Savvy Traveler: A Line of Light Luggage

Whether you’re struggling to stay under the 50-pound checked-item limit, or the increasingly common 15-pound carry-on limit, every ounce counts! The TravellingLight™ series by Sea to Summit offers maximum durability with minimal weight. What we love about this line:  It’s feather light, yet outdoor trekker durable, thanks to Ultra-Sil™ fabric made from freakishly strong Cordura® […]

Travel as a Family: Life Lessons, with Luggage

You can describe an exotic or well-known travel destination to your children, but it’s not the same as stepping off the plane to let them smell, taste and feel another culture.   Ladia Cheng of Mundelein did just that. She wanted her teenage children to soak in her native Guam, so she packed them up […]

5 Great Low-Tech Travel Gadgets

Last May the clever folks at Condé Nast Traveler shipped three adventurers to Moscow in the dead of winter for an unusual hotel and restaurant scavenger hunt. The twist? One brought an iPhone. The second a BlackBerry. And the third an old-fashioned guidebook. And guess who won? The Luddite with the old school map and […]