"Fresh" off a traumatic holiday travel season, plenty of flyers are reflecting on airlines' latest nose-dive. After my own prolonged customer service experience ( albeit an entertaining one) I reflected on air travel's idyllic past, its debilitated present, and what basic steps can be taken to navigate its seemingly nightmarish future. by GABRIEL HUNTTING It's the day before Christmas, and I'm stuck on the phone with a particularly unique Delta customer service representativ

Pandemic be damned, for the past year international party-goers have anointed Tulum as the unofficial party-capital of the COVID-19 era, but for less-hedonistic travelers, this unique, once-charming Mexican beach town is nothing more than another overpriced disaster. What makes Tulum so polarizing, how did this happen so quickly, and is it worth your visit? By GABRIEL HUNTTING Let's not kid ourselves-- Tulum is a blast. Tulum is also, at times, "utterly terrible." These two

Exploring Hanoi for the first time can feel like you’ve been warped into a hazardous game of human "Frogger." But once you get the hang of Vietnamese jaywalking, this beautiful city with a complicated past will challenge you as a traveller and change you as a person. By Gabriel Huntting For any right-minded traveler , the beeping, zooming legions of Hanoi's motorbikes can turn crossing the street into a harrowing dose of daily trauma. There are so many, the city is attempting