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Map Happy | Huffington Post
Be the best traveler that you can be. Map Happy shares tips, tricks and hacks to make the tough parts suck less. Been there, done that and now it's your turn to get the most out of every trip — in style. → Read More
How the Old and New Are Meeting in Mexico City's Vibrant Food Scene
Mexico City is as synonymous as you can be with “reinvention” as it is with “al pastor taco. Since the days it served as the Aztec capital when it was known as Tenochtitlan, Mexico City has always been a diaspora of culture. This is a city where the past collides with the present, often in dynamic ways, and especially, oftenmost, through food. It didn't need a name change to reiterate that, but… → Read More
How the Old and New Are Meeting in Mexico City's Vibrant Food Scene
Mexico City is as synonymous as you can be with "reinvention" as it is with "al pastor taco. Since the days it served as the Aztec capital when it was known as Tenochtitlan, Mexico City has always been a diaspora of culture. This is a city where the past collides with the present, often in dynamic ways, and especially, oftenmost, through food. It didn't need a name change to reiterate that, but… → Read More
How to Be the Perfect Airbnb Host (or a Superhost)
Especially if you've never hosted before, it's time to make this thing happen. Take it from several Airbnb Superhosts. Who better else to ask? I interviewed several of these people to see what set these hosts apart and so other hosts can become the best hosts that they can possibly be. (Note: I am also a Superhost.) Everyone hailed from Boston to San Francisco and listings ranged from super… → Read More
Use a 'Fake' Location to Get Cheaper Plane Tickets
I can't explain airline pricing but I do know some plane tickets can be cheaper depending on where you buy them or, even better, where you appear to buy them from. → Read More
These Little-Known Airlines Rules Might Save Your Butt at the Airport
Most of the time, it's a matter of being proactive knowing which rules to bring up because most gate agents won't knowingly bring them up, lest passengers start using and abusing these policies. → Read More
These Are the Best Hotel Restaurants in the World
Hotels can often do so much more than restaurants than can be done in other circumstances: They have the resources to recruit the best chefs (sommeliers, too!) and then give them ample room to be creative for a dazzling display of gastronomy. → Read More
Can a Tablet Really Replace a Laptop for Traveling?
Of course, this can’t be really complete if I don’t write this entire story on a tablet (which I am doing, by the way). The complicated answer is that it really depends and the short ans... → Read More
How to Perfect the Art of Haggling On Airbnb
My general policy as a host is to turn away hagglers because it signals a problem guest. It's still possible, though, to get a confirmed booking and save some money without irritating a host so much they end up declining a guest's inquiry outright. The trick is learning how to do it delicately. → Read More
When Not To Complain To Your Airline
Nobody's idea of a fun time is dealing with a bunch of delayed passengers. If a weather-related delay or cancellation happens, just accept it.... → Read More
This Is How Long Travel-Sized Toothpaste Will Last You
Ever since the all-important question of how long travel-sized shampoo lasts was answered, I've been wondering about the life expectancy of other travel-size items. Like... how long should a travel-size toothpaste last?... → Read More
How to Enable Offline Maps in the Google Maps App
I wanted to give the tool a try to see how well it would serve as a guide when the Internet has betrayed me. To my surprise, OK Maps is remarkably easy to use. The only major downside I found was that saved maps are well, just maps: raw, downright si... → Read More
The Travel Hacks You Should Know (But Probably Don't)
Travel hacking is often synonymous with credit card churn and gaming points and miles. I'm no stranger to those tactics but I've always been more interested in the nifty, devious ways to get what you want while on the road. Here's the best of the bes... → Read More
Why Credit Card Points Aren't the New Miles
Since United and Delta changed the way miles are earned, everyone has been advocating the nearest credit card as the best way to get points. The math still shows flying is cheaper.... → Read More
Shopping With Saudi Princesses And Jailbreaking iPhones: All Part Of The Job For A Swanky Hotel Concierge
Anything to take care of the guests. → Read More
The Rules of Flirting On a Plane
Look, it happens. Sometimes you end up sitting next to someone who's not only age-appropriate and single, but attractive. The situation being what it is, the captivity of the plane can either be the best or worst place to make your move.... → Read More
In Defense of the Selfie Stick
I see the selfie stick as a helpful apparatus, falling into the same category as a tripod would. When I make it to a place I am excited about with people I care about, I want a documented memory of that and I don't think there's any shame in that.... → Read More
The Key Factors That Affect Jet Lag
It would be great if there was some catch-all but perhaps the best way to beating jet lag is to know all the different elements that affect it.... → Read More
Should I Travel With a Suitcase or Backpack?
Suitcases don't have this flexibility; a lot of the times I even just end up standing awkwardly on the escalator to the baggage claim because I can't be bothered to pick it up by the handle and haul it down the stairs. Stairs are not a suitcase's bes... → Read More
The Advantages of Looking Like a Tourist
There's no shame in looking like a tourist, and, in all honesty, sometimes it can work to your benefit in ways that are underappreciated. Besides, isn't that what we all fundamentally are?... → Read More