My phone died at 2 percent in the middle of Bangkok’s Chinatown at 9 PM on a Friday night. I was completely lost. I had
My hair took three hours to dry in my Bangkok hotel room using a travel hair dryer I bought specifically for that trip. Three hours.
Fourteen hours into a flight from San Francisco to Bangkok and I finally understood what neck pain actually means. I had bought a travel pillow
I bought the wrong travel bag for my first major trip and it haunted me for two weeks straight. The bag looked perfect in the
The line at TSA security moves at a snail’s pace and then you get to the front and a TSA officer pulls your bag aside.
Backpacking and elaborate makeup routines do not belong in the same sentence. When your entire life fits in one 40-liter backpack, every single item needs
There is a specific moment every traveler knows. You spent 20 minutes doing your hair in the hotel room. It looked perfect. You stepped outside
You’re at work. You realize you smell like the gym from this morning. You have a date tonight. You need to smell better but you
There is a specific kind of panic that hits when you are standing at the airport security line watching the TSA officer pull your bag
If you’ve ever stepped off a 14-hour flight looking like you aged five years in the air, you’re not imagining things. Long haul flights are
If you’ve ever landed after a 14-hour flight and looked in the mirror only to see dull, congested, vaguely swampy skin staring back at you,
You finally booked that beach trip. Thailand, Bali, Hawaii, wherever it is, you’re excited. But then the panic sets in. What do I do with
You’re packing for a beach trip with your kids. You reach for the sunscreen and freeze. You remember reading something scary about chemical sunscreens. Then
You’re packing for a beach trip. You grab a bottle of liquid sunscreen. Then you remember you have a sunscreen stick somewhere in your bathroom
You’re packing for a two-week international trip. You reach for your regular shampoo bottle. Then you remember the TSA liquid limit. 3.4 ounces. That’s basically
