Travel Talk

16 Worst Places to Raise a Family

Raising children is both a privilege and a challenge, and one that everyone wants to succeed at. When it comes to bringing up happy, healthy kids, some places in the world are more suitable than others. Here are 16 cities across the globe where raising children is an even more challenging task than usual.

50 Places Women Should Never Travel Alone

Travel can be a beautiful element of the human experience. Discovering new places, people, cultures, and scenery opens our minds to the world around us. It is exciting, humbling, empowering, liberating, and endlessly rewarding. Unfortunately, it can also be dangerous, particularly if you happen to be a woman.

20 Things a Diabetic Needs to Do Before and During Travel

After living ten years in a household of Type 1 diabetics before becoming one myself, I’ve had plenty of experience watching my mom run down a German mountain in search of chocolate. Trust me, there are much safer (and less stressful) ways to avoid disaster during your trip!

20 Alternatives to a Hotel

As a generation that grew up on budget backpacking journeys across Europe / Southeast Asia / name your gap year, we haven’t been able to shake the idea that hotels are way too expensive. Many of us actually find the idea of staying at a hotel ludicrous.

17 Scariest American Urban Legends

Urban legends are found all over the world. Many of them are based on true stories that have been twisted and changed over the years, while some urban legends are completely mysterious and seem to have no basis in reality at all.

19 Tips for Taking the Trip of a Lifetime

Many travel agencies, tour organizers and tourism boards promise a “trip of a lifetime”: a travel experience that will stay with you for the rest of your days. Yet, any trip can have such an impact; it’s simply dependent on you and your attitude. Here’re 19 tips to help you make your next trip a trip of a lifetime.

36 Reasons to Avoid Canada

Canada: a gigantic, freezing cold country that sits to the north of America, made famous by South Park. It may look like a scene from a Christmas card, but we’re here to tell you it’s not!