Looking to supplement your gear selection in a big way fast? Go to a nearby soccer field, park your ’69 Bronco (or other acceptable classic convertible automobile) on the grass, and wait. Or opt for the more reliable experience by checking out Backcountry.com’s Semi-Annual Sale. This is an entertaining little ditty that pulls from the daydreams of outdoor gear lovers everywhere. And rumor has it, it only took them 172 (and a half) hours to make.

Everyone says to get to Cuba before the trade embargo and State Department travel ban is lifted. Their logic makes sense; they claim it will inexorably change the culture and now’s the time to see it. Besides, I bet we all know a person or two that’s made the trip. But once you hear about [ more... ]

Gunther Holtorf’s 23-year road trip is still going strong. Back in 1989 he and his wife Christine started off on a journey that would be ambitious in its own right: to spend 18 months traveling around most of Africa in their Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. But the journey didn’t end. Instead, Holtorf and his wife Christine (who [ more... ]

Have a ton of cash, live in California, and like to travel a lot? Well, as long as you don’t mind tiny planes and like traveling among Palo Alto, Monterey, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles you can get a monthly pass to fly all you want for $1000. A new company called Surf Air created [ more... ]

Single women travelers who hate their fathers might be interested in a new dating/traveling website called Miss Travel. The site purports to hook up unattractive, moneyed people who want traveling companions with broke, attractive people who are interested in prostituting themselves to stay at a Red Roof Inn for free. Attractive people travel free, a [ more... ]

Buying plane tickets feels like you’re playing roulette, except you always lose. Summer travel’s coming up and gas prices will rise, should you buy your short flight for $380 now, or do you wait until two weeks out and then hope it drops to the “normal” $200 rates? The Practical Traveler for The New York [ more... ]

The transportation bill that just passed the Senate (and is being held up by the House) contains funding to create wildlife corridors to bisect busy highways more safely. The funding should, at least in theory, be non-partisan. Hunters, drivers, and anyone pro-family should be in favor of reducing deadly car-on-animal accidents. But where to put [ more... ]

The Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet (it’s classier when you call it a “cabinet”) has fired a British ad agency they hired to promote Kentucky to British tourists. The agency came up with a website that encouraged travelers to play “roadkill bingo” while traveling among horse farms and bourbon distilleries. The folk’l of Kentuck’ [ more... ]

Again, it seems the tourism offices of the world are really stepping up their game. This helmet cam video from a wingsuit jump in Norway lets you take the controls so you can look around on the ride. A fun way to get a tiny bit of the thrill without recklessly endangering your life. BASE [ more... ]

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