If you’re anything like us, you’re preparing for a jam-packed season of never-ending weddings, bachelor parties, and hedonistic weekend trips, and that ratty suitcase hiding at the top of your closet is probably the last thing on your mind… that is, until you’re packing for said travel and the handle of your carry-on flies off […]
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The Best Treehouse Rentals to Finish Writing Your Memoirs
As we emerge from our winter hovel and into spring, we’re realizing that 1) we need a new carry-on that doesn’t suck, 2) we don’t have a big budget 3), we have a big thirst to be submerged in Ma Nature, relaxing in an Airbnb rental by a National Park that deserves its own music […]
Read MoreThe Best Travel-Size Toiletries for Your Next Trip
Taking a well-earned vacation—a.k.a. a break from the bad screen, our apartment, and our responsibilities—is one of our favorite hobbies. Renting an Airbnb in the sticks, going for a gondola ride in Venice, staying in your parents’ spare bedroom for some free meals—all travel is enticing in its own special way. But temporarily fleeing your […]
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The Wildest Houses You Can Rent in Upstate New York
OK, so it’s not exactly a “house.” But the Roxbury Motel is a cult fave for lovers of kitsch, and it is definitely a wild place to lay your noggin. Essentially the East Coast version of the Madonna Inn, the Roxbury is comprised of dozens of maximalist rooms and suites, from the futuristic, Star Trek-themed […]
Read MoreThis Puffer Tote Is the Absolute Perfect Bag for Air Travel
What is a “personal item?” If, like me, you travel a lot and are jetlagged a solid 47% of the time, you probably think of it as “the largest bag I can aggressively stuff under the seat in front of me on a JetBlue flight,” but technically, it can be a lot of things—say, a […]
Read MoreThis High-Tech Camping Gear Will Make You Feel Like You’re in ‘Predator’
Camping season is nigh! We can always smell when it’s time to flee the paved world of sweet, hot city trash for a night in the Catskills, the Sierras, (or that one park by the Walgreens we probably shouldn’t be camping at). Blame it on what we picked up (literally and metaphorically) during the year(s) […]
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15 Getaway Ideas for a Weird, Wonderful, Non-Traditional Romantic Vacation
You’re not like most couples on Valentine’s Day [uncorks Shrek butt plug], which isn’t to say you don’t dig a classic couple’s vacation activity, but we think you can do better than the old beachside massage package/wine tasting/hot air balloon venture (does anyone actually do that outside of Santa Fe or The Bachelor?? Let us […]
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The Wildest Houses You Can Rent in Joshua Tree
Yesterday, I (a person who lives in Los Angeles) was on the phone with my friend (a person who lives in New York), discussing our mutual ennui when it comes to perusing social media these days. “If I have to see one more photo of Dia:Beacon, I’m going to lose my mind,” my friend said, […]
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