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Calgary, Alberta Has Suddenly Became a Craft Beer Mecca In the travel world, Calgary is best known as “that city you fly into before driving to Banff.” Calgary will never be called a cosmopolitan city. It’s not very trendy. Its nightlife is virtually non-existent. But there’s one thing Calgary does have: a shocking number of…

The Big Island’s “Green Sand Beach” is one of only four green sand beaches in the world. The beach is officially called “Papakolea Beach”. It looks like a mouthful. But like most Hawaiian words, you’ve just got to sound it out. It sounds exactly like it’s spelled: “Papa Koe Lay Ah”. Easy. Want to visit…

Napa is famous for its wine. But wineries in Napa aren’t very fun. They’re filled with old, miserable, rich white people. They’re stupidly expensive. Most require reservations. Most treat you like shit as soon as they realize you’re not signing up for the wine club. That’s why I traveled all the way to wine country,…

Christina Lake, British Columbia is a true hidden gem of the British Columbia interior. It’s not as well-known as Okanagan Lake. It’s not packed with Albertans like Shuswap Lake. Sure, it may take a little longer to drive there from Vancouver or Calgary. But the remoteness is part of the appeal – and Christina Lake…

I was lucky enough to spend the winter of 2017/2018 in Carpinteria, California. During my visit, the town got evacuated numerous times due to forest fires, then again to mudslides a few weeks later. Coming from BC, I thought I knew mudslides and forest fires. Nope. The Thomas Fire would end up being the largest…

Airbnb is amazing when it works as intended. Airbnb is horrible when it doesn’t. How do you separate good rental properties from bad rental properties? I’ve stayed in about 100 Airbnbs over the last decade. Today, I’m highlighting some of the best tips for booking the best and cheapest Airbnb rental units like a professional….

Picture this: you’ve just booked a ticket to one of your bucket list destinations. You’re pumped for the trip. Then, you Google it and see words like “overrated”. Yes, there are plenty of overrated tourist attractions in the world. I already listed a bunch of them – from the Mona Lisa to Plymouth Rock. But…

If you’ve ever had Budweiser, then you can thank a Czech city called Ceske Budejovice. This 800-year old city is home to around 100,000 people. It’s also home to the Budweiser factory. Ceske Budejovice, or “České Budějovice” as it’s written in Czech, isn’t overly touristy. However, I found it to be a friendly, pretty town…

Peyto Lake is that lake you see and don’t believe it’s real. In photos, Peyto Lake just looks ridiculously pretty. It doesn’t look real. It looks like the kind of lake you need to hike multiple days to find. In reality, Peyto Lake is a 5-minute walk from a major highway. It’s stupidly easy to…

Edenton, North Carolina played a crucial role in North Carolina history. Today, however, Edenton is a sleepy, waterfront town dwarfed by the metropolises in central North Carolina. Home to around 5,000 people, Edenton isn’t on many people’s bucket lists. Thanks to a travel contract, however, I spent several months in Edenton and discovered a part…