Are You Into Ecotourism? Then Go Visit 6 of the Greenest Cities in the World! Move over, Kermit! It's the 21st century and people are increasingly finding that it is, in fact, easy to be green. And while some folks may balk in front of the myriad of bins that now crowd every major city,...
Meet Your New Travel BFFs: Damon and Jo At first, Damon Dominique and Jo Franco seem like typical Millennials: they’re bubbly, goofy, obsessed with travel, and love a good Azealia Banks song. But once you start learning more about them, you’ll...
Go South With Your Tax Refund: Why a Trip to Mexico Is the Best Place to Spend Your Dinero! Legendary American scientist, statesman, and coolest Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, was quoted as once saying, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” And while...
Why These Two Dads Didn’t Stop Traveling When They Had Kids Rob and Chris Taylor travel for a very important reason: to learn, yes, but also to teach. The couple, who are the bloggers behind parenting site 2 Travel Dads, have two young sons who get to join their dads...
QUIZ: Which Music Festival Should You Attend? Are you ready for festival season? That's right, it's almost upon us. If you still haven't gotten one of those hard-to-get tickets, no worries, we have a foolproof, totally scientific quiz to help you decide...
Chasing Thrills: The Ultimate Guide to Extreme Sports Adventures Picture this: you lord over the canyon, taking in the sweeping views that greet you as you hang from a twist of rope and metal. Your hands are white with chalk and red with blood. The rush is incomparable....
Why I’ll Never Travel in a Group Again It was 2013 and I was on a train surrounded by a handful of people who, just hours before, had been complete strangers. We were passing around those tiny bottles of vodka that you get on airplanes and swapping...
How to Avoid the Most Common Travel Mistakes While Studying Abroad Studying abroad can be a chaotic time -- you're in a very rushed headspace. You need to rush to make a decision, hurry to get your papers in order, run around like a chicken with your head cut off as you try...
8 Best Places to See Cherry Blossoms in the USA We know that jetting off to Tokyo is probably somewhere on your bucket list -- but it's called a bucket list for a reason. AKA it's full of stuff that takes a bit of commitment to actually do. So for those of...
How to Save Money for Travel (Without Sacrificing Your Social Life) As legend would have it, if you want to see the Colosseum and you're not a Rich Kid of Instagram, you'll have to give up coffee, movies, friends, eating, socializing, fun, adventure, the vibrant color of...
The Zen of Going With the Flow When I Travel How one Type-A traveler dialed her stress way back when she allowed fate to take charge If someone were to have told me to "go with the flow" four years ago, I probably would have looked at them, red-eyed and...
The 25 Different People You’ll Meet While Studying Abroad Studying abroad is an amazing experience -- or, at least, that's what you're thinking while Facebook stalking your best friends stuffing their faces with authentic Italian food, falling in love with...
Time to Daydream: 11 Hidden Beaches Begging You to Visit Anyone else have cabin fever? *Literally everyone raises their hand*. That's what we thought. We're tired of the cold, the grey, and the heavy winter coats we've been wearing for months on end. It's time for a...
How to Maintain Your Healthy Lifestyle When You Travel When you're home, you've got your routine down pat: morning yoga, breakfast smoothie, work, after work climb sesh, intricately prepared plate of delicious (but healthy!) food, meditate, get some ZZZs. But when...