Ellen from the YMCA of Greater New York sent me this great video of kids from the New York area who took a volunteer vacation to Thailand to build a YMCA there. This program is part of the YMCA’s Global Teens program which aims to produce “peace, tolerance and understanding” through international travel and cultural [...]

Before John Higham and his wife even had kids they decided that one day they would take a year off and travel the globe with their children. That exactly what they did when their kids reached 11 and 8 years of age. John then wrote about his trip in a new book called “360 Degrees [...]

What do you do when you are a musician and you watch in horror as baggage handlers throw guitars onto the plane? Musician Dave Carroll had this experience when United destroyed his $3400 Taylor guitar. When he could not get satisfaction from the company he wrote this song which has now gone viral on the [...]

This recent commercial by Norwegian Airlines shows the downsides to cheap airfare when a man tries to surprise his wife by stripping naked and presenting himself with only a rose. Sadly for him his in-laws had flown in on cheap fares from Norwegian Airlines.

A video interview with journalist Karen Schaler who has written a book, Travel Therapy, on the different was we can use travel to cure what ails us from dealing with stress to recovering from breakups or divorce. Karen also has a website focusing on travel therapy trips.

If you enjoyed the Southwest Flight Attendant Rap Video then you will enjoy this video from the recently held Southwest Airlines annual meeting. Public companies have to read some frankly boring text at annual meetings about “GAP accounting” and “forward looking statements”. Southwest decided to do this in a fun way consistent with their style. [...]

If you have never stayed in an American hotel room then this video is for you. I intended this video to be a tour of a fairly typical business class hotel (this hotel was the Intercontinental in Boston, MA) for people who have yet to visit the U.S. As I show you around the room [...]

Southwest airlines has their own way of doing things. Some Southwest attendants tell jokes during the safety video but this attendant does a safety rap. This is the kind of safety video that gets people to pay a bit more attention than usual.

This video is the introduction of Rick Steves‘ talk at the Bay Area Travel Show. He was giving a talk about visiting Europe “through the backdoor” (connecting to the culture and not traveling to all the same tourist destinations in tour buses). Before his talk he spoke for a few minutes about his personal story [...]

If you have not heard the story of Matt Harding. He is guy who went around the world and did a little dance and then got a sponsorship from a gum company to support his trip.
Viral video sensation Matt Harding responds to accusations on YouTube that his Where The Hell is Matt? video was [...]