BY: ANDREW UYENO How long has your phone background been a picture of that dream vacation of yours? We all have these aspirations or these goals we want to achieve in our lifetime but we always seem to find…
The Ultimate Field Guide to becoming an au pair
By: Jocelyn Schwalm If you’re currently a broke student who has wondered how to travel the world with minimal to no cost, you’re most likely not against the idea of living in a stranger’s home to raise their children for…
These islands might just disappear forever – but you can help save them.
BY: Victoria Heath You’ve seen the notorious click-bait title: “Travel to these islands (and/or places) before they disappear forever.” One quick Google search and hundreds of hits appear. I’m irked by these “lists” and confused by their purpose. Am I…
Will an in-ear translator really create a world without language barriers?
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Travelling overseas with my family used to mean packing my pocket dictionary and studying phrases on the airplane (after looking up curse words, of course). After flipping back and forth through the pages and receiving a…
Why experiential travel is here to stay and 3 experts that will help you carve your own path
BY: CAROLINE ROLF There was a time when travel meant escaping everyday stresses—unwinding and recharging.. It meant you needed a place that you could do absolutely nothing and feel absolutely delightful. I personally chose to travel like this, when several…
Teaching English could be your ticket around the world
BY: Zoe Melnyk So you’ve graduated with a wonderful degree in a major that you’re passionate about that has absolutely no “real world” qualifications for a job, let alone a career. You couldn’t help it, having a major in Latin…
MissTravel matches women with wealthy men to fly them around the world for free
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Just over three years ago a new dating site sprung onto the market—the first of its kind in the travel-dating realm. The idea was to match young women with empty pockets and a thirst for travelling and…
This company will lead you on expeditions of the world’s last undiscovered places
BY: CAROLINE ROLF As a commander for the British military, Tom Bodkin spent his years of service training for jungle warfare in Brunei and cliff hanging off the Zagros Mountains in Iran. He started the company with Lev Wood in…
Damn right, I’ve Got The Post-Vacation Blues
BY: Taylor On A Trip On the road I feel like a better version of myself, a freer version. Things happen when you take yourself outside of your comfort zone in only a way that travel can give you. Every time…
This epic video perfectly captures the illuminating spirit of the open road
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Photo and video by: Guillaume Beaudoin Every day, people get up, grab their backpack and go out to travel the world. Not only do they survive, they thrive. Travelling means visiting the places you’ve only seen in…
This travel site will send you on a memorable weekend getaway to a surprise destination
BY: CAROLINE ROLF This travel agency is one-of-a-kind. The start-up eliminates the stress of planning a vacation by doing all the busy work for you – from booking the hotel to recommending tourist attractions to choosing the destination. The catch?…
Craft brewery wants to pay you $12,000 to travel, drink beer and tweet about it
BY: JESSICA BEUKER A new internship position opened up and is currently accepting applications. But this isn’t your typical internship. Instead of fetching coffee or kissing the boss’s ass, you’ll get paid to travel the world, drink beer, and chronicle…
These best friends quit their jobs to visit 59 national parks in 59 weeks
BY: ALEX BROWN Something devastating happens when you reach your late twenties, hit the quarter-life milestone and responsibility comes knocking at your door. Soon, you’ll no longer be able to consider yourself in the careless twenty-something bracket—but that doesn’t mean…
These brothers discarded the corporate life to chase all 50 states in a Sprinter Van
BY: ALEX BROWN On January 1st, 2016, Justin and Adam Fricke climbed aboard their new 2008 Dodge Sprinter Van and drove north. Their home town of Orlando shrank in the rearview until it disappeared in a vapour of commercial real-estate,…
This 73-year-old built a 60ft steel whale-home to sail back and forth across the Atlantic
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Beached somewhere in the Scottish Highlands along a sea’s loch, 73-year-old Tom McClean stands ankle-deep aside his 20-metre steel whale, feeling out the water’s swell and waiting for the perfect moment to take her seaborne once more.…
This climatologist mapped the ideal North American road-trip for an endless summer
BY: ROB HOFFMAN There’s a reason most van-lifers reside along the stretch of U.S. coast between southern Washington and San Diego. If you’re Canadian or belong to the American Midwest, your road-trip hourglass contains half as much sand as someone…
Employees spill the 10 easiest ways to score upgrades and free stuff from your hotel
BY: ROB HOFFMAN There’s something oddly alluring about hotels. Maybe it’s all the marble or the thick mahogany pillars that decorate a foyer at Caesar’s palace, or our associating hotels and the type of person that can afford to stay…
8 fascinating power #vanlife couples: see what happiness on the road looks like
BY: JULIEN ROUSSIN CÔTÉ I’ve interviewed van dwellers and nomads for the last 18 months, and I still get astonished by each of their unique stories and by the creativity of #vanlife enthusiasts. Living small actually allows you to live…
High school sweethearts-turned-vagabonds found the meaning of life by picking fruit
BY: BEN SCHUYLER AND DANIEL VOLLAND We were roommates when we decided to set out across the American West this summer for our project, When the Road is Home, never dreaming of all the places we would explore or the…
I travelled an entire year on $1000 to find out what hitchhikers and train hoppers really think
BY: MIKE QUAIN Like many millennials, I grew up believing I could do anything I wanted. I suppose all children grow up believing they could do anything they want, but I think millennials are special in the way that the…