Summer blockbuster “Crazy Rich Asians” is set in Singapore, which is known worldwide for its extravagance and wealth. The Gardens By The Bay, featured in “Crazy Rich Asians,” is a major landmark in Singapore, featuring more than a million plants, the world’s largest glass greenhouse, and a grove of 160-foot tall ‘supertrees.’ I recently visited …
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I’ve been traveling around the world for 6 months — here’s the most epic thing I did in each country
This past March, I left New York to travel around the world as Business Insider’s International Correspondent. Over the course of 5+ months, I have so far visited 12 countries and had countless adventures. I decided it would be fun to pick the best, most epic adventure that I had in each country, from off-roading …
I stayed in the $6.6 billion mega-hotel in the heart of Singapore, and it wasn’t anything like ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
Summer blockbuster “Crazy Rich Asians” is set in Singapore, which is known worldwide for its extravagance and wealth. Marina Bay Sands is a landmark in Singapore, featuring a hotel, casino, museum, shopping mall, and incredible views of the city and the bay. I stayed at Marina Bay Sands to see if it’s really worth the …
I used a top budget airline to score a cheap flight, but the fact I ended up spending more on fees than airfare shows how budget airlines win
I recently booked a cheap flight from Sofia, Bulgaria to Lisbon, Portugal for a bargain airfare of $89 on WizzAir, the budget Hungarian airline. But, after booking, I found that was charged fee after fee that ended up costing more than my entire flight ticket, including fees for baggage, administration, airport check-in, and an in-flight …
Inside the Hong Kong billionaire enclave name-dropped in ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ where Alibaba founder Jack Ma may have bought a $191 million mansion
Hong Kong‘s most expensive neighborhood is The Peak. You may have heard of it in Kevin Kwan’s novel “Crazy Rich Asians,” which was turned into a summer blockbuster. The Peak is a gorgeous, secluded neighborhood that overlooks Hong Kong and is home to bankers, expatriates, business magnates, celebrities, and millionaires and billionaires. Jack Ma, the …
Airbnb is in a price war with Booking.com, and taking advantage of that fact can save you a ton of money
Home-rental service Airbnb is now directly competing with travel booking sites like Booking.com, Expedia, and others, as all of the sites have both traditional hotel listings and non-traditional apartment and home listings on their platforms. As the companies’ strategies for growth converge, I’ve observed that more and more rental listings can be found on multiple …
I’ve spent 6 months traveling the world on business, and I’ve found the perfect way to make airports less miserable
Business travel can be an exhausting experience, with hundreds of hours wasted in airport terminals. The best tool for business travelers to make productive, fun use of their time is access to airport lounges at the airports they are flying into or out of. I’ve gained access to airport lounges through my credit card, which …
A day in the life of a United Airlines flight attendant, who woke up before 3 a.m. and ran circles around me for 9 hours
Robert “Bingo” Bingochea is a Denver-based flight attendant for United Airlines who commutes to work from his home in Phoenix. Bingochea has been a flight attendant with United for seven years and previously worked in the airline industry in other capacities. Though he says every day on the job is different, we joined him on …
An aristocrat who claims his family should have inherited the throne of Monaco is suing France for $401 million
A French aristocrat is suing France for €351 million ($401 million) in damages. Count Louis de Causans says the French state cheated his family out of the throne of Monaco. De Causans told Le Parisien that “sleight of hand” had allowed the French state to rewrite Monaco’s laws of succession. De Causans’ ancestor was apparently …
The pillows at Airbnb can tell you all you need to know about how the company is changing for the worse
I’ve been an avid user of Airbnb, the popular home-rental service, for nearly a decade, using the platform to visit 30+ countries. In recent years, I’ve noticed a shift on the platform from regular people renting out their own apartments and spare bedrooms to a more professionalized service with hosts who operate multiple locations. From …
I tried to climb the ‘plank walk’ in China known as ‘the most dangerous hike in the world,’ but just getting there was the hardest part
The Plank Walk on China’s Mount Hua is considered by many to be one of the most dangerous hikes in the world. Hikers walk across a few planks of wood bolted into the side of a 7,000-foot peak to reach a small shrine. While hikers are harnessed, it is a terrifying adventure. I recently tried …
A 30-year-old mountaineer became the first person to successfully ski down K2, the second highest peak in the world — here’s the footage
30-year-old Polish mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel became the first person to ever successfully ski down K2, the second highest peak in the world, in July. K2 is considered one of the toughest mountains to climb in the world. Bargiel attempted the feat last year but was turned back by bad weather and poor snow conditions. Watch …
This is the one thing you should always ask for when ordering hotel room service, according to a chef trained by Gordon Ramsay
The British chef Jason Atherton is the owner of a global restaurant empire. As a jet-setter, he has some simple advice for getting the most out of food on the road. He says you should always ask for hotel food to be served with a cloche on top instead of in a hot box. He …
Here’s what it’s actually like to work in a Chinese electronics factory, according to one American student
This native Bostonian is a worker on an assembly line in China. Mike Gecawicz assembles 3.5 mm headphone cables in Dongguan, a city in Southern China. He chose to become a factory worker to gain a better perspective on the products we use everyday. Mike Gecawicz is a student at the University of Maine, where …
The 13 best places to visit in September for every type of traveler
To find the best places to visit in September 2018, Business Insider looked at climate data, cultural calendars, and peak travel times. September is shoulder season for many top tourism destinations, and savvy travelers are already planning their trips. The best places to visit in September include American natural wonders like the Grand Canyon and …
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Step inside Trump’s private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where the president is spending his summer vacation
President Donald Trump is taking a working vacation this week at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Since the weather at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida isn’t ideal in August, Trump spends his summer weekends at his other favorite luxury property in Somerset County. Occasionally referred to as “Camp David North” and …
RANKED: The 10 best airlines in Europe
Consumer aviation website Skytrax recently released their ranking of the best airlines in the world. Asia and Middle Eastern airlines have dominated the top of the rankings, but European carriers have also performed well. In 2018, five European airlines made it into the top 20 of the overall rankings including Lufthansa, Swiss, and KLM. Consumer …
Forget Mykonos and Santorini. I found a little-known island in Greece that’s twice as beautiful and half the price
Traveling to Greece during the peak summer months can be an expensive, busy, and crowded vacation, particularly if you frequent the two most popular islands in the country, Mykonos and Santorini. At the recommendation of a local, I visited Tinos, an island well-known to Greeks and about a 30-minute ferry ride from Mykonos. While similarly …
This 24-year-old is hitchhiking across America and live-streaming the whole thing on Amazon’s Twitch for his thousands of followers
Trevor Daneliuk first started hitchhiking about four years ago, when he was still a college student studying accounting. Today, the 24-year-old Canadian has hitchhiked in 25 countries, and says he’s been picked up by generous drivers close to a thousand times. His current trip will take him across all 50 United States — he’s been …
The new Ritz-Carlton luxury cruise ships for the ‘1% of global travelers’ look like incredible super yachts — here’s a look at all the amenities and perks
Ritz-Carlton cruise ships are designed like yachts and come with 149 suites — each with their own private terrace — accommodating up to 298 guests. The Ritz-Carlton cruise line will begin sailing in 2020. Reservations for the inaugural season of the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection opened in June. Last year the Ritz-Carlton Hotel revealed plans for …
Trump is on a ‘working vacation’ at his private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Here’s how his vacation time compares to past presidents.
Washington can be a tough town, where scandals abound and never-ending political drama rules the day. Perhaps the hustle and bustle of life in the US capital takes a greater toll on nobody more than the president. “Over the years, presidents struggle so hard to get to the White House and then they’re almost desperate …
17 simple tricks people around the world use to avoid gaining weight
The American diet has changed dramatically since the 1970s. The portion sizes of everything from a muffin to a slice of pizza have gotten as much as 138% bigger. Americans now eat far more chicken than they did in 1975, but less beef. And in 2014, people started spending more money eating out than they …
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JetBlue is selling round-trip tickets for as little as $73 (JBLU)
JetBlue launched a two-day flash sale on Tuesday. The New York-based boutique airline is offering select one-way flights for as low as $34 from Worcester, Massachusetts, to New York. Other standout deals include $54 for flights between Atlanta and Boston as well as $44 to fly between Long Beach, California and San Francisco. All tickets …
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Here are the most common ancestries in every US state
Americans come from everywhere, and every family has a story about where they come from. Self-reported ancestries in America include Italian, German, and Mexican heritage. Using Census Bureau data assembled by the Minnesota Population Center, we found the most common self-reported ancestry in every state. Americans come from all over the world, and have countless …
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I took the excruciating 10-mile journey through Israel’s most notorious military checkpoint that adds hours to the daily commute for 26,000 Palestinians
The Qalandiya military checkpoint in the Palestinian West Bank is the main crossing for thousands of Palestinians to cross into East Jerusalem and Israel. Around 26,000 Palestinians make the commute every day for work, visiting family in nearby villages cut off by a separation wall, or to receive medical treatment. While only a few miles …
Modern technology is slowly killing the mood in the ‘happiest country in the world’
Bhutan measures success not by gross domestic product, but by “Gross National Happiness.” Although Bhutan is sometimes thought of as the happiest nation in the world, modern problems are hurting its reputation. Technology and outside influences are slowly changing the traditional way of life in Bhutan. For years, the small Asian nation of Bhutan has …
Greece is finally set to exit bailouts this month, but a local told me the ‘recovery’ hides a brutal reality for most Greeks
On August 20, Greece will end nearly a decade of international assistance. Greek and European Union officials have characterized Greece as in recovery, with unemployment numbers down and the economy growing. But a taxi driver I spoke to in Athens said the recovery isn’t reaching most regular Greeks, who are stuck on part-time salaries paying …