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With additional reporting by Anne Olivia Bauso. Owning a private island is overrated and a lot of work — or so we’ve heard from our many island-owning friends. You have to deal with the astronomical taxes, the development, and the upkeep. It’s a full-time job, really (one that island owners simply pay other people to…
If you spend any time watching or reading the news, or scanning your Twitter feed for that matter, you might be apprehensive about traveling to the Middle East. Contrary to the often-sensationalized headlines, however, the region is not entirely dangerous, and war, terrorism, and controversy don’t define the place as a whole. While there are…
Yesterday morning, the world woke up to some shocking news: The governments of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, and the Maldives declared that they had severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorist groups. And as we’ve come to know well given recent current events, politics and travel are…
Courtesy of Qatar Airways If you feel incredibly restless on planes, perhaps this route is not for you. Qatar Airways just completed its first nonstop Doha, Qatar, to Auckland, New Zealand, flight, which lasted nearly 17 hours, covering 9,032 miles and crossing 10 time zones. The daily voyage—which is the longest in the world when…
Donald Trump, businessman, former reality TV show host, and now President-elect, is also (not surprisingly) a seasoned jet-setter. After all, he does possess his very own plane. According to Time Magazine, Trump’s two planes flew a total of 504,316 miles between January 2011 and April 2015 alone. To put things in perspective, that’s the equivalent…
Being stuck in an airport might be one of the worst parts of traveling, but it doesn’t always have to be that way. Hear us out. Airport lounges around the world are going above and beyond the complimentary half-hour of free Wi-Fi, making the hours of waiting less painful and — dare we say it…
We could peruse photos of overwater bungalows all day long. And while resorts the world over are beginning to get in on the trend, you’ll still find most of these stilted oases in the beautiful waters of the Maldives. But not Banana Island — this 32-acre island resort sits off the coast of Qatar’s Doha,…
