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4 Surprising Life Lessons from My First Year as a Nomad

Vanessa Runs absconded from corporate life to travel the world by RV. She’s since learned four invaluable life lessons along the way.

Are These 4 Excuses Keeping You From Realizing Your Travel Dreams?

The list of reasons for not getting out there and following your travel dreams is long and varied, but there are really no excuses. It’s time to go traveling!

4 Reasons Why You Should Always Sit at the Bar

No matter where Jessica Spiegel travels, you’ll always find her sitting at the counter at the local restaurant. Here, her top four reasons why every solo traveler should do the same.

Reverse Culture Shock Survivor: Settling In, Five Years On

Since returning home five years ago, Amanda Kendle’s learned the best ways to cope with reverse culture shock.

4 Ways to Save Money Now So You Can Travel Later

Four ways to combat the “I can’t travel” blues and get together the money you need to hit the road.

The 7 Best Places to Skydive Around the World

Skydiving is against every instinct built into every fiber of our being. And yet it feels so right. Turner Wright explores the best places in the world to fall on purpose.

Why I Love and Hate Being an American

Turner Wright explains why, when he’s repatriated after his latest travel stint, it’s like a drop of water rejoining the pond.

I Wanna Be a Flashpacker: When Backpackers Grow Up or Get Rich

Amanda Kendle explores “flashpacking” to find out what happens when backpackers grow up.

The Spirit of the Running People: 3 Cultures You Should Know

Turner Wright explores three “running cultures”, in which running is life, deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of the natives.

How to Embrace Reverse Culture Shock (Sunny Side Up)

Instead of curling up in a ball under a fluffy comforter and counting the days until your next departure, Megan Kimble suggests allowing reverse culture shock to be, well … shocking.

9 Great Lessons Every Traveler Must Learn

Veteran vagabond Shannon Bradford reveals 9 great bits of travel advice she learned the hard way.

Dangerous Dining: The World’s 10 Deadliest Delicacies

Turner Wright explores some of the deadliest foods the world has ever seen – poisonous or harmful, not by accident, but by design.

Rooms with a Brew: 8 Hotels for the Traveling Beer Geek

Ben Keene has traveled (and drank) all over the world and found plenty of excellent “beer hotels”. For the beer geek with a serious case of wanderlust, consider this your Grand Tour.

No Sex in the City: What It’s Like to Be Female and Foreign in Japan

Reannon Muth learns that Tokyo’s a tough city to be single … if you’re a western woman.

Travel Secrets: How to Avoid the Tourist Rushes

Beating the tourist rush often means anticipating what everyone else will be doing … and then doing just the opposite.

5 Simple Steps for Overcoming Travel Envy

Don’t waste time feeling envious of other peoples’ travels: turn that energy into some great ideas for your own trips.

Why Themed Trips Are Cooler Than You Think

These days you can find all kinds of tours based on books or movies, on historical journeys, or pretty much any theme you can imagine. But why not make your own?