Planning a vacation is never simple—and backpacking comes with its own set of challenges. It offers freedom, flexibility, and ...

As I sit in my friend’s apartment … she looks at me from across the couch and says, ‘I don’t know how you sleep at night.’” ...

Discover the art of backpacking with the Inter-Mountain Alpine Club (I-MAC) at its 2025 Backpacking School this April at ...

A number of tourists from Europe say they have been stopped at U.S. border crossings and held at U.S. immigration detention ...

Becky Burke, 28, was on a backpacking trip and deemed inadmissible to Canada. Burke was subsequently denied re-entry to the U.S. and detained, with her family and officials working to secure her ...

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I've spent years going on solo trips without suitcases. I pack essentials like umbrellas to make travel easy and my eye mask ...