Holiday Magazine September 1966 Vintage Travel Ads Australia Bahia Casablanca. In this Issue the famous American Writer John O'Hara (Appointment in Samarra Butterfield 8" began writing a regular column. He was a regular contributor to the New Yorker. Holiday was an American travel magazine published from 1946 to 1977 often described as "The Best Travel Magazine that Ever Was." Originally published by the Curtis Publishing Company, Holiday's circulation grew to more than one million subscribers at its height. ... The magazine was relaunched as a bi-annual magazine in 2014, located in Paris, but written in English.