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How Travel Can Make You a More Romantic Partner

Amanda Kendle reveals 8 ways that travel can make you a much more romantic partner.

Oscar Nominated Films That Inspire Travel

waipio valley ©paul (dex) Unless you’ve managed to avoid tv, internet and newspapers over the past couple of days, you’ve probably heard that the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday. And while all the award buzz may be about the actors, directors, writers and producers of the nominated movies, travelers may [...]

Feeling Lost in Life? 7 Reasons Why You Should Travel Now

Stuck in a rut, not sure where to turn, or just need a change of pace in your life? Amanda Kendle presents 7 reasons why travel may be the answer.

U.S. National Parks Free This Weekend

Visitors on Boardwalk Mammoth Springs ©Bernt Rostad In an effort to get more people to America’s national parks — and to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. — the National Park Service (NPS) is waiving admission fees this weekend, Jan. 14–16. This free weekend is part of the fee-free program which grants free admission to all [...]

Couple Photographs the World “Feet First”

Machu Picchu ©Tom and Verity Robinson Tom and Verity Robinson, both 30, took their first “feet photo” in 2005 on Brighton beach in the UK. Since that photo, the globe-trotting couple has continued to photograph their feet as they traveled the world. They have since travelled through 31 countries taking the shots in places like [...]

How and Why Do You See the World?

So many ways to see the world. Nora Dunn asks, “How and why do you travel?”

Spontaneity? There’s An App For That

Zufall App ©Zufall With a shake of your phone you can inject a little spontaneity into your next vacation. A new app, Zufall, gives explorers the chance to go off book, on adventures both near and far from home. The Quick Roll option is pre-set to blocks, which makes it a good choice for finding [...]

Wacky New Years Ball Drops Across The USA

Peach Drop 2009 ©tanjila The Ball drop in Times Square New York is probably the most famous ball drop in the US, but across the US, many cities host their own bizarre New Year’s drops. Unlike New York these cities are thinking outside the ball by dropping innovative and strange things to mark the coming [...]

Cruise Line Recreating Titanic’s Disastrous Voyage

MS Balmoral ©.curt. In what is probably the most disastrous travel package gimmick of the century, a British company is marking the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking with a sold-out cruise following the Titanic’s exact route to America. Hopefully this ship is bringing more lifeboats… Two thousand “disaster voyeurists” will be departing on the [...]

Cooking With Grandma, a New Culinary Trend

Marketing in Motion ©D’Arcy Norman Well-heeled travelers in search of gourmet food are steering away from traditional 4-star luxury restaurants and instead seeking out more authentic culinary “experiences.” These new “experiences” are being offered by a variety of locals from Italian aristocrats to ordinary grandmothers in Mauritius, who are opening up their homes to amateur [...]

US Teen Becomes the Youngest to Climb the World’s Tallest Mountains

Mount Elbrus ©Hombit Today in news that will make you feel like a complete and utter failure who hasn’t done anything with your life, a teenager from California has become the youngest person to successfully climb the highest mountain in each of the world’s seven continents. Instead hanging out at the mall slurping an Orange [...]

End of the World Brings Tourism Boom to Mexico

Tulum ©GollyGforce According to some interpretations of the ancient Maya calendar, December 21, 2012 marks the end of the world and the Mayan regions of Southern Mexico are making preparations for the party of the millennium–just in case they are right. Thanks to vacationers excited to experience the “end of the world” where it was [...]

Website Offers Globetrotters Virtual Passport Stamps

Passport Pages ©jonrawlinson In an era of open European borders and passports with digital chips the passport stamp is now almost the exception instead of the rule in international travel. Now, a new website and app called Visastamper is offering a virtual passport service to give travelers the souvenir stamps from all of the countries [...]

8 Simple Steps to Achieve Your Travel Goals

Turn your vacation daydreaming into travel reality with these 8 simple steps.

UFO Inspired Hotel Takes Off in Sweden

Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói ©Rodrigo_Soldon Beam yourself up to a UFO-inspired hotel in the mountains of Sweden. The new spaceship-in-a-tree hotel was built by Treehotel–a hotel company renowned for its innovative designs. And the aliens aren’t the only things that are green. The hotel is cast in durable compost material and features environmentally [...]

Google Maps for Time Travelers

Google Maps ©Christine Rondeau Don’t you hate it when you travel back in time and get lost in old-timey San Francisco because the GPS on your iphone doesn’t work? Enter: Pastmapper. Pastmapper is a sort of Google Maps for historical locations (although right now it only covers San Francisco circa 1853) created by designer Brad [...]

