Planning a destination wedding can seem like a daunting task. Here’s what you need to know.
Photo by Tom Purves
Destination weddings have become increasingly popular in recent years, and a growing number of couples say they’d like to celebrate their special day in an exotic location.
Planning a destination wedding, however, can seem overwhelming, especially when so many details are being coordinated from afar.
For unbiased ratings and opinions about nearly everything related to travel, check out 10 Best, an online compendium of worldwide travel guides. Whether you’re looking for entertainment and nightlife in Akron, Ohio or the best antique shops in York, Pennsylvania, 10 Best has the info you crave.
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Internet cafes can be dangerous places. Here’s how to keep your information safe.
Photo by Mark Shandro
Whether sending email, uploading photos, booking flights and hotels, paying the bills back home, and checking the status of a bank account, travelers use the internet for a huge variety of tasks.
The ubiquity of internet cafes around the world has made this convenience possible.
Tags: Tips, Every, Traveler, Should, Know, About, Internet, SecurityMovies have the power to inspire, to take us on a trip without requiring us to get off the couch.
A scene from “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
One traveling garden gnome. A star-crossed couple on a sinking ocean liner. Eleven crooks on a European heist. And Bond??James Bond.
These are just four of the travelers who didn’t make it onto our roundup of the twenty greatest travel films of all time. Not because we didn’t like Amelie, Titanic, Ocean’s 11 or the Bond movies, mind you, but because we just didn’t have the space.
Tags: The, Most, Memorable, Travel, Films, That, Aren, Really, About, TravelThe worst thing about hippies: they??re out there. Somewhere. And you can??t tell by looking at ???em anymore.
Photo courtesy of hippies.
Why don’t all you damn hippies get a life?
Looking around, you don’t see many hippies these days. Sure, you see bellbottoms, tie-dyes and Birkenstocks ?? why not, they’re comfortable ?? but the people in them don??t consider themselves hippies.
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Illustration by Jacob Bielanski
Take a look at this website. The text, the picture above, the pictures below, the logo - all of them represent a separate request by your computer to a server hosted somewhere else on the planet.
With each request, a packet was generated that had to find a path in myriad of trails. It is very likely that each one of these requests took a different path. And it will be a whole new set of paths and destinations when you click away from here.
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Being a disabled traveler involves challenges many others don’t have to face. But is movement getting easier or harder for disabled travelers to move around?
I once worked with a man named Victor. We forged a friendship that was contingent upon a shared penchant for searing social criticism, ironic humor, and good food, (though not necessarily in that order).
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How did the backpacker cross the road? Care, Caution and Confidence are key. Follow the tips in this traveler’s guide to pedestrian safety and you’ll get to the other side in one piece.
Crossing streets in foreign countries is often a daunting task. In big cities like Bangkok or Delhi, it can seem as if stop signs, red lights and crosswalks all mean GO FASTER!
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How did the backpacker cross the road? Care, Caution and Confidence are key. Follow the tips in this traveler’s guide to pedestrian safety and you’ll get to the other side in one piece.
Crossing streets in foreign countries is often a daunting task. In big cities like Bangkok or Delhi, it can seem as if stop signs, red lights and crosswalks all mean GO FASTER!
Tags: How, Did, The, Backpacker, Cross, The, Road, With, These, Easy, Tips
Knowing ourselves and our communities, and seeing them in unison, is the first step in fostering the divine world spirit.
A wise Indian man once said to me, “Perfection is a rare and sporadic event.” For travelers especially, this rings true.
From a traveler’s perspective, every foreign country is a chance for something to go ridiculously, horribly amok.
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