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If you have citizenship in Sweden, you have a great deal of traveling power — Swedes can fly to 158 countries without ever showing a visa. This makes international travel cheaper and easier than it is for citizens of many other countries, like those of Afghanistan, who can only enter 24 countries without a visa. …
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There are few things as irritating as a delayed flight. No one wants his or her travels plans thrown into complete disarray. But unfortunately, this happens quite often. According to the U.S Bureau of Transportation Statistics, more than 1 million flights were delayed between June 2015 and June 2016. This translates to nearly 64 million …
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In July, leading consumer aviation website Skytrax, named AirAsia the best low-cost airline in the world for the eighth consecutive year. The Sepang-based airline was presented with the award at a ceremony during the 2016 Farnborough Airshow. “We just won world’s best low-cost Airline for the eighth time, which is pretty damn cool,” AirAsia CEO …
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A month before her 26th birthday, Nina Ragusa landed in Bangkok, Thailand. About five years later, Ragusa has only been back to the US twice. “It’s funny, the live-abroad lifestyle looks so easy when you’re on the outside. You just see the bikini with a karst mountain background picture or the perfectly timed sunset photo,” …
Although in-flight meals have largely disappeared on domestic flights, they are still alive and well on board international flights. And to be honest, airplane food has not always had the best reputation. There’s a good reason for that. Fresh ingredients are cooked, packaged, transported to the plane, and then reconstituted mid-flight in a convection oven, …
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Christmas is a special time for people all over the world. While the holiday can be celebrated in many different ways, perhaps no custom is more important than the time-honored Christmas Eve or Christmas Day meal. Still, these meals vary greatly in different parts of the world. Inspired by this BookTable post by Rob Rebelo, …
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Whether you’re looking for a celebratory weekend getaway or planning to relocate permanently, it’s likely that you’ll want to find a city that offers plenty of fun activities, but doesn’t break the bank. With the help of WalletHub’s 2016 Most fun cities in America ranking, we’ve come up with a list of 15 cities that …
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The city of Dallas is building a 10,000-acre nature district — nearly 12 times as large as Manhattan’s Central Park — along the Trinity River. The Trinity River Project will feature plenty of walkways, sports fields, trees, and other flora, the site will become the largest urban park in the United States. Follow BI Video: …
Much of America’s charm is predicated on small-town life. It’s community-oriented, nostalgic, and generally more affordable than living in a big city. In its October-November print issue, AARP The Magazine highlights 10 great hometowns for anyone on a modest budget of $40,000 a year. (See the shorter online version here). To create the list, the …
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Charles Du left his career as an award-winning product manager in Los Angeles to travel the world. But that doesn’t mean he stopped working. Now, the 32-year-old, who has designed apps for NASA and Ticketmaster, teaches other people how to follow in his footsteps. He’s become a “digital nomad” who works everywhere from Portugal to …
Humans are resilient, hardworking creatures. And there’s perhaps nowhere where that’s more evident than in the tiny village of Oymyakon, Russia, regarded by most as the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth. Temperatures average around -58 degrees Fahrenheit during the winter months, with the record low reaching -96.16 degrees Fahrenheit in 1924. Adventurer and photographer …
In early 2014, Jarryd Salem and Alesha Bradford left their native Australia to backpack from Thailand to South Africa without taking a single flight. Since then, they’ve spent most of their time on the road, traveling everywhere from Mongolia to Vietnam to Tajikistan. When they spoke with Business Insider in 2015, they were earning $1,500-$2,000 …
As airlines around the world search for higher revenues and increased profitability, the effect on the passenger experience has not been overly positive, to say the least. Even though airliners have not been getting any larger, their passenger carrying capacity has been growing steadily. Airlines have achieved this by cutting down the size of lavatories …
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In early 2014, Jarryd Salem and Alesha Bradford left their native Australia to backpack from Thailand to South Africa without taking a single flight. Since then, they’ve spent most of their time on the road, traveling everywhere from Mongolia to Vietnam to Tajikistan. When they spoke with Business Insider in 2015, they were earning $1,500-$2,000 …
This year, Business Insider’s visual features reporters visited the New York Stock Exchange during an IPO, chatted with two “nuns” who run an online store selling cannabis products, and toured more than a dozen offices to learn about how people work. And those are just the highlights. Ahead, see 30 of the best photos our …
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Pokémon Go, dim sum, and travel to Cuba were all big in 2016. That is, at least, what location-intelligence company Foursquare found after it dug through its data from the past year. To create the following infographic, it combined user ratings, check-ins, and implicit ratings on both of its apps: Foursquare City Guide, where users …
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LONDON — Travel should be more than crossing attractions off a bucket list. It should be an opportunity to see some truly magnificent — and surprising — parts of the world. That’s why we have compiled a comprehensive list of lesser-visited destinations, whether they are natural or man-made spectacles, hidden wonders, or points of breathtaking …
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Brewery Halve Maan (Half Moon) created an innovative way to transport beer from the main brewery facility to the bottling facility two miles away. As of September 2016, the pipeline is now fully operational, sending 1,000 gallons of beer every hour. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story » read more …
You can’t expect negotiations with the French to be like negotiations with Americans, and the same holds true for every culture around the world. British linguist Richard D. Lewis charted communication patterns as well as leadership styles and cultural identities in his book, “When Cultures Collide,” which is now in a third edition. His organization …
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“The moment of immersion is a sensation of delight. Afterwards there’s a rush of energy and my entire body feels relaxed,” Mikhail Sashko said to Reuters earlier this year, describing what it’s like to plunge into freezing-cold waters. Sashko is the chairman of the Cryophile club, a cold-water swimming club located in the Siberian city …
Between booking a flight, paying for a hotel room, and going out to eat — gotta try the local cuisine! — travel gets expensive, quickly. And that’s before you even factor in sightseeing or nightlife. Add kids to the mix and you might as well kiss your cash goodbye. But you don’t need to take …
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If you want to join the ranks of billionaires like Richard Branson, the Barclay brothers, and media mogul John Malone, then you need to get your own private island. Luckily, there are many islands on the market for under $1 million, which means your dream of having a completely private vacation spot — far from …