Why Budget Travelers Are Not All “Stereotypical Backpackers”

Contrary to popular belief, not all budget travelers are what we might consider “stereotypical backpackers”. Veteran budget traveler, Amanda Kendle, explains why.

The World’s Strangest Natural Optical Illusions

Magnetic Hill ©Kartikeya Kaul Do you have do see something to believe it? Maybe not, with these 10 extraordinary natural mirages, compiled by the BBC, you might just be left disbelieving your own eyes. Making an appearance on the list is the magnetic hill in Ladakh, India where vehicles left out of gear appear roll [...]

Pop Up Hotels Next Big Thing in Travel

Tropical Cabana ©jonrawlinson The pop up phenomena has become a staple of the restaurant business. A temporary restaurant, usually centered around some kind of event provides the opportunity for young renegade cooks or very successful mainstream chefs to experiment and create without the need for huge financial backing or the fear of bankruptcy. Inspired by [...]

Dancing Flashmob Takes Over Indian Train Station

Chhatrapati Shivaji (Victoria) Terminus ©BabyDinosaur If you thought Indian public transport was already incredibly crowded and overstimulating, add a flashmob of 200 dancers into the mix and even the most seasoned commuter will have problems catching their train. Last month, dancers came together for a flashmob event at Chhatrapati Shivaji (Victoria) Terminus–Indian’s busiest train station. [...]

Rio’s New Museum of Tomorrow

Rio de Janeiro Waterfront © JorgeBRAZIL The waterfront of Rio de Janeiro will soon have a green new addition. The Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow), designed by Santiago Calatrava is part of a 5 billion Brazilian real “Marvelous Port” project that will revitalize Rio’s waterfront district. In addition to the Museum of Tomorrow, Recently [...]

Traditional Holiday Beverages From Around the World

Starbucks Holiday Cups ©Glenn Waters In the USA we have eggnog and hot chocolate (and the ubiquitous Starbuck “red” cups), but around the world the beverages that inevitably get spiked for the holiday season are incredibly varied. Over on Gadling, they have compiled a list of international Christmasey beverages. In Europe—north, south, east and west,–they [...]

Confessions of a Traveling Packrat

Jessica Spiegel eschews minimalist travel in favor of hoarding every last scrap of souvenir trash she can collect.

5 Spots to Challenge Your Sixth Sense

Sedona, Arizona © laszlo-photo Follow your wanderlust to five spots in the USA where you can use your sixth sense to get in touch with those who have crossed over. Yahoo News has compiled a list of the top five places to get in touch with your extra-sensory side. Making an appearance on the list [...]

They Draw & Travel: One-of-a-Kind Illustrated Maps

Map in Progress © Magic Madzik Get inspiration for your next trip abroad by studying the amazing illustrated maps on the website They Draw & Travel. The maps on this site aren’t like those found in an atlas, instead each map is one-of-a-kind, highlighting off-the-beaten path sites and activities that are local favorites. A variety [...]

15 Ways to See the World by Water

The Maldives ©nattu If you limit your travels to only land-based excursions you will miss out on 75% of the wonders the the world has to offer. CNNgo has compiled a list of 15 fantastic water-based excursions. From penguin spotting in the pristine coves of Tierra del Fuego to following the trail of the pharaohs [...]

A Six Year Global Proposal

Wedding Rings ©Valerie’s Genealogy Photos A youtube video of a six year marriage proposal written letter-by-letter on paper and spelled out across the world has gone viral. For six years a Canadian pilot and his girlfriend travelled around the world taking pictures of themselves at famous landmarks holding letters spelling “We always knew”. On his [...]

The Loneliest Places in the World

Solitude ©VinothChandar If you long to get off the beaten path, this map of the loneliest places in the world—brought to you by who else, Lonely Planet—can get you to a place with a bit of peace and quiet. The map graphically shows the most remote spots in the world, the larger the grid square, [...]

7 Things You’ll Learn About Yourself by Moving Abroad

Thinking of moving abroad? Amanda Kendle explains why taking the leap can help you learn all kinds of new things about yourself.

Pickled Human Flesh at Amsterdam’s Tattoo Museum

Traditional Tattoo Sketch © (((o.kvlt))) Amsterdam is home to a variety of museums. There are two sex museums, a marijuana museum, and of course the more mainstream Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum. But earlier this year the city added another museum to its collection, The Tattoo Museum. The Tattoo Museum is the result of three [...]

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