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What can an economist teach travelers about risk?

Jen Rose Smith

Jen Rose Smith

What can an economist teach travelers about risk?

How travel helps to reveal the kindness of strangers

Leon McCarron

How travel helps to reveal the kindness of strangers

This porter has hiked the Inca Trail hundreds of times, but never seen Machu Picchu

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James Shackell

James Shackell

This porter has hiked the Inca Trail hundreds of times, but never seen Machu Picchu

To travel or not to travel: The ethics of travel boycotts

Leon McCarron

To travel or not to travel: The ethics of travel boycotts

Solo travel is one of life’s greatest joys—but what if you get so sick you can’t think?

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

Solo travel is one of life’s greatest joys—but what if you get so sick you can’t think?

Turn and face the strain: How has travel changed since the ’70s?

John Borthwick

John Borthwick

Turn and face the strain: How has travel changed since the ’70s?

Getting away from it all: Is ‘digital detox’ travel a gimmick or a godsend?

Oliver Pelling

Oliver Pelling

Getting away from it all: Is ‘digital detox’ travel a gimmick or a godsend?

What’s it like to live on a tiny island in remote Arctic Norway?

Sophie Kelk

What’s it like to live on a tiny island in remote Arctic Norway?

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How movies and TV shows can help you travel further, deeper and weirder

Jo Stewart

Jo Stewart

How movies and TV shows can help you travel further, deeper and weirder

Travel writing 101: How to turn your trips into a tale

Leon McCarron

Travel writing 101: How to turn your trips into a tale

Don’t go hitchhiking in Canada without reading this first

Steve Madgwick

Steve Madgwick

Don’t go hitchhiking in Canada without reading this first

This is why you’re afraid: Notes on facing our fears during adventures

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

This is why you’re afraid: Notes on facing our fears during adventures

How routine can help you climb mountains and conquer anything

Leon McCarron

How routine can help you climb mountains and conquer anything

The patients who said ‘f*ck cancer’ and went to Burning Man instead

Joel Balsam

Joel Balsam

The patients who said ‘f*ck cancer’ and went to Burning Man instead

The appeal of the extremes: Why do explorers risk it all for the two Poles?

Leon McCarron

The appeal of the extremes: Why do explorers risk it all for the two Poles?

The things I learned taking public transport the entire length of Africa

Steve Madgwick

Steve Madgwick

The things I learned taking public transport the entire length of Africa

Sometimes, the best travel photos are the ones you don’t take

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Sometimes, the best travel photos are the ones you don’t take

How the great American road trip helped me deal with my father’s death

David Leffler

David Leffler

How the great American road trip helped me deal with my father’s death

Iran: One of 2018’s most underrated destinations

Leon McCarron

Iran: One of 2018’s most underrated destinations

In a land of extraordinary food, why are women and girls in Southeast Asia going hungry?

Corinne Redfern

Corinne Redfern

In a land of extraordinary food, why are women and girls in Southeast Asia going hungry?

Has #MeToo changed how women experience travel?

Kate Hennessy

Kate Hennessy

Has #MeToo changed how women experience travel?

The hidden joy of travel? The conversations you have along the way

Leon McCarron

The hidden joy of travel? The conversations you have along the way

Lost? Not anymore: The app that can find places that don’t have an address

Lottie Gross

Lottie Gross

Lost? Not anymore: The app that can find places that don’t have an address

What would you risk for the perfect selfie?

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

What would you risk for the perfect selfie?

Measuring happiness: Is Bhutan really the world’s happiest country?

Emma Thomson

Measuring happiness: Is Bhutan really the world’s happiest country?

The best adventure inspiration? Follow in someone else’s footsteps

Leon McCarron

The best adventure inspiration? Follow in someone else’s footsteps

Male-dominated slopes? When it comes to adventure, gender is irrelevant

Jennifer Ennion

Male-dominated slopes? When it comes to adventure, gender is irrelevant

Can going camera-free make you a more mindful traveler?

