CouchSurfing vs. AirBnB
Categories: Pop Culture
Unorthodox travel websites CouchSurfing.org and AirBnB have both made news headlines recently for somewhat scandalous events, yet they couldn’t be more different in terms of the values they embody.
Fly, Bus, Bike or Sail to Professional Success
Categories: Business
While we have the ability and privilege to communicate with others all across the world, it’s that extra mile (or 200) that builds strong relationships.
Top 4 Apps for Top 4 Things You Do
Categories: Technology
Take a look at the top four apps for hanging at the bar, nursing your hangover the morning after, getting in shape, and traveling.
Peace Out, Space: What Comes After NASA?
Categories: Technology
After thirty years and 135 total flights, President Obama and NASA pulled the plug on shuttle launches. So what’s next for a generation that got promised a trip to space?
Interview with a Nomad: Meet Wandering Earl
Categories: Lifestyle, Not Your Average Week
When Derek Earl Baron left the United States for a three-month, post-grad trip to Southeast Asia, he didn’t expect to still be on that same trip more than 12 years later.
Thank You, Google, for My Sanity
Categories: Technology
Last year, Google’s in-flight WiFi (GoGo) was limited to those flying Virgin America from select airports. This year, service has been extended to AirTran and Delta as well, and will run for free from Nov. 20 to Jan. 2, 2011. Hopefully, we can all be a little bit more cheery come the holidays, courtesy of Google.
We want to go to Cuba, please end the embargo!
Categories: Current Events
Ah, Cuba, the land of bountiful beaches, booming casinos, and, of course, cigars. The U.S. has stalled relations with our island neighbor for 50 years now, and Millennials, too young to remember the complexities of the Cold War, are speaking out about the need to end the embargo.
Traveling without leaving your armchair
Categories: Travel Week
What’s the easiest way to see the world without leaving your living room? Grabbing some great films that take you from Kentucky to Bali. Here are some of my favorites.
Reverse culture shock and the study abroad backlash
Categories: Travel Week
Reverse culture shock is the moment when, even after visiting place after place for an extended period of time and wanting nothing more to come home, you find it most difficult to assimilate back into your own culture once you arrive. For this overly mobile generation, it’s become especially difficult.
Think it’s glamorous to travel for work? Think again.
Categories: Travel Week
I like leaving the office at a reasonable hour. I like to have plans on weeknights. I enjoy spending time in an office full of people instead of being alone on the road. The life of George Clooney’s character in Up in the Air isn’t really a lot of fun.
