Hope everyone had a great New Year and I am super excited for a great 2015! So after the incredible success of my South Pole trip, I have decided that I am going to the North Pole and I am organizing a trip to the North Pole on April 13-14 out of Longyearbyen in Svalbard, […]
FOX Business Segment on the South Pole Etc.
January 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Here is a FOX Business segment I did live yesterday, December 31, 2014 for the show Money with Melissa Francis; which I appear on regularly. This show was guest hosted my my buddy Adam Shapiro. We chatted about how I made it to the South Pole, changes to frequent flier programs moving ahead in 2015 […]
South Pole Segment on Good Day New York
December 29, 2014 by 1 Comment
This morning I appeared live for a South Pole segment on Good Day New York on FOX 5 in New York. This is the biggest morning show in New York and my favorite show to be on. We talked about how I made it to the South Pole and other travels such as my adventure […]
South Pole Video
December 26, 2014 by 7 Comments
It’s the day after Christmas so exactly one week since my friends and I stood at the bottom of the world. My good friend Patrick put together this amazing South Pole video. It’s a great watch and really captures the experience of the day from the nervous excitement and anxiety, to relief, to pure elation […]
The 30 Best Airports in the World
November 20, 2014 by 21 Comments
A couple of months ago I wrote a post called the 30 best airlines in the world and it was inevitable that I’d do the 30 best airports in the world at some point. After traveling a lot in the last few months and dealing with both good and awful airports-I felt the time was […]
Qatar Airways Business Class
November 19, 2014 by 11 Comments
Qatar Airways is one of the best airlines in the world. In fact, earlier this year I named it one of the 30 best airlines in the world at #6. You may or may not know much about Qatar or Qatar Airways but you should and you will in the coming years. The tiny Middle […]
Marrakech is a Must Visit for Travelers
November 14, 2014 by 16 Comments
Marrakech, Morocco is one of those places that a traveler has to go at some point in their lives. There is an almost mythical, ancient Tuareg connotation to the name and the modern day city is both what you’d expect and also completely different. Marrakech has an old core that really hasn’t changed too much […]
Raffles Hotel Istanbul
November 10, 2014 by 17 Comments
The Raffles Hotel Istanbul is the epitome of what a luxury hotel should be. The Raