If you’ve ever had the bad fortune to have your laptop die in another country while you were traveling, or have had to replace a stolen camera, you have learned first-hand about the strange world of international electronics pricing. If you’ve ever been to the airport in Hong Kong or Panama City and wondered why …

By Teresa Roberts Today I’m stepping back from the podium and handing the mic to the author of Finding the Gypsy in Me: Tale of an International House Sitter. You can reduce your budget by getting an overseas job, but with this job you get something besides money: a nice place to stay. Take it …

The year of 2011 was a fun and varied one for us over at Perceptive Travel, with lots of great narrative stories from book authors on the move. We kicked things off with stories from Wyoming, New York City, and Bhutan, with a unique slant on these destinations. So go check out the tales from …

I’m one of those old farts who traveled to Vang Vieng when you could count your fellow arrivals on two hands and when you could get a bungalow right on the beach on Ko Tao or Ko Chang in Thailand for $4 a night double. So I know what it’s like to feel that pang …

A few weeks ago I was out in California speaking at a convention for travel writers there and made my first visit to Huntington Beach, known as Surf City USA. There are surely others who would like to claim this nickname, but they don’t have the domain name SurfCityUSA.com, do they? Huntington Beach is in …