Day Hiking Essentials: What to Pack in Your Day Pack
The key to a packing list for a day hiking trip: have everything you need; don’t carry any weight you don’t have to; and be ready if something doesn’t go exactly according to plan.
Travel Styles
Best Travel Shoes for Women: Walking, Hiking, Comfort
Use our simple method to choose the best women’s shoes for travel. Pick from three categories: comfortable shoes for hiking and walking, city shoes for days on your feet in town, and recovery shoes that give your feet a rest while taking you to dinner or the beach. All with comfort and packability in mind.
Great Food and Top Things to Do in Cáceres, Spain
Cáceres in Spain’s sparsely populated Extremadura region combines the allure of a walled medieval city with the spark of outstanding food and restaurants inspired by the vast grazing lands and fine produce of the countryside.
The Best Resources for Travel Planning
Travel resources and tips to make your travel easier, cheaper, safer, and more fun. Flight information, lodging, luggage, tech, travel clothing, credit cards, and more.
What to do in Mérida, Spain: Three Days of Roman History
It’s a bit hard to imagine that in all the times we’ve been to Spain over the last nearly 50 years that we took that long to finally get to Mérida, in Extremadura. Especially because I’m sort of a Roman history geek and Mérida, by far, is the repository of the most spectacular ruins of the Roman Empire in Spain.
How to Get the Best Exchange Rates When You Travel
Learn when, where and how best to exchange your dollars for foreign currency.
Our Ultralight Packing List for Women
What to pack for your trip, what to pack in your carry-on, and how to make packing less stressful. Ultralight packing tips for international travel, short trips, and extended travel anywhere, especially for women.
The Ultimate Ultra Light Packing List for Men
This is my ultra light travel packing list for men. It all fits easily into a 35 liter backpack. Actually, it could fit in a 22 liter backpack, if you’re going really minimalist.
Our 50 Favorite Travel Tips
Our 50 favorite travel tips, gleaned from 13 years of full-time travel. Save money, time, and headaches with these tips for travelers.
How to Choose the Right Travel Credit Card for You
How to choose the best travel credit cards for you. Compare credit cards to find the best points and miles welcome offers, earning categories, and ways to offset annual fees.
