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Gear Patrol: South African Rangers and Cake Electric Motorcycles

From the verdant vineyards of Stellenbosch and the craggy cliffs along the Garden Route to the world-renowned safari sanctuary that is...

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The Daily Beast: MiFi Devices

We’ve all been there: You disembark the plane, make your way through passport control, collect your luggage and, before you carry on your...

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The Daily Beast: Rollable Duffles

What’s more convenient than luggage you can roll or carry onto a plane? Luggage you can roll or carry onto a plane… and down urban...

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The Daily Beast: Hiking Boots

Whether you’re trekking through the steep, snow-swathed Annapurna circuit in the Nepalese Himalayas, hiking up the volcanic terrain of...

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The Daily Beast: Traveler Essentials

Packing can take ages if you don’t know what you’re doing. And, even after all your hard work squeezing an unnecessary life’s worth of...

Health & Wellness

Fashionista: Beauty Tourism

From rhinoplasty and liposuction to Botox and veneers, the burgeoning beauty tourism industry is developing as quickly as breasts in the...

Health & Wellness

Shape: Quarantining in a Van

It's not uncommon for people to ask why I'm not traveling with anyone else or why I didn't wait for a partner with whom to travel. I...

Travel

Gear Patrol: Australia Van Life in the Pandemic

This adventure started out surfing with the setting sun before the ocean swallowed it, or me, each night. Camping along craggy cliffs,...

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The Daily Beast: Hampi, India

Some stranger suggested it—swore by it. He seemed like a credible source. And so I didn’t bother to google it. Instead I blindly bought a...

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TravelAge West: Digital Nomads Changing Travel

Now, more than ever, remote work is on the rise as professionals are increasingly working within the confines of their homes due to the...

Business

TravelAge West: Digital Nomad Travel Visas

By 2025, surveys suggest that some 35.7 million Americans will be working remotely. In fact, digital nomads have been on the rise for...

Travel

Gear Patrol: Hoods to Woods

'Twas a white winter in Washington, circa 2008. Mount Baker was blanketed with packed powder, but only up near the resort’s 5,089-foot...

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Brides: Sustainable Wedding Venues

Perhaps you find yourself in a sprawling oasis teeming with rolling rice fields. To your partner, your families and over a hundred...

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TravelAge West: Festive Holiday Destinations

Are your clients dreaming of vacationing in a festive European winter wonderland? Fortunately, plenty of places in Europe are unlocking...

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TravelAge West: Europe Skiing Trips

Your clients are lost in reverie — their minds brimming with warm musings of a frosty respite from the dark days of winter. They’re...

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TravelAge West: Solo Female Adventure Travel

It’s been said before that the future is female, and statistics back up this prediction within the travel world, as well. So, as the...

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TravelAge West: Sustainable Tour Operators

Emerging industry intel suggests that more Americans are interested in exploring the outdoors this year. And, in recent years, research...

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Forbes Advisor: Priority Pass Lounges

Airports are, in a word, pandemonium. They’re a symphony of languages that all lump together, wrestling with the roar of rolling...