travel safety

Imagine your worst fear coming true while traveling. Maybe you or a family member gets injured, or an emergency at home forces you to cut your trip short. Perhaps an …

Preparing for an airplane trip can be stressful. There are so many rules to follow when packing and now you’ve waited until the last minute and are scrambling around gathering …

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) usually has a pretty good idea of when any or all U.S. airports will be particularly crowded. Thanksgiving and the Christmas holiday weeks are, historically, …

You don’t have to think very hard to name countries in the world that aren’t very safe at the moment. Ukraine. North Korea. Afghanistan. Sudan. Of course, there are plenty …

There’s an old saying that “a sucker is born every minute.” After watching people for the past ## years, I’m starting to think it’s true. Too many people fall for …

When you’ve traveled for a while, you know that every country (and sometimes even specific cities) has its own set of social and cultural norms. A smart traveler will try …

A while back, we wrote a piece about what flight attendants are really doing when they greet you on a plane. I won’t go into the details in this piece, but …

Social media has three goals. Two of them, reporting the news and getting people to read/watch what they’re producing, are both done to satisfy goal #3, which is to get …

We posted a while back about how easy it is for thieves to break into electronic hotel safes. Several people who read it said they leave their valuables in their …

Volcanic eruptions are a fascinating and complex natural phenomenon that scientists are constantly studying to better understand. Despite advancements in technology, predicting when and where an eruption will occur is …