Kerry Walker

Can going camera-free make you a more mindful traveler?

Stressed? Here’s how landscape photography can help you relax

Graeme Green

Stressed? Here’s how landscape photography can help you relax

Nobody gets lost anymore: The art of smartphone-free travel

Leon McCarron

Nobody gets lost anymore: The art of smartphone-free travel

A mother’s best gift? Teaching her daughter the joy of travel

Anisha Shah

Anisha Shah

A mother’s best gift? Teaching her daughter the joy of travel

What can you learn from six gross, frustrating, spectacular months of #vanlife?

Shoshi Parks

Shoshi Parks

What can you learn from six gross, frustrating, spectacular months of #vanlife?

What can a really long walk in the Alps teach you about life, fear and laziness?

Jonathan Arlan

What can a really long walk in the Alps teach you about life, fear and laziness?

Encounters of the turd kind: Dispatches from a South African walking safari

Mark Daffey

Mark Daffey

Encounters of the turd kind: Dispatches from a South African walking safari

Is it time for travel photographers to take more responsibility?

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Is it time for travel photographers to take more responsibility?

We asked the professionals for their worst travel mistakes

Leon McCarron

We asked the professionals for their worst travel mistakes

You can keep your sunshine: Traveling in the rain is better for the soul

Jo Stewart

Jo Stewart

You can keep your sunshine: Traveling in the rain is better for the soul

What does it take to be a professional adventurer?

Leon McCarron

What does it take to be a professional adventurer?

Meet the defiant young Iranians hitchhiking and couchsurfing their way to freedom

Nicola Zolin

Nicola Zolin

Meet the defiant young Iranians hitchhiking and couchsurfing their way to freedom

What does it take to be a female travel photographer in 2019?

The Editors

The Editors

What does it take to be a female travel photographer in 2019?

Rugged white guys with beards? Nope, most of my favorite explorers are women

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Rugged white guys with beards? Nope, most of my favorite explorers are women

The color of adventure: When will travel show more diversity?

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

The color of adventure: When will travel show more diversity?

Scared of flying? What’s myth versus reality

Noah Charney

Noah Charney

Scared of flying? What’s myth versus reality

Travel warnings: What you should consider first

Leon McCarron

Travel warnings: What you should consider first

Is ‘begpacking’ the worst travel trend of them all?

Ben Groundwater

Ben Groundwater

Is ‘begpacking’ the worst travel trend of them all?

Roller luggage is dead: Long live the backpack

David Farley

Roller luggage is dead: Long live the backpack

Is walking the most adventurous way to travel?

Leon McCarron

Is walking the most adventurous way to travel?

Dromomania: Is travel addiction a legitimate medical condition?

Cam Hassard

Dromomania: Is travel addiction a legitimate medical condition?

My first war: The diary of a conflict reporter

Campbell MacDiarmid

Campbell MacDiarmid

My first war: The diary of a conflict reporter

Has the internet killed the joy of discovery?

Eliza Gower

Eliza Gower

Has the internet killed the joy of discovery?

In search of stories: How to travel like a travel writer

David Farley

In search of stories: How to travel like a travel writer

Harry Potter 20 years later: Why this great adventure still resonates

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

Harry Potter 20 years later: Why this great adventure still resonates

The American Dream redefined: A digital nomad on the meaning of ‘home’

Valerie Conners

The American Dream redefined: A digital nomad on the meaning of ‘home’

Why we should travel to ‘dangerous’ places

Ben Groundwater

Ben Groundwater

Why we should travel to ‘dangerous’ places

Elephant trekking: A gray area?

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

Elephant trekking: A gray area?

How not to alienate locals: Tips for responsible photos

Nicola Bailey

Nicola Bailey

How not to alienate locals: Tips for responsible photos

Dark tourism: Why is it important?

Meera Dattani

Meera Dattani

Dark tourism: Why is it important?

Is living abroad the ultimate travel experience?

Ben Groundwater

Ben Groundwater

Is living abroad the ultimate travel experience?