As we’ve mentioned in the past, the RTW ticket deals we post each month here at Vagablogging are rarely literal round-the-world trips. We call them “multi-stop trips” around the office, but that’s not really a common enough term for people to know what we mean immediately, so we default back to “RTW tickets” just to give people the sense that it’s a longer trip we’re talking about.

Along those lines, there are differences to how … Read more »

In the United States, the self-help business is a multi-billion-dollar industry.  People throw down lots of cash to lose weight, gain confidence, and find happiness. But whenever I see that stuff, this thought springs to mind: “Travel solves all of those problems, and a whole lot more.”

Lonely Planet author Robert Reid laid out the case for travel being the best self-help program: How … Read more »