1. Run out of money If you’ve got a credit card you can always spend more money than you actually have! However, if your credit cards are maxed out and you’ve run out of cash, then you’re out of luck, my friend. You can try calling mom and dad or your best friend. Chances are… Read more »

Before I went to Thailand for the first time, people warned me to get out of Bangkok as quickly as possible. Head for the North or the beaches, but don’t stay in Bangkok. One person even called Bangkok “the armpit of Southeast Asia.” Not only is that offensive, it’s also entirely untrue. I’ve spent a… Read more »

Last month I took a six-day road trip from Atlanta to Montgomery to Jackson to Memphis and ended in Nashville. For those of you who live in the American South, this might seem uninteresting. But to a Yankee like me, it was a fascinating experience that I encourage any traveler to the United States to… Read more »

Guest post by Sarah Grant. Numerous travel blogs suggest that the golden rule of packing for any trip abroad is to lay out what you want to bring and immediately put half of it back in your closet. This is a touch vague — how much do you really need to pack? And what do… Read more »

Guest post by our favorite Texan, Carrie Newhouse In Southeast Texas, we don’t really experience these things that people in other parts of the US have dubbed “seasons,” so I’m often lost when trying to tell people about events that occur in specific times of the year. Yes, yes, I understand that there are solstices… Read more »

Guest post by Montana outdoorswoman, Nicole Qualtieri. Last summer, I hiked 150 miles of the northern Continental Divide trail alone. It was by far the most intense, honest, revealing and personal thing that I’ve ever accomplished. Within those 150 miles lies the most terrifying moment of my life, as well as some of the most… Read more »

We recently did a series of blogs on traveling alone–how to have fun, how to stay safe, and how to make memories that’ll last a lifetime. Solo travel is fantastic, and most of us have had life-changing experiences when we take the plunge and do some exploring on our own. For now, let’s forget the… Read more »

Guest post by Andrew Orvedahl. As a comedian, I can speak with a certain degree of authority when I say that Los Angeles is the Shangri-La for comedy. Sure, there are fantastic comedy scenes sprinkled all over the country (and indeed maybe even the world, who knows–not me, I’m American), but the cream of the… Read more »

This is the final installment on how to travel alone. The first time we wrote about how to have fun, even if the idea of traveling alone seems boring or lonely. Our second post discussed how to be safe when traveling alone. This final installment discusses how to create memories of your trip that will… Read more »

Guest post by Sarah Grant. I’m a transplant here in The Natural State. I’ve lived in plenty of places — Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Madison, Manado (Indonesia), Dalat (Vietnam) — but never the South. I was warned I’d struggle here, by numerous, dubious people who’d had bad experiences on their cross-country road… Read more »