Category: Travel

At the Speed of Light: How to Travel Lightly with Everything you Need

Kevin Gracia

People love to travel. The only problem is that they don’t know which to pack, usually. There have been stories of people packing the wrong things and only realizing it when they unpack. A trip to the store will usually solve this but it can be a troublesome problem if you’re a backpacker traveling not only light, but also traveling cheap. To realize your backpacking dreams, here are what you should bring. This is also a help towards realizing how to travel light properly. 1|Determine your carrying capacity The first thing to do…

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The All-Time List: The Best Airplanes in the World

Kevin Gracia

When you travel in the air on airplanes, don’t you find yourself wondering what makes them fly? Airplanes are a marvel of engineering that we have to thank the Wright brothers for. They have evolved from simple string and pulley machines to the large, jet-engine marvels we see today. They have changed the course of travel as well as the way wars are being fought as well. These planes are here to stay, for the better or worse of humanity. This list is about the planes that are at the top for…

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Safe Travels: How to Travel Alone Safely if you’re a Woman

Kevin Gracia

Traveling is pretty straightforward but not if you’re a woman traveling alone; there have been too many horror stories involving women tourists traveling to other countries on their lonesome. Some have gone off the established path and have ended lost or, worse, dead. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t travel alone if you’re a woman; it just means you should be careful. To help women traveling alone instead of stopping them outright, here is a compiled list of what you should do if you’re a woman traveling alone for the first time. First: Do your…

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Hall of Shame: The Worst Airports in the World and How to Avoid Them

Kevin Gracia

This is one list you definitely don’t want to belong to. Truth be told, some airports are shining examples of efficiency and effectiveness, but this list isn’t dedicated to them. To be fair, the airports included here have a big responsibility—and chance—to become better. Besides, if you’re down, there’s no way to go but up, right? The airports here are full of chances to become infinitely better. For now, though, they belong in the list of the worst. Whether they’re full of temporary structures or just plain bad, here are…

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Air Superiority: Where to Find the Best Weekend Air Shows

Kevin Gracia

Weekends present a rare opportunity for the family to get together. Some prefer to go someplace to spend time with their family; others prefer to just stay at home and invite people at their home. There are some who would rather watch weekend airshows, and perhaps, on the way there, find some surprises on the road. Weekend airshows are happening all over the country and elsewhere in the world. If you want to check some of them out, here they are and the places where they happen. Bornemouth Air Festival Dorset (UK) Let’s head…

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Flying First Class: The Best Airlines to Fly On

Kevin Gracia

Traveling first class may not be for everyone, but it’s surely an experience to remember if you can afford it. It always has the best for everyone who travels availing of it; you can experience a completely different treatment and a whole other level of service. One of the issues, however, is that you need to pay a premium price for it. There are airliners that offer the best first class, but the more important fact is economy-class flights that feel like first class. Here they are. Air New Zealand (AirlineRatings.com) AirlineRatings have…

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Travel in Class: The World’s Top Airports of 2018

Kevin Gracia

In the discussion for the best airports in the world, Singapore is one of, if not the, top airports in the world. That’s a big distinction right there—to be included in the best airports in the world. However, to get there, a right combination of efficiency, cleanliness, and orderliness needs to be present. It’s not that hard to do if you have the will to complete it. The best airports in the world almost always are found among the best countries in the world. Here are a few of them. Changi Airport, Singapore. Singapore’s airport welcomes…

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A Different Kind of Fame: Celebrity Pilots and their Planes

Kevin Gracia

Celebrities definitely live in a whole other level above us. Where we can only dream, they can buy or get in a snap. Some celebrities, however, will take it on another level altogether; these celebrities spend their free time learning how to fly, to touch the sky literally. These celebrities have licenses to fly their own planes and are actually good at doing it. From actors and actresses who portrayed people who have flying machines in movies to people who got inspired watching airplanes fly, here they are. Angelina Jolie plane: Cirrus SR22 It…

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The Annual Oshkosh Air Show: Famous Planes from the Annual Event

Kevin Gracia

At a loss for a weekend activity? There are airplane shows that are held over the weekend. That’s a good way to spend some free time. These weekend air shows are quite something; the pilots can land precisely how you’d imagine them, while the plane are nothing short of works of art and a marvel of engineering in their own right. These planes have definitely earned the right to be included in this list. From the technologically advanced to self-made wonders, here they are. Boeing 747-LCF The LCF stands for ‘Large Cargo Freighter.’It’s…

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