Guides
The Pacific Coast by SeasonWhen to drive the Pacific coast, read off our own dated photographs: a year living in San Diego, and one long late summer drive north to Washington.
Guides
The Mountain West by SeasonWhen to drive the mountain west, read off eight years of our own dated photographs: the Colorado high country May to November, the desert in winter.
Guides
The East Coast by SeasonWhen to drive the east, read off eight years of our own dated photographs: the Great Lakes in August, New England in September, Florida January to May.
Guides
Seven Months in Southeast Asia: The Whole Honest StoryFrom a slow boat on the Mekong to a motorbike on a mountain loop in northern Vietnam: this is what seven months in Southeast Asia actually looked like.
Guides
How to Plan a Trip Without Overplanning ItThe best things that have ever happened to us on the road were not on the list. Here's the difference between a framework and an itinerary, and why it matters.
Guides
Why Shoulder Season Is the Smartest Way to See EuropePeak season Europe costs more and delivers less. For most of the continent, shoulder season is the better trip.
Guides
10 Days in Southeast Asia for Two: Our Real BudgetWhat ten days in Southeast Asia cost the two of us: $900 on the ground, about $45 a person a day, plus flights. Beds, food, buses, all of it.
Essays
Travel in Your 30s, 40s & BeyondTravel in your thirties and forties isn't a consolation prize. It's its own thing entirely, and in many ways better.
Trips
The West Coast RoadtripForty-nine days from San Diego to Denver the long way: Sequoia, Yosemite, the redwoods, the Oregon coast, Olympic, Rainier and Glacier.