Lindsay Rogers

As a travel editor, there are a few things that instantly set off alarm bells in my head, none more so than so-called “travel hacks” that go viral. This stems mostly from my distrust of viral travel advice from TikTokers who, frankly, don't know what they're talking about. In my experience, many of these hacks are potentially problematic at best, downright dangerous at worst. But before there was TikTok, there was YouTube, and on YouTube there are content creators who have been peddling travel tips and tricks since before my frontal lobe was fully developed, and certainly before virality was the end goal.

The passing game could not be stopped, as wide receiver Arian Smith and quarterback Carson Beck had career days, leading the fifth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a victory over Mississippi State,

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The Cubo Small is the perfect case

On my most recent trip abroad, I met someone whose philosophy surrounding luggage was to buy cheap, expect to use it a handful of times and then dispose of it when it inevitably reached a point of disrepair. I believe this is both bad and wrong. Why purchase luggage with the intent to replace it in a year? Is it even a cost saver if you're routinely having to swap out your cases?

When purchasing luggage, it's perfectly reasonable to conceive of all the scenarios you might find yourself in with said luggage. How, you might wonder, will it fare in extreme conditions? On safari? An expedition cruise to Antarctica? A cross-country road trip? At 40,000 feet? What about a literal trip to space? Because

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I spend an inordinate amount of time talking about luggage, generally in the form of offering recommendations.

Airbnb policies, generally speaking, do not favor guests. When it comes to canceling a reservation past a certain date, there are few accepted reasons that ultimately result in a full refund. In fact, just this past weekend, I saw a thread in which a guest detailed how a refund request was allegedly denied by Airbnb despite the rented house having no running water upon arrival.