The US Department of Homeland Security, perhaps not unexpectedly, has proposed a change in passport rules affecting student travelers: while those over 18 must begin presenting passports at land and ... Read More

I had the pleasure of yakking it up as a guest Friday on Martha Stewart Living radio' s morning show in New York, where I'm hanging my backpack right now ... Read More

We've been talking for a few weeks about some of the best digs we dug in 2006 -- we liked lots of 'em a lot, and though the Hostal de ... Read More

As a student, you may have found it difficult, if not downright impossible, to get a traditional credit card -- that's okay, as debit cards attached to your checking account ... Read More

February is the time of year when thoughts turn to warmer climes: if you're currently stumbling through snowdrifts and the idea of exotic ports of call and practicing language on ... Read More

It's the season of Carnival -- the 40 days before Lent begins -- all over the world, and if you're lucky enough to be traveling this month, you might see ... Read More

According to AP reports, Mexico lawmakers will on Wednesday be proposing a re-crafted 2006 bill which decriminalized some drug possession in Mexico and was aimed at reforming drug law in ... Read More

Student travel trade organiztions and players have long lobbied for an alternative to passport-only travel between Canada and the US, predicting subsequent tourism industry economic difficulty and a drastic drop ... Read More

The budget airline picture is getting interesting in Oz -- no sooner did we recommend Qantas-backed Australian budget airline, Jetstar, than we saw some news you can use: Tiger Air, ... Read More

The top spring break destinations for 2007 are out, and Mexico's Rosarito Beach is number two this year -- the Baja city landed in fourth place last year after stats ... Read More

Preparatory to another year in which my travels will take me to countries where Spanish is spoken, I'm making my usual and usually unsuccessful attempts to improve my limited (okay, ... Read More

If you're down under and anywhere near Melbourne now, get thee to St. Kilda for the St. Kilda Festival finale -- free live music and lots of fun things to ... Read More

Over the next few weeks, we're looking at the runners up to our soon-to-be-revealed Best Hostel 2006 choice, starting last week with Guadalajara's great Hostal de Maria. We were also ... Read More

A Florida judge has struck down an ACLU challenge to halt enforcement of the state's May ban on academic travel to Cuba. U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan, who said on ... Read More

The Canadian Press is reporting that it has news of potential legislation in the US House of Representatives which will force US guv officials to rethink the ramming through of ... Read More

Exceedingly cool new tool for US road travel: Mapquest's gas price mapping. Great addition to the toolbox you can use to calculate gas costs for that next road trip, which ... Read More

Think of Paris and many images pop up -- the Eiffel Tower by night, long loaves of bread, an old gent holding a cigarette between two fingers, smoke curling around ... Read More