travel safety

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 …