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If you’re interested in trip planning, our community has tens of thousands of Matadorians in hundreds of cities and – at last count, more than 80 – countries around the world. We’ve produced award-winning guides on everything from backcountry trails in the Sierra to obscure dive bars and food carts to super luxury hotels and rooftop bars.

We’ve also crowdsourced our community to find answers to some of the simplest but most important trip planning questions, such as the best time to visit and the over-hyped places / activites you should avoid.

We also have basic transportation guides, budget guides, and special notes on crossing borders.

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Budget + Backpacker →

Guide to traveling by local boat in northwestern Myanmar.

Photo Essay →

The perks of working at Lake Powell/Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Beginner's Guides →

When it comes to clothing for hiking, “cotton is rotten.”

Budget + Backpacker →

Cylindrical meat, hamster caskets, and dismembered bears.

Nightlife Guides →

I was vaguely aware of the city’s reputation for debauchery before arriving.

Travel Safety →

People greeted me with a hearty “welcome to Egypt!” or “you are welcome!”

Parks + Wilderness →

Awesome editing and evocative music make this travel video stand out.

Clubs →

This is not the place you had in mind when you thought of a good party in Amsterdam.

Luxury + High End →

A different perspective over the Theban Necropolis.

Budget + Backpacker →

Puerto Natales Chile is much more than a stopover on the way to Torres del Paine.

Trip Planning →

Practical tips and 3 recommended itineraries for first-time visitors.

Trip Planning →

Any stereotypes you enter with will be quickly discarded at the border.

Gay Travel →

Looking for love and huge drinks in Osaka's gay district.

Border Crossing Guides →

Feel self-conscious about your sweaty, unbathed, hammock-imprinted skin.

Accommodations →

Hitchhike to the southwestern Rila Mountains in Bulgaria.

Trip Planning →

Unlike at a banya or sauna, you are here to be bathed.

Trip Planning →

When traveling into the unknown, pack a snack and some water just in case.

Trip Planning →

Two flights arrive and depart from Chippewa County International Airport.

Marriage + Honeymoon →

"I had no idea what the hell the Orthodox priest was asking me."

Travel Safety →

Arguing the TSA's "nude body scanners" are ineffective as well as invasive.

Road Trip Guides →

Griffin Post navigates the 2,200 miles of treacherous ice and blacktop.

Trip Planning →

A sweaty how-to on Russian saunas in Brooklyn and Manhattan.