The Nightmare Before Christmas: Munich’s Krampus Run
In Central Europe, you can find a holiday tradition celebrating fear, hellish costumes and child-eating demons.
Christmas in the Devil’s Lair
Djibouti is not your typical family holiday vacation. Instead of snow, Santa and caroling, there’s thick salt, unbearable heat and misdirection into the darkest night.
Buying Counterfeit Goods Can Ruin Your Holidays
Holiday shopping abroad? Those knock-off purses, phones and watches aren’t such a good deal—they could cost you $14,000 if you’re caught.
An Explosive Christmas in Peru
One of the first things we noticed after moving to Arequipa were repeated explosions off in the distance, every day, often multiple times a day, from the afternoon well into the evening.
I once asked an expa...
‘Tis the Season for Some Flight Tracking
The holidays are a rough time for travellers. Here's how you can do the most to not miss your flight.
How to Get Through Christmas Far From Home
Christmas can be a lonely time for the expat abroad—especially if they're living where people don't celebrate the holiday at all.
The trade-off to relocating more than a short domestic flight away is that you...
How to Give for the Traveller: Your Ultimate Travel Gift Guide
I understand that in general giving the gift of travel is not always easy. First there’s the cost. Most travel’s not cheap. Even a weekend in a hotel can be pricey, never mind spanning the world or exploring a continent or two. But if you can afford it—you know, for those once-in-a-lifetime-gift occasions—and you really want to give a mind-blowing present, there are ways to make it happen.