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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…
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…