Where should you travel to in October? Here are some ideas.

Autumn is here, and so is shoulder season. Traveling has gotten more affordable. The weather is much more pleasing across the USA and across the pond. Here are a few ideas of places to travel to in October in the USA and abroad. After a hot summer, the warm days and crisp nights of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts are welcoming. Dana Storr, a travel advisor at TravelStore in Palos Verdes, California, recommends towns such as Great Barrington, Stockbridge, and Lenox. Visitors can hike, do yoga, and visit wellness centers. For more cultural activities, visitors can spend an afternoon at MassMoca and see its modern art installations. Stockbridge also has a Norman Rockwell Museum. Author Edith Wharton lived in The Mount. For kids, Storr recommends visiting The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.