The BBC has reported that gale winds have caused Edinburgh's Hogmanay, Scotland's huge New Year's Eve street event and one of the world's biggest New Year's Eve parties, to be ... Read More

Recall the Glimpse student travel photo contest we mentioned in April? The calendar featuring the winning photos is out and on sale, and the images captured by traveling students depict ... Read More

You can't turn around in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve without bumping into a party. The Strip, closed to cars after six, is crawling with crazy revelers, of course, ... Read More

Melbourne's not a substitute for Sydney -- Australia's city of the arts has its own New Year's scene happening, and it's worth checking out if you're down under. Look for ... Read More

The Washington Times reports that some backpackers are abandoning plans for New Year raves on popular backpacker beaches in Goa, India following the Israeli government's warning of a potential al ... Read More

Just about everybody on the planet is celebrating something at year end -- winter solstice and the Chinese new year celebrations bracket Western new year's celebrations on the calendar, and ... Read More

Kick start your 2007 travel resolutions by resolving to get a passport soon, like today. Passport rules are changing and you must have a passport by January 23, 2007, to ... Read More

Two of the world's larger air hubs, Denver International Airport and London's Heathrow, had some major disruptions in flight schedules this week -- that's airport spokespeak for a real mess. ... Read More

Itty bitty little book lights are a great travel accessory and make excellent backpacker's gifts, too. I travel with a carabiner light and multitask it as a book light, a ... Read More

Reading an interesting story in the UK Times about an English grad's trip to the US reminds us that AAA is a decent discount deal for US travel -- the ... Read More

Cruising the Caribbean Islands... docking at sultry, sunny ports of call - St. Maarten, St. Barths, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Antigua, and Nevis... yum. Now add words like discount and deal ... Read More

Fiji's military leader has declared a state of emergency on the South Seas island, and the US Department of State issued a travel public announcement for the country on 12/01. ... Read More

Student travel agency STA has hatched plans to continue offering the Blue Ticket sale they hosted on Black Friday through December 22 (I survived mall-madness Black Friday comfortably from my ... Read More

It's far from too soon to start planning Spring Break -- you're certainly already thinking about it, right? Over the next few weeks, we'll look at a few of our ... Read More

Speaking of Bondi Beach (we were, actually), the folks at the excellent Backpacker's Travel Blog are giving away a pair of tickets to Bondi's annual scene of the season: Gatecrasher ... Read More