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Escape the Cubicle: 5 Steps To Convincing Your Boss To Let You Telecommute
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Break out! [...]
How To Stop Paying for Gas and Run on Free Vegetable Oil in 8 Easy Steps
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Don't just complain about gas prices. Do something about it. [...]
How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously)
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World travel can be much cheaper and far less stressful than a normal American lifestyle. [...]
How To Drink Wine Like A Pro
(1 Comment)If you've ever felt out of place in fancy wine bars or cellars around the world, this is the podcast for you. [...]
How to Haggle
(12 Comments)Marketplaces can be intimidating. Learn to bargain with confidence and you won't lose out on key cultural (and monetary) transactions. [...]
How to Get Off Grid in a Vintage Travel Trailer
(6 Comments)Misty Tosh pimps out a vintage travel trailer and goes large on the coast of Baja. [...]
How to Travel To and From Cuba
(7 Comments)Matador’s Cuba Expert, Julie Schwietert, gives you all the planning tools you’ll need for getting to and from Cuba. [...]
How to Travel by Cargo Ship
(6 Comments)You can definitely still travel to many locations in the world by boat. Here are some pointers for researching and planning your own adventure on the [...]
How to Survive Travel Disasters: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
(4 Comments)For many travelers, the most significant type of travel disaster is the one for which we’re the least prepared: a natural disaster that occurs durin [...]
How to Start a WordPress Travel Blog
(13 Comments)Wanting to showcase your travels without a hundred-hour slideshow? Written diaries are often too private and don’t let people keep in regular contac [...]
How to Bag Your 9 to 5 Job and Write / Travel Full Time
(17 Comments)Since quitting my 9-to-5 job as the assistant director of a mental health agency in 2004 and becoming a full-time traveler and writer, many people hav [...]
How to Live Like A Local
(3 Comments)When in Rome, do as the Romans. But what do the Romans do? Our top 10 list goes beyond the obvious tips—speak the language, learn local customs and [...]
Strategies for Crafting Great Interviews
(5 Comments)So you want to be a travel writer? There are lots of niches, of course—destination guides, first-person travelogues, and reviews—but don’t overl [...]
How to Get - and Keep Getting - Paid Online Travel Writing Gigs
(12 Comments)Remember this when you're trying to break into travel writing professionally, and dealing with busy editors: There's no magic. Getting paid travel wri [...]
Ten Tips for Traveling with Pets
(No Comments)Although bringing your pet when you travel may seem impossible, in most cases it's surprisingly easy as long as you plan ahead. Please read these ten [...]
Don’t Pay Bribes: Strategies for Border Crossing
(2 Comments)When crossing dodgy borders, many travelers revert to bribing officials, which can often exacerbate an already volatile situation. Follow these sugges [...]
How to Work New Zealand’s Wineries
(7 Comments)There are hundreds of vineyards and wineries in New Zealand and most are on the lookout for seasonal workers to prune and help with the harvests. This [...]
How to Make an Audio Tour: Ten Tips from Audissey Guide Pioneer Rob Pyles
(3 Comments)For aspiring travel journalists or amateur globetrotters, audio is one of the best and yet under-used media for highlighting great travel spots. But b [...]
How to Find Your Way when You’re Lost
(No Comments)It's a pretty common story. You're walking through a new town or patch of forest, certain of your path. Upon turning around, the labyrinth shifts and [...]
10 Tips for Packing Up and Living Abroad
(No Comments)From the philosophical to the practical, these top 10 tips will help you plan for a temporary or permanent move abroad. [...]
how to deal with travel catastrophes pt. 1 preparation
(No Comments)In the summer of 2006, I was hiking with some friends in northern Israel, about six miles from the border with Lebanon. This happened to be the day [...]
simple ways to travel greener
(3 Comments)Green travel is a juxtaposition of concepts. By its very nature, "travel" is less efficient than "staying put." But for the habitually wanderlust-affl [...]
