BY: JESSICA BEUKER New York City, a place with endless possibilities and a bustling environment, is on the travel bucket lists of many. Tall skyscrapers, bright lights and an eccentric collective of people, make this exciting place a top destination.…
This website lets you find your travel soul mate and take the trip of your lifetime
BY: ZOE MELNYK Traveling alone may induce feelings of freedom and independence. However, when you’re scaling the harsh terrain of Mount Everest or white water rafting through the forceful Colorado River, a travel companion is practically necessary. Now, if you’re…
For 511 blissful days this couple hitchhiked from Bulgaria to India without smartphones
BY: JESSICA BEUKER All too often the raw, untamed aspects of travel get overlooked by smartphones, GPS and tablets. Screen addiction has created an invisible barrier between the natural world and us. Just try and remember the last time you…
Hipcamp is the Airbnb of camping
As an avid camper my perfect summer would consist of rugged forests, secluded trails, hidden sandy beaches and a night so quiet and still, you can hear your own thoughts. Commercial camping is great, but it also comes with its…
5 reasons you should hitchhike across the country and sleep under the stars this summer
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Hitchhiking is a traveller’s heroin. I’ve chased the high since I was 16 from coast to coast in the world’s second largest country on a budget of zero dollars and trail-mix, taken strange drugs with hippy kingpins,…
Why I quit my high-paying corporate job to live off-grid lost in a desert eco-village
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA I graduated from a top school, came from a well-off family, and got a high-paying corporate job. Today, I’m what some like to call a hippie. Two years ago, I was living in Dubai, in an…
10 reasons to drop your shit job and take the ultimate road trip with your pals
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Luke Fraser and his good friend Bubby Vernon planned a trip to see the world while in the thick of their post-secondary education. Once they finally completed university, they flew to New Zealand and began their year-long…
Adult summer camp is the childhood nostalgia you’ve been waiting for
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The smell of bug spray and campfire smoke wafting through the air. A slightly out of pitch voice singing Wonderwall. Ghost stories. Bunk Beds. Friendship bracelets. Apparently that’s what summer camp feels like. Unfortunately for me, I…
Why you should just say “fuck it” and hit the road while you still can
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Growing up I didn’t travel a lot. Sure, there was the odd family trip, which usually meant a two-hour car ride to a small Saskatchewan town or a weekend getaway at a cabin. These trips were fun…
New adventure company lets you test your survival skills by renting a deserted island
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Maybe you watched Tom Hanks struggle to stay alive on a deserted island in Cast Away and thought “small potatoes,” or thought the entire cast of hit TV series, Lost, were massive wussies. Well guess what—it’s time…
Cat-loving couple quits comfortable jobs to sail the world with their cat as first mate (Photos)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Matt and Jessica Johnson were living the American Dream—go to school, get married, buy a house, start a career. The only thing they were missing were the 2 kids expected for an average nuclear family. That all…
How I finished a five day hike in less than 7 hours (Video)
“We always question ourselves, like we got to be rational about things, instead of just actually doing it.” Sometimes the irrational decisions liberate us the most. In 2012 Ryan Sandes, a South African ultra-runner, completed the 85km run through the…
Going on a road trip increases your creativity, lowers stress, and makes you a better person
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Going on a good old fashioned road trip is a surefire way to increase spontaneity, lower stress and inspire creativity, which lasts after you return from the trip. It encourages you to explore an otherwise overlooked part…
Man leaves Japan to bike around the world with only $2 and has made it to 37 different countries
BY: ZOE MELNYK After working for his father’s air conditioning company for the majority of his twenties, Keiichi Iwasaki decided to take control of his life before it slip through his fingers completely. In 2001 at the age of 28,…
We Wish We Lived in These 5 Extraordinary Places
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA All of these locations are Plaid Zebra certified with creative, forward-thinking initiatives that make them incredible spots to call home. 1. Finland—The country with the world’s most wildly progressive education system Finland is often looked up…
This website combines Airbnb with camping to satisfy your wallet and your wanderlust
Playing on the frustration of high commercial camping costs, and the even greater aggravation of being kicked off of public land, HomeCamp allows campers to rent out a section of privately owned land for cheap. The benefits of HomeCamp are…
Suburban skateboarders turned train hopping heroes crossed America and caught it all on film
BY: ROB HOFFMAN There are few places in the West that capture the raw American spirit like the dark corners of train yards and the open boxcars that run a rough hand across the country’s burning plains. Only a month…
Watch a couple’s New Zealand bus adventure and be instantly overcome with wanderlust
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Joe Herbert and his girlfriend Kaitlin Fewings flew to New Zealand to follow their dream of going on an endless road trip with both good friends and the people they meet along the way. Herbert, 27, bought…
A man rode his bike from Oregon to South America to prove that routine is the enemy of time (Video)
In the 1970s Jedidiah Jenkins’s parents walked across America, ending their journey in Oregon. Years later, Jenkins decided it was his turn to find adventure, so he quit his job to bike around the world. Starting his journey where his…
7 reasons why experiences will make you happier than material things
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Whenever I ask a friend if they would like to accompany me on one the magnificent trips I’ve planned in my head, the answers range from, “It’s just so expensive to fly anywhere,” to a definitive…