This monthly magazine has about 4.8 million readers, according to the magazine’s media kit. Novelists, poets, artists, designers and journalists in others fields often contribute articles along with many ranked listings of the best places, cruises, agents and all things travel including family-friendly, budget and exotic.

Travel + Leisure often ranks and features articles on the best hotels in the U.S. Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean for families to stay. The best-ranking spots feature kids’ clubs, pools, family-friendly activities and plenty of things for adults to enjoy.

Each year Travel + Leisure magazine surveys thousands of travel agents and picks the top 100+ for their top agents list. Readers can find top agents throughout the world including Australia, Asia and Africa in the find a top agent by destination feature of the magazine.

Though many of Travel +Leisure magazine’s destination picks are not easy on the wallet, the magazine also offers up money-saving tips and deals throughout the year. One recent money-saving feature was about how to avoid airline surcharges like baggage charges and seat fees. The magazine’s website also posts “weekly travel bargains” and past features have included “27 Affordable Beach Resorts” and “50 Best Hotels for Families.”

World’s Best Awards is the magazine’s annual reader survey rating destinations and travel providers including their favorite hotels, spas, airlines, cruise lines and cities around the world. The awards issue began in 1995 and is one of the travel magazine’s most popular issues. For the 2008 World’s Best Awards readers ranked Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Sydney and Florence their top 5 favorite cities.

Much of Travel + Leisure’s editorial content is devoted to the coverage of spas. Past features have included guides to Caribbean spas, wellness spas, European spas and best spas in America. Annually the magazine ranks the world’s best spas and the “A-list” spas, often by specialties.

The travel magazine also devotes a lot of coverage to the growing trend of vacation cruises. These days there are a lot of different kinds of cruises to choose from and Travel + Leisure magazine thoroughly covers every kind of cruise from yoga cruises, world cruises and environmentally-friendly cruises.

Competitors of Travel + Leisure magazine are Budget Travel, Cruise Travel, Travel 50 & Beyond, National Geographic Traveler and Conde Nast Traveler magazine.