UNSEEN TRAVEL AGENCY

I know we all want to see the world – but in order for there to be a world to see, we have to keep thinking about our impact on the planet. 2017 is the year of Sustainable Travel, and in recognition of this, I’m going to share my top tips for making sustainable travel simpler and easier to implement in your day-to-day life. While there are some things we simply can’t avoid, like carbon emissions from air and bus travel, there are other sustainable travel choices we can make that dramatically reduce our impact on the globe. Fly less Yeah, I know that EasyJet or RyanAir flight is cheap, but for the love of God’s green (for so long) earth, don’t zigzag your way through Europe by plane. Planes are great if you have a short amount of time and need to get from point A to point B. But once you’ve flown somewhere, try to rely on ground transport as much as possible. Check out BlaBlaCar if in Western Europe, trains and buses in Eastern Europe, and buses and...

Updated: 11/11/2018 | November 11th, 2018 What is the secret to traveling long term? How do I travel so often? Am I rich? Do I have a trust fund? Are all my trips paid for by someone else? What is my secret sauce? On my first trip to Thailand, I met five backpackers who changed my life. I had a vague sense of what a “backpacker” was from popular culture. They were people who barely showered, stayed in cramped hostels, ate pasta, and partied a lot. It was a something for college kids or those without a real future to do. Yet meeting them convinced me they had unlocked the secret to travel I didn’t know existed. I grew up with hotels, tours, and theme parks. The more they told me about their lifestyle – meeting people around the world, living in bungalows on the beach, eating delicious and cheap food, taking local transportation, and just having fun, the more envious I become. They weren’t tied down to an office job or rules. They were living life while I was just on a temporary brea...

Updated : 02/03/2020 | February 3rd, 2020 I’m a man of routine. Whenever I fly, I put my boarding pass in my passport, and then put both of those in the magazine pocket in front of my seat. I flip through the bad in-flight magazine. I put it back. I tune out to my music. Grab my passport and exit the plane. Except this time, I missed a step. Stepping out of the restricted area at the airport, I suddenly had an awful realization. “Oh shit!” I had left my passport on the plane. Rushing to the airline’s office, they said they would call the plane to get it. It hadn’t been more than 15 minutes, so I figured there was a good chance it was still going to be there. Except it wasn’t. They couldn’t find it. Maybe someone had turned it into the security office. The cleaning crews usually hand things in there. I figured given how quickly they clean and turn around planes on low-cost airlines that seemed the most likely. Off I went. Except the security office ...