Category: Our Take: Tips, Advice, Recommendations, Etc.

  • Rome2Rio: The Ultimate Travel Transportation Planning Tool

    Rome2Rio: The Ultimate Travel Transportation Planning Tool

    A review of the online travel tool Rome2Rio, which gives users multiple transportation options to get from Point A to Point B.

  • Competitive Traveling: Quantity vs. Quality

    Competitive Traveling: Quantity vs. Quality

    I’ve heard about this sport termed, by some, “competitive traveling,” some time ago, but I was reminded of it the other day while reading an article on it. Competitive travel is essentially just what it sounds like it means – travel for sport. Basically, it is travel to see how many places one can get […]

  • How to Rent a Bicycle in New York City

    How to Rent a Bicycle in New York City

    [vc_row el_position=”first last”] [vc_column] [vc_column_text el_position=”first”] Citi Bike, the new bike share program operated by NYC Bike Share, has finally arrived in New York City, after many years of planning. Launching May 27, 2013 (for paid, yearly members first, June 2 for everyone else), New York City becomes one of the largest cities in the […]

  • Clever Travel Companion: Pickpocket-Resistant Travelwear

    Clever Travel Companion: Pickpocket-Resistant Travelwear

    Travelers everywhere are extra-prone to being the targets of petty crime. Pick-pocketing is one of the simplest and most common of these crimes against travelers; every day, thousands of tourists around the world fall victim to being pick-pocketed. Between the extra items that a traveler may carry (compared to a local), the potentially vast differences […]

  • How to Stay Healthy During a Flight

    How to Stay Healthy During a Flight

    It may sound like a strange topic to write about – how to stay healthy during a flight. A flight usually is but a tiny percentage of the overall time we travel, and it is often seen by fliers as the only thing standing in the way of a recuperative and relaxing time away from […]