Travel Commentary

I’ve been asked in the past about my favorite meal in San Francisco. What that absolute final meal would be, the meal I’d want on my deathbed, or at …

As I watched flames consume the roof of the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, I thought back to my last proper trip to Paris. It was January 2013. Paris …

This is the second time I’ve had to write something this in less than a month, following Scott Hutchison’s death in May. Someone who I’d never met, yet had …

The first time I saw Frightened Rabbit play live, I was traveling. It was at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2010. The Scottish band was playing on some minuscule side …

Two travel stories have made me angry this week. In the first incident, actress & musician Vanessa Hudgens & and her boyfriend allegedly carved their names into the famous red …

This is a travel site (albeit one that happens to have its name taken from a song by Pulp), but if you’re like me, you listen to a lot …

I visited Charleston, South Carolina this past week. I’ll be writing more about my experience soon, but given tonight’s mass shooting, I wanted to write a few thoughts sooner. I met …

Have you ever thought, “Hey, I really like this purse, but I wish that more people had farted on it?” Now your wish has come true! Southwest Airlines has …

Tennessee resident Ruby Holt has spent most of her 100 years in rural, landlocked Tennessee. She worked on farms picking cotton as well as in factories, and also raised …

Data analysis blog FiveThirtyEight conducted a survey regarding several flying etiquette questions. A total of 1,040 respondents (874 of whom were air passengers) were asked questions about what they …

One of the more underrated parts of traveling is the interesting local signage you might see. Between strange place names, different laws, and funny graphics, signs can be much more entertaining …

Nearly every day, we hear a story about TSA screenings gone awry. But what about all of the complaints that don’t make the news? Plenty of travelers have faced …