New telescoping road-trip mobile expands to 3x its size with the push of a button

BY: ROB HOFFMAN French company, Beauer, just came out with a caravan that will solve the age-old travellers’ conundrum of comfort versus mobility. A van is compact and ultra portable, yet it lacks the living space and amenities of something…

7 reasons why travel is the best relationship you will ever have

BY: TRENT FLESKENS If you’ve ever been in love, then you likely already know how much it sucks to have your heart completely broken. I’m talking ripped out, torn to pieces, chewed up, spit out and stomped on. Breakups are…

This family turned their life into a permanent road-trip to teach their daughters the meaning of life

BY: ROB HOFFMAN Somewhere in the windswept valley of Patagonia, Emily sits cross-legged next to her blue Westfalia at the foot of a glacial-blue lake looking up at a series of snow-capped mountains, huddled behind the trees. She holds her…

Giving up everything to travel the world is not glamorous – but it’s worth it

BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Seeing yoga poses performed on Greek beaches, explorers hiking the Norwegian Fjords, and daredevils standing spitting distance from beautiful Swedish waterfalls on your Instagram feed is enough to make any nine-to-fiver green with jealousy. 24 867km //…

This traveller has learnt to speak seven different languages by talking to locals of the places he visits

BY: ZOE MELNYK There are a million excuses to avoid learning another language – you’re too old, classes are too expensive, you don’t have time. The list goes on, but not anymore. Irish nomad Benny Lewis has untapped the key…

How to make travelling the world and writing about it your full-time job

 BY: ZOE MELNYK So you want to ditch your routine and travel the world for a living? You want to join the travel blog community filled with explorers and writers who are actually making a profit from their posts? There’s…

This wander-lusting couple roams the world without a watch or destination

BY: JESSICA BEUKER Holi Festival Maria and Ben have always been driven by itchy feet and a thirsty mind. Even before they met, they individually explored the world, one piece at a time. In fact, it was travel that led…

This nomad made $1 million by backpacking over 100 countries around the world

BY: ZOE MELNYK Traveling the world isn’t just for youthful wanderlusters searching for a purpose; it’s a lifestyle, and for some, it even provides a source of income. For Johnny Ward, a 31-year-old Northern Ireland native, it only took three years…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Here’s how to play the travel industry and fly around the world for free

BY: SINEAD MULHERN A 28-year-old American journalist is proving that travelling the world doesn’t have to leave your wallet feeling light. In fact, he’s going to 13 countries for nearly zero cost reported Business Insider. Scott Keyes is a magazine…