Travel
by Max Miller Design by Chris Kim The Carnival Cruise Line has been having a pretty rough year. A number of incidents has forced them to offer Motel 6-like rates to potential customers. These days, the things you do on a typical cruise are very different than the things you do on a Carnival Cruise. This graphic helps highlight that. ...
by Matt Shirley Amusement parks aren't all about fat people and unsupervised kids. There are a ton of other unique challenges to navigate as you spend more and more of your life at the local theme park. And remember: YOU'RE HAVING FUN DAMN IT. ...
International Airport Baggage Report infographic by Boldface. There is nothing worse than having your awesome vacation ruined by a lost bag. I'm not sure this graphic will help soften the blow of any previous lost luggage disasters, but at least it will help you statistically analyze who you should scream at the next time you arrive at your destination bagless. Via Visual.ly ...
by Julie Zeveloff Gallup is out with its latest batch of "well-being" data, and a new city has fallen to the lowest spot in the rankings. This year, Charleston, W.Va. ranked lowest on the pollster's index of well-being in metropolitan areas. It displaced Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio, which came in last place the previous two years. The index ranks well-being by averaging scores in six categories: Life evaluation, emotional health, work environment, physical health, healthy behaviors, and access to basic necessities. via Business Insider ...
Are you planning on a relaxing cruise this summer? It's a great idea if you're looking for a flaming, disease-ridden, poop-covered megaship pitching crazily through the storm-tossed oceans until it finally hulls itself and sinks. Attentive news consumers will have noticed that the cruise industry has suffered a few remarkably embarrassing and public mishaps, but in fact terrible cruise liner catastrophes go back all the way to the Titanic (which we couldn’t possibly not mention in the context of a cruise ship disaster article) and some rank among the worst civilian maritime accidents of all time. Strap on a ...
Whether you're a music festival rookie on the road to liberation or one of those seasoned veterans who looks like he's always on the way to a festival, there are a few things you need to know before heading to the madness. Essentially a mishmash of camping, concert-going and frightful encounters of misplaced trust with evil hipster clowns, festival season is a time for losing yourself in the music and then losing your wallet, backpack, cell phone, friends and eventually, your mind. Don't let your first festival experience be one to regret, but instead enjoy yourself knowing you came prepared (as much as possible). And if you missed the first weekend of Coachella but are ready to rock weekend ...
