trying crazy things, and teaching people how to do it themselves. Whether she is tracking musk oxen across the Alaskan Arctic, performing the Bush Dance with Sherpas at Everest Base Camp, or running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, Gentry feels most at home when she’s far from home.
RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME.
Be there while it lasts.