BY: JESSICA BEUKER For years a staple of the American dream was the big house in the suburbs. Bigger was better, even as family size continued to shrink. Today, home ownership is still very much seen as the holy grail…
Life without Borders
Tiny house rentals: The best of Airbnb
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The tiny house movement is exploding across the world. While some people have opted to buy their own tiny house, and others have opted to build their own tiny house, some people just aren’t ready to take…
The Mad Russian of the Cariboo lived alone on an island for 15 years
BY: DUSTIN BATTY Isolated as he was, no one knows much about the man known by locals as the Mad Russian. His life both before and after his time in the Cariboo region of British Columbia is a mire of…
How to travel Canada for cheap in 2017
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Canada was voted the best place to travel to in 2017, conveniently the same year that the vast country is celebrating its 150th birthday. There is no better time to check out the North without emptying your…
Students across West Virginia build tiny houses for flood victims
BY: DUSTIN BATTY The tiny house movement has been growing steadily since the economic recession of 2008. According to The Economist, people were drawn to these diminutive abodes because they are much more affordable and environmentally friendly than full-sized houses.…
Tiny house plans you can download for free
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The tiny house movement is growing. With more and more people looking to downsize their space and utilities in favour of a lower carbon footprint, and downsize their belongings in favour of a unique and fulfilling living…
The best travel meetup apps you didn’t know you needed
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill It’s true, solo travel can get lonely. As much as we all have dreams of meeting amazing people in our hostel dorms, sometimes that dream just doesn’t pan…
This engineer is saving villages through ecotourism
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS India is a land of extremes. It’s one of the most heavily and densely populated countries on Earth, with a rapidly rising economy that will likely push the population onto the world stage by 2020, but…
This couple lives in a tiny camper trailer that only cost them $1,800
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP “I met her on Tinder, but got to know her in a camper trailer.” This is the quote that immediately made me love Greg and Kathleen’s story of their transition into the tiny house movement. When I…
This guy traded sightseeing for adventure by helping a stranger restore a 100-year-old off-grid farmhouse
BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO All photos by Quin Smith Outside of a village, outside of a city, far away from the hoards of tourists in Northern Italy, Quin Smith found himself looking into the crystal blue water flowing from the falls…
The ‘Bucket List Family’ sold everything they own to visit dozens of different countries around the world
BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE All photos from The Bucket List Family The ‘Bucket List Family’ has well earned their nickname by doing what everyone with even a sliver of wanderlust in their soul dreams of: selling everything they own and travelling…
Living Off The Grid – The People Who Sold Everything
Last night, Britain’s Channel 4 aired Escape To The Wild, a documentary series where presenter Jimmy Doherty finds Brits who have sold up all their property in the UK and moved out to remote parts of the world to live…
After a devastating earthquake, this family rebuilt their lives in a 1987 Volvo van
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Saving money, the ability to roam freely from city to city, doing your part to help the environment; those are probably the three most popular reasons as to why people have been ditching the regular 9-5 working…
This infographic maps out the 8 best road trips to take in North America
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Ask just about anyone who’s ever been on one – there is nothing better than a good ol’ fashioned road trip. Normally the thought of being stuck in a cramped vehicle for 15 hours at a time…
For 8 glorious years, this couple backpacked through 51 countries, while living out of vans for $10 a day
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP When Lauren and Craig met eight years ago working at a pizza shop in England, I doubt they could’ve predicted where their relationship would take them. Maybe they imagined some travel; perhaps they envisioned leaving the country…
We introduced our 18-month old daughter to the joys and dangers of backpacking in the Andes
BY: TIM O’NEAL We had lost or broken, months ago, almost every electronic device we had brought with us. The only thing we had left that kept time was our point-and-shoot digital camera. It didn’t have an alarm so to…
I was in Nice during the attack- this is what I saw versus what you saw
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO The fireworks came to an end and the eight of us turned away from the Promenade. It was Bastille Day and since we were traveling in France we anticipated a night full of celebrations. That is not…
This couple ditched their jobs to travel across the country in a tiny house on wheels (photos)
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP All photos by Guillaume Dutilh @ Tiny House Giant Journey. Tiny houses and dream-like, converted vans have been taking over our Instagram feeds, our Pinterest boards, and quite possibly, have become some of our most googled items.…
Nature lovers rejoice: Canada is finishing one of the biggest trails in the world this fall
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT 2017 is the year of Canada’s 150th birthday, but this year it’s the citizens who’ll be getting a gift, in the form of a massive trail that passes through every province and territory in the country. After 25…
A guide to travelling the world and having thrilling adventures on a small budget
BY: DAN CHABERT Travelling is one of the most exciting adventures out there that everyone should try at least once in their life. The excitement of venturing into a whole different culture is a great feeling; experiencing different weather, environments,…