After all the time and attention we devote to travel, it seems that we travelers have a good foundation for joining the travel industry. I'm curious to ask today -- do you work in travel? What do you do? How did you get started? Even if your work isn't an obvious travel gig, let us...

Just got back from India. For some reason, I thought this homecoming would be like all the rest. What I didn't expect was to wind up in a stampede of my friends' forward momentum: A graduation party two hours after arrival, an NYU commencement in Radio City Music Hall, and Facebook pictures aplenty of caps...

I'd never thought much about senior travel until a wrinkled yet muscled man sat down next to me on the Pokhara to Kathmandu bus. Preston had lived in Mexico, Hawaii, Nepal, Thailand and more -- he'd been on the road for most of his life. He'd relied on his wits and his skills to take...

With the recession ongoing, it's as a good time as ever to go vagabonding. On my trip around Southeast Asia, I met loads of accountants, financial analysts, etc. who had gotten laid off. Many got sizable severance packages too, providing an immediate travel fund. (If only we could all be so lucky!) Many were actually...