The U.K. Foreign Officer recently compiled a list of countries that: a) you should not travel to, and b) those that you should travel to only if you must. These warnings, as listed by The Telegraph, are focused in areas of the world that have experienced political, social and economic turmoil within the [...]

Congrats to Earl Baron of the eponymously named site WanderingEarl.com who made Time’s 2012 25 Best Blogs List this year (in 2011 The Everywhereist made the list, and in 2010 it was Everything-Everywhwere). For those of you unaware of Earl’s site, it’s focused on his 13-year-and-counting trek around the world, which has [...]

You read that right, as part of the launch and my inclusion in the newly launched Veria Voices program, we’re giving you the chance to win your very own GoPro HD Hero, and all you have to do is enter your e-mail address for your chance to win — simple as [...]

The chances you’re going to have any run-ins while visiting Sweden with any brooding, teenage vampires; maniacal, neo-fascist manufacturing magnates; or new fathers displeased with their forced 60-day paternity leaves are probably slim to none (sorry). However, if you’re looking to explore some of the sites around Stockholm and the [...]

For anyone that’s ever typed in the word “Travel” followed by a country’s name in Google, chances are you’re familiar with the site Wikitravel. The reason? It seems that for just about every Google search involving travel, Wikitravel comes up as one of the top three results. (Try it: Travel [...]

In the current presidential election there is a lot of talk about safety nets. Without being political, I’ll say that the most in the developed world have them, and they tend to be pretty effective overall. In the third world, these nets often don’t exist, or are filled with human-sized [...]

It may seem crazy to consider leaving your job in this economy to travel around the world on a career break, but more and more Americans are doing it every year. They check out of the corporate cube and go see the world in order to further their real-life experiences, [...]

Below is a list of the top 50 travel blogs for the 2nd quarter (April – June) of 2012 ranked by visitor traffic. There are a few other sites that have put together their own lists of the “top” travel blogs. However, each has their own subjective means of ranking [...]

Let the furniture assembly jokes begin! Ikea has announced that it will be opening 100 hotels throughout Europe in an effort to capture the budget-conscious, disposable furniture crowd who eschews luxury accommodations. According to the Financial Times, “[t]he hotels will not use the Ikea name and will not be run [...]

Bad news Sweden: Phuket is full. Well, not full exactly, but the Thai island (and its smaller nearby cousins, known for their white sand beaches and DEET-laced alcoholic cocktails) is on path for another record-setting year, with an estimated 4.7 million visitors expected to visit the island in 2012, up from [...]