Travel News
Matador Network Unveils New Design
It looks like the coding elves at Matador Network were busy over the weekend working on a site redesign that was unveiled today. The new site features a rotating featured article slider front and center and 15 links below to articles from their various sub-domains (a nice touch is that the stories are organizable by […]
The New Yorker Says Travel Agencies Are Dead
Sad news for travel agencies, but according to this week’s The New Yorker — and despite rosy news to the contrary — the travel agency is officially dead. [Photo courtesy of The New Yorker]
Are Travel Agents Really Coming Back?
The Washington Post recently reported on the resurgence of the much-maligned profession, the travel agent, an occupation that the article notes was even the butt of a joke on 30 Rock when Liz Lemon was cast off to a subway tunnel to live with other extinct American professions (among the other jobs were an American […]
What If Apple Designed A Map?
Palomar, a design company based in Florence, Italy, recently introduced a line of fabric-based maps called “Crumpled City,” in what seems like what Apple would do if it was charged the task of designing a traditional city map. Okay, so it’s not exactly an iPhone, but there’s something quite futuristic about the idea of a map […]
New York City Food Vendor Tells All
It turns out New York City food cart vendors actually keep quite a clean shop, and they’re even very careful about keeping fresh food, so tells one vendor to Budget Travel who decided to dish some dirt about the business. As every traveler to New York knows, food vendors are ubiquitous in the city, and when you’re […]
5 Summer Music Festivals Around The World You Shouldn’t Miss
What a great time of the year it is when the summer music lineups begin to be announced, heralding the imminence of summer and marking those glorious few months of the year when it’s socially acceptable to wear shorts in public above the age of 24. The Boson Globe put together this slide show of […]
Brazil May Not Be Ready For The 2014 World Cup (Or The Olympics)
Having just returned from Barcelona — a city that was immensely impacted by hosting the Olympics — I saw firsthand and heard in almost every story about the history of the city how hosting the Olympics helped transform the city by creating public beaches, cleaning up once dingy neighborhoods, and restoring a pride to a […]
Ryanair To Offer Reserved Seating (Cue The Apocalypse)
The airline Europeans love to fly and Americans love to be jealous of, Ryanair is announcing that they will be joining the ranks of their corporate, stodgy competitors by offering reserved seating for those willing to pony up the extra 10 euros for the privilege (right now it’s limited to the front two rows of […]
Meet The Man Who Has Hosted Over 300 CouchSurfers
With over a million members in 230 different countries, CouchSurfing has become an indispensable tool for travelers since its founding in 2004, allowing travelers from all over the world to host, stay with, or simply meet other travelers. As of April, 2011, CouchSurfing reports that it has been involved with 1.7 million CouchSurfing stays. Perhaps […]
How Postcards Are Making A Comeback
By Grashina Gabelmann I’m really lazy when it comes to sending postcards. Before every trip I think to myself, “This time will be different. This time I’ll send cards to my friends and family.” I usually end up buying cards and writing on some, but I never get as far as buying stamps or sending […]