Well, this is simply diabolical. A fake Canadian-based company calling themselves AusCan Tours baited an older Australian couple with a fake online contest and a first prize of an all-expenses-paid week in Canada, including new luggage (foreshadowing!), all the while priming them to smuggle 3.5kg (8 pounds) of crystal meth,…

OK, it’s a bit of a stretch to say the V-Tex “reverse microwave” beverage rapid cooling system is travel-related – for now. But mark my words, in five years one of these doohickeys is going to be in every five-star hotel room and hostel common room. The idea was to…

[The above video is NSFW, of course] I originally clicked on this video for the same reason pretty much everyone else did: boobies! (Or what have you.) But then the video started and the cruel emotional whiplash began. Travelers are often guilty of behavior and risk-taking they probably wouldn’t try…

How many countries are there? I know this one! Lessee there’s the USA,  Russia,  Europe, Atlantis, uh Pandora… Screw it, I give up. The answer is actually a little tricky, even for smart people, because it’s a moving target and it depends on who’s counting. The detail-oriented CGP Grey, responsible…

Hands up if, while running late for a flight, you’ve ever nearly stroked out watching a confused or inexperienced traveler dither at airport security, even as three TSA agents gently try to move them through the process. Now, hands up if you still routinely witness people being befuddled by an…

Can’t find the spare $250,000 to get yourself into Sir Richard Branson’s rocket plane glider thingamajig? Well thanks to World View Enterprises, you have options. World View Enterprises has gotten FAA approval to take budget-minded space enthusiasts up into near-space in an over-sized soda can with windows, suspended by a…

[NSFW pictures below!] As any traveler will tell you, living statues are commonplace around the world. A few of these are outstanding. Most are forgettable. I’d become immune to this gimmick ages ago. But then I stumbled on this gutsy woman in Bogotá, Colombia. It took a minute, and about…

Welcome to Manaus, Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas, located in the middle of the world’s largest rainforest, rendered below in a gorgeous timelapse video. Timelapse travel videos are a dime a dozen these days. It would be easy to become jaded and dismissive if they weren’t so…

It’s tempting to immediately pass judgment on the Unagi Travel agency, which does only one thing: sends clients’ stuffed animals on trips. Oh boy is it tempting. For example, a dashing and thoughtful travel writer that you may know, upon hearing about the service, was heard to say something that…

My sympathies to the Convention and Visitors Bureau in Harbin, China, because after today’s blinding, choking smog emergency they aren’t going to be able to attract conventions or visitors for the foreseeable future. Foreseeable – get it? Because you can’t foresee jack shit beyond the 10 meters of visibility in…