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Lauren Mack

Lauren Mack has traveled to 40 countries on five continents, including Cuba, New Zealand, Peru and Tanzania. For many years, she called China, and then Taiwan, home. Countries at the beginning of the alphabet, particularly Antarctica, Argentina and Australia are on her travel bucket list. Lauren is a multimedia travel and food journalist and explorer based in New York City.
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11 cities where hostels are your best bet
Once havens for budget-conscious backpackers, more and more travellers are turning to hostels as their homes away from home,...
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8 reasons you’re never too old to stay at a hostel
Hostels aren’t just a backpacker’s best friend or for college-aged travellers. While there are certainly hostels out there that...
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Air travel tips for new parents
What you need to know… Travelling with babies and toddlers can be a test of patience from takeoff to...
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Bleisure is the new black: How to plan the ultimate business trip
You check your work email at the beach and take business calls at home, so why not add some...
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Dubai dining tips from some of the city’s best chefs
As Dubai gets ready to host the Dubai Food Festival Feb. 25 to March 12, we talked to some...
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Top 10 airports for an impromptu photo shoot
Terminals that evoke the 1970s and standard boarding gates may not seem like the best places for a photo shoot...
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To buy or not to buy: Travel insurance tips
You have booked the trip of a life time or just scored a cheap last-minute getaway, selected your seats...
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QUIZ: Slang around the world: Test your trav-ocabulary
Do you know your jandals from your babbelas and your tekkies? Test your trav-ocabulary. There are upwards of 7,000...
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How to get paid to travel
Getting paid to travel…sounds like a dream, but it is reality for tens of thousands of travelers who combine work...