You can view all posts in the Monthly Valuation Series here.To give readers — both old and new — some context, I’ve included my valuations from one year ago and from April. One ai…
Airlines Collected Over $3.8 Billion in Baggage Fees in 2015
After topping $1 billion for the first quarter ever in Q3 2015, US-based airline baggage fees dropped to “just” $958 million in the 4th quarter of 2015. However, for the full year of 20…
Meet the woman sailing around the world with her cat
CAPTAIN LIZ CLARK IS LIVING THE DREAM. The sailor and environmentalist bought a 40-foot sailboat years back, worked on getting it shipshape, renamed it “Swell,” and has been sailing aro…
Watch these female surfers go from longboards to barrels at Panama’s best breaks
It begins with longboards, toes on the nose and cruisey cutbacks but quickly escalates to full-barreled epicness. Watch the ladies of Seea show Panama’s best breaks how its done.
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4 heroes creating positive change in Lebanon
1. Barbara Abdeni Massaad, cookbook author and fundraiser for refugees“Had I been a barber, I would have cut their hair for free. Because I am a cookbook author and photographer, I decided to…
At this market in India, the women have kicked out all of the men
THIS BAZAAR, called Ima Keithel (Mother’s Market), is in Imphal, India in the state of Manipur, and was started in the 16th century when the men were off fighting in wars and the local women …
Badass Siberian truckers
WINTER IN SIBERIA IS BRUTAL. For those who live in the frozen Russian tundra, winter is something you make it through. It is certainly not the time of year when you get most of your business done. …
Travelers Are More Likely to Experience Air Rage on a Plane with First Class
Air travel tends to bring out the worst in us — especially when you don’t have lounge access and are cramped into a middle seat at the rear of the plane. It could be a crying baby, a se…
This easy mindhack will keep you off of your smartphone
I HAVE TROUBLE STAYING OFF my smartphone. There are times that my need to check emails or texts can feel almost compulsive — such as when I’m driving down the highway and absolutely do …
How to travel the world for free
We would all love to travel the world for free, but is it actually possible? In the following infographic, The Crazy Tourist suggests ways in which you can eliminate certain costs from your travels…