In March of 2013, Lars and Katrin Schneider, along with their 8-month-old son, Fietje, bought a 1971 VW Westfalia Van, and took off across the country, traversing multiple state and national parks including Joshua Tree, Valley of Fire, Death Valley,…
Life without Borders
How busking can sustain your travels and broaden your cultural perspective
BY: ZOE MELNYK If you live in a city, you’ve probably seen your fair share of buskers, but have you ever wondered how successful they are at actually turning a profit? During my travels in France, I came across a…
27-year-old designer quit Ralph Lauren to live in a van and build the treehouse of your dreams (Video)
Foster Huntington got into the blogging game in 2008, and has since amassed nearly a million Instagram followers on what is quite possibly America’s most inspiring photo and video blog. Though he was making moves as a successful designer for…
Here are six edible plants you can forage for in your own neighbourhood (Video)
BY: DANIEL KORN Foraging for food comes with a variety of benefits. It forms a deeper connection between you and your neighbourhood, serves as a fun date/hangout activity, and allows you to eat healthily for free or at least up…
This couple’s epic 1-minute adventure video will convince you to take off with your lover
After three years of epic globetrotting, cinematographer Joe Simon and his future wife, Katie, crammed their footage into a one-minute video sure to leave any vagabond with itchy feet. Simon is the owner, director, cinematographer and editor of The Delivery…
Why you should travel alone as a woman, despite what society tells you
BY: ZOE MELNYK It’s always the same set of rules and stipulations for women to stay safe in society. Don’t go anywhere alone at night, don’t accept drinks from anyone, ignore cat calls, stay out of sketchy areas. It seems…
This couple is giving away an organic farm and $20,000 to the best 200-word essay
By: Jack M. Paul and Leslie Spell are the husband and wife owners and operators of Humble Heart Farms in northern Alabama, near the Tennessee border, and they’re moving, along with their 14-year-old son, to join some friends in Costa…
9 totally free adventures to take in America to satisfy your wanderlust
BY: ZOE MELNYK For some, adventure is all about the distance; the farther the destination the larger the experience. Adventure doesn’t necessarily need to be defined by the miles travelled. An expedition an hour away from home can be just…
This family sold everything they own to visit 400 national parks in an Airstream Bus
BY: TYLER FYFE Thousands of dollars in renovations and several trips to Ikea later, the Works family found that although their life now looked like the picture-perfect images of home-décor magazines, between the marble-countertops and stainless steel appliances there seemed…
Couples who camp together have better sex (and more of it)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Sometimes sex lives can become more habitual than sensual. If your sex life feels like work, you may just need a vacation. According to new research, the best way to break your habitual lack of satisfaction is…
This couple bought a cave for $1 and turned it into an incredible tiny home
BY ZOE MELNYK With a steep housing market and difficulty finding a stable job, young people are turning to cave homes for a more affordable alternative. This young couple in particular, Alexis Lamoureux and Lotte van Riel, managed to buy…
Meet the man who quit money 15 years ago and hasn’t looked back since
BY: Jack M. Daniel Suelo may be the happiest man on Earth. He was born Daniel Shellabarger 54 years ago and spent much of his life in Arvada, a mid-sized community near Denver, Colorado. Fifteen years ago, in his late…
Best friends build a village of tiny houses in the middle of nowhere
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA On the Llano River in Texas stands a line of houses testament to a 20-year friendship. Four couples decided that the suburban grind was getting in the way of what matters most in life—friends and family.…
Travelling is scientifically proven to make you healthier
BY: ZOE MELNYK If for some reason you need another reason to travel besides the thrill of adventure and the opportunity to explore the hidden corners of the world and your mind, try your health. Besides the obvious psychological benefits…
The top 5 vacation destinations for travellers addicted to the rush of adrenaline
BY MATTHEW CHIN This is not for the faint of heart, the couch-potatoes or the worry warts. This is for the bold, for the rebellious, and for those unafraid of staring death right in the face and laughing. If you…
This 26-year-old makes a living by train-hopping and capturing it all on Instagram
BY: ROB HOFFMAN 26 year-old Florida native, Molly Steele, was recently arrested for illegally hopping freight trains in El Dorado, Kansas. Sharing the experience on Instagram with nearly 40,000 followers, Steele’s Instagram features an envy-inducing catalogue of train-hopping, traveling and…
One man quit his high-paying desk job to become a dogwalker in the stunning Norwegian woods (Video)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN After nearly five years of working an office job in finance, Matt Hein quit and moved to Oslo, Norway. At 26, Hein realized there should be more to life than biting his nails in commuter traffic and…
If you’re a born traveller, science says you may have the “wanderlust gene”
BY: MATTHEW CHIN If you’re the kind of person that feels compelled to travel—bound to an uncontrollable urge that flows through you, motivating you to drop everything and explore the world—chances are that desire is actually embedded in your genetic…
This 22-year-old is the Robin Hood of the travel industry and can save you up to 80% on airfare
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA In the ultimate David and Goliath battle, Aktarer Zaman stood before the lawyers of some of the biggest players in the travel industry for uncovering a dirty little secret that could save consumers up to 80%…
This 25-year-old is the youngest person to walk the entire circumference of the planet
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Andrew Siess, a 25 year-old from Minnesota, just became the youngest person in the world to circumnavigate the globe entirely on foot. Born out of a recklessness passion for the road, for Siess, his journey wasn’t about…