Checking a Bag at Ryanair in Madrid’s Barajas Airport: My Insane Experience

Picture this: You’re clutching a boarding pass while three different airport security people point you in the wrong direction to check your bag. Meanwhile, your flight to Read more

I was, standing in the middle of Bangkok’s Khao San Road, soaked to the bone from an unexpected monsoon downpour, with nothing but a waterlogged passport and the sudden, sinking realization that my wallet was gone. The sweet old Read more

Listen, I’ve had my share of luggage disasters. There was that time in Bangkok when the airline sent my checked bag on a vacation of its own to Seoul, or the morning I dragged a massive suitcase up five Read more

Travel tips for beginners are what you need now that you’ve done it. You’ve finally clicked “confirm” on that flight, and now your stomach is doing somersaults. Not from excitement (though there’s plenty of that), but from the sudden Read more

There are best spring travel destinations that hit differently—places where the world seems to wake up and stretch after winter’s long nap. I’ve spent many years chasing springs around the globe, and let me tell you, there’s nothing quite Read more

I was standing on Dubrovnik’s ancient city walls at sunset, when a local older man came up to me. “You know,” he said in his Croatian accent, “we have a saying here – ‘The sea will wash away all Read more