Inspiration

Conquer culture shock by embracing each stage. Turn what once seemed overwhelming into your favorite parts of traveling.

Sweden is a beacon of innovation and environmental stewardship. It’s renowned for exporting legendary music, pioneering ethical social policies, and running one of the most impressive recycling systems in the world. There’s a lot to learn about this unique country.

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From Edinburgh’s endless cultural fest to Utila’s underwater wonders, August offers unforgettable experiences around the globe.

Women have been conditioned to feel fear in a debilitating sort of way. But we’d do ourselves a disservice to live our lives perpetually paralyzed in fear.

For the past few years, I’ve been in a state of extreme transition—not knowing who I am, where I’m going and what, exactly, it is that I hope to get...

You’ve been waiting all year. Your fairy outfit and neon gear are at the ready. Your ticket money is saved away. Summer music festival season is finally here—you just have to decide which ones to attend.

Nothing is as close to paradise as spending a summer hopping between idyllic islands. Spend the warm months soaking up the sun on perfect beaches, swimming in aquamarine waves, and enjoying incredible seafood.

You have the choice to manifest your own reality. If traveling the world sounds enticing but implausible, perhaps all you have to do is change your mindset.

Thinking of quitting school to travel the world? How do you know it’s the right decision for you? (Answer: you probably don’t.) Before you make the choice, consider the tradeoffs and decide what your priorities are.

Travel fulfills a human desire for exploration. It’s a break from routine and a chance to experience new cultures, landscapes, and cuisines, and it can enrich your understanding of the world.

From dragon fruit to durian, the world is filled with exotic and rare fruits that sometimes look like they came from another planet.

Travel will broaden your perspective and reshape the way you see the world.

Step 1: Save money. Step 2: Chase your dreams.

How Lyme Disease turned my entire world upside and why more people need to understand this debilitating disease.

Time passes in such a blur that it’s hard to memorialize every moment that has changed our lives in some way. But there are a few…a select number of special memories that stand out, that we hold onto with endearment, clarity and vividness. Every traveler has these moments.

Travel has a way of teaching. In the past year, I’ve come to realize that traveling is what helped me to turn my life around.

If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you may have noticed some changes in the past year or so: the blog posts haven’t been as frequent, fewer of the photos I post on social media are mine, I’ve gone dark on Snapchat, and there’s not much evidence that I’ve been doing a whole lot of traveling.

After spending six months in Brussels, Belgium, I’m pretty sure I’ve found all the best spots to eat and drink. If you’re looking for waffles, chocolate, frites or beer in Brussels, this is the list you need.

I let my 30th birthday slip by pretty quietly. It’s been one hell of a journey thus far, and turning 30 seemed like the last thing I needed to be celebrating. After...

It was a long summer of travel, fraught with a multitude of highs and lows, new cultures, immense growth, and even ill-fated love. Four months went by—and slowly, it seems. It wasn’t one...