Kelsey Blodget

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What It’s Like to Wander the World as a Digital Nomad

In the first article of this series, we asked experts what it’s really like to quit your job and move to a vacation destination. The rest of the series focuses on the experiences of people who’ve actually done it. This installment tells the story of Charlie Ives and Brittany Bennett, who travel the world as…

What It’s Really Like to Quit Your Job and Move Abroad

Image Catalog, Flickr It’s a fantasy that many travelers have on vacation: the dream of never going back. Not many are eager to return to the stress of the office after an idyllic trip, but some adventurous souls actually follow through on the idea, and uproot their lives to make new ones in their favorite…

9 Reasons You Really Need a Vacation

It’s all too easy to make excuses not to plan a trip — it’s too hard to be away from the office, it’s difficult to coordinate with the kids, the cost is too high. But workaholics of the world, take note: There are also costs associated with not taking a vacation. According to science and…

11 Things You Need to Know Before Your Flight Is Canceled

Photo Credit: Bill Wilt It’s 1 a.m. when we know for sure that the plane isn’t going to take off. Not tonight. We’ve been sitting on the runway for hours, and after a maintenance problem that turned out to be nothing and the jet refueling guys that never showed, we’re heading back to the gate.…

Are These America’s Most Booze-Friendly Places?

Vegas is booze-friendly? We’re not surprised… Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street — or so the song goes. But not just dancing — also drinking. We recently shared our list the three cute towns where you still can’t drink at all, so we felt it only fair to share…

10 Unique European Boutique Hotels

The term “boutique hotel” can be applied to a host of very different properties — whether quaint or trendy, traditional or avant-garde. But they all have at least one thing in common: They’re intimate, and fewer rooms means fewer guests get to experience them, so staying at one can feel like discovering a secret hideaway.…