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A close view of a Qatar Airways engine

The Airlines Know More Than the Government

The most complete surveillance profile on you as a traveler isn't in a government database — it's sitting with your airline. And you handed most of it over voluntarily, in exchange for miles you'll probably never use.

Rooftops of Lisbon from a viewpoint

Need a Base? Pay Rent Twice

Everyone asks whether we have a home base. After 11 years and 120+ countries, the answer is still no, and the question itself reveals a lot about how most people think about this life.

The Himalaya seen from the air

The Membership Trick: How to Buy Insurance Without Buying Insurance

Some membership organizations include real travel insurance buried in their benefits. Here's how to find coverage you didn't know you'd already paid for — and what the fine print actually says.

A hotel shower with a glass screen, hand shower and towel rail in the Maldives

The Shower That Ends Everything

Your friend dies in your Airbnb. Her family sues. You have no renter's insurance. What nomads forget when they drop their homeowner's policy — and why the liability exposure abroad is bigger, not smaller.

The coastline below Chapman's Peak, near Cape Town

The Logo at the Rental Counter Is Lying to You

The familiar logo at the rental counter feels safe. In much of the world it’s a license, not a guarantee, and the local company at the next desk often treats you better.

Patan Durbar Square in the Kathmandu valley

If You Can’t Pay, You Don’t Fly

A helicopter off the Everest trail can cost $10,000 before breakfast, and it won’t take off until someone pays. What your policy has to say before you go.

Lee from the shoulders down on Princes Street in Edinburgh, Tom Bihn backpack on, hand on his Rimowa carry-on

Everything I Own: 10KG of Carry-On

Everything Lisa and I own fits in two carry-on bags. Here’s what’s in mine, what it weighs, and why nothing else has made the cut in eleven years.