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Archive for August, 2008

Globetrotting Older Adults and Couples

Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in International living/working, Long-term travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 4 Comments »

Long-term travel is not just for kids on a gap year or aimless career avoiders who just graduated from university. That's the stereotype of vagabonding travelers circling the globe, but it's not reality. My now-wife and I made our first ...

Laid Off? Go Traveling

Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in International living/working, Long-term travel, Work/Life/Travel Balance | 18 Comments »

Back when the 4-hour Workweek book came out, I interviewed Timothy Ferriss by phone before the book hit the bestseller list and he started getting calls from every media outlet. We talked about how so many people blow a golden ...

World Traveler? Forget the Bloodmobile

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in General, International living/working, Long-term travel, MSNBC - Tripso columns, Making a difference | 4 Comments »

It’s not just gay heroin addicts from Gabon who get shown the door at the bloodmobile. If you are a world traveler, your blood is probably not wanted, at least by the American Red Cross anyway. My latest Tripso column was ...

Spreadsheet for Frequent Flyer Fees

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Travel industry | 1 Comment »

The helpful staff at SmarterTravel have teamed up with a few others to put together a chart listing all the frequent flyer fees for U.S. airlines. You can download it in PDF form to have handy when you're offline or ...

10 Things That Look Ridiculous

Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in General, Travel funnies | 22 Comments »

I have been doing a lot of traveling this summer and just spent a week at a family resort for vacation. Here are ten images of tourists and travelers that I wish I didn't have to ever see again---but probably ...