New York, It’s not you, it’s me. You’re amazing and you bring out the worst in me. New York was my Shangri la. Before I was old enough or worldly enough to dream of Bangkok or London, New York was undoubtedly in my mind the center of planet Earth and all activity that existed on it…

Like the New York Times travel show, I barely knew what to expect when I bought my ticket for the Beneath the Sea dive expo. I knew that the website was impossible to navigate, and so is New Jersey, where the show was located. Luckily I had use of a car that weekend so I had…

Oh, New York Times Travel Show– how did I not know of your amazing existence earlier? In late February, I and over 20,000 of my travel obsessed comrades convened at the Javitt’s Center in Manhattan for a weekend of wanderlust and networking. I had no idea what to expect, but whatever I had in mind, it…

Vegas was, per night, the most expensive trip I’ve ever taken in my life. Still, It could have been much, much worse. So while I will never call Vegas a “budget” destination, I think this cheapskate did a pretty good job of sniffing out some of the best ways to do Sin City on a padlocked…

Okay so I already spilled the beans: I was a lazy traveler in Vegas and exerted most of my energy dancing late into the night rather than during the day when these attractions are open. But since I can’t stand to let one of my precious listicles go to waste, I’ve compiled it here for future…

Bye bye cold New York! Less than a week after my return from the Bahamas, I was back on a plane headed for a trip of another variety entirely: a trip with three of my best friends from high school to a city I had been fantasizing about for years. I realize there are many people…