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1. Gogobot - Places users in "tribes" - Uses tribes to detect travel style - Recommends restaurants, activities, and lodging - Connects easily to major booking sites for quick reservations - Newly redesigned 2. Locish - Stray away from "one-size-fits-all" recommendations - Asks you preference questions when signing up - Allows users to ask each…

If you've ever driven for more than a few hours to get to your travel destination, you know that sometimes conversation runs dry, and there's only so much to say when all there is around you to discuss are trees, trees, and more trees. Especially when there are younger children involved.   To beat the…

Oh those Millenials, only caring about their iPhones, taking selfies, how many followers they have on Instagram and dismantling basic American traditions. And now, setting world records. Matt Guthmiller, a 19-year-old pilot, is currently attempting to be the world's youngest solo pilot to circumnavigate the globe. The MIT freshman has already flown from El Cajon, California,…

The fine folks at Matador Network compiled a must-have list of 25 items while you're traveling, and we've listed them here to better suit our more visual fans. Get packing!  

Imagine you're driving down Route 66, shopping the Mall of America or strolling through Times Square, and instead of seeing an ad for the next iPhone plastered on a mega screen or highway billboard, you see this painting by Roy Lichtenstein (below): This summer, 500,000 billboards and screens normally devoted to advertising products will be…

A good book functions as an escape to another world. This world can be magical, exotic, emotional or just in your own backyard -- no matter the location, it takes you there, if only for just a moment. Sometimes, a book pulls us so deeply into its world, that we're ready to check it out…

Urban settings can get in the way of seeing every star in the sky, but these Western destinations will get you far away from the city and a bit closer to the Cosmos. Death Valley National Park, California If you're looking for millions of acres dedicated specifically to wilderness and growth, Death Valley reserves 91%…

Climate scientists have recently contended that rising sea levels and other significant effects of human-induced climate change are threatening 30 national monuments throughout the United States. We've compiled a quick list of these destinations and the reasons they are at risk. 1. Kennedy National Space Center Recent storm damages have undone countless renovations to the…

500,000 acres in New Mexico have just been purchased to create the Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument.   The park will feature five mountain ranges, prehistoric art and historical sites such as the training area for the Apollo astronauts.   The park hopes to strengthen tourism and recreation with activities like hiking, camping,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4rKJaGQbcY   Heavy controversy is surrounding one Indian director's film idea for this year's Cannes Film Festival.   Rupesh Paul filmed a 90-second teaser trailer for a film he would call "The Vanishing Act" with the tagline "The untold story of the vanished Malaysian flight.”   Shortly after Flight 370 disappeared in early March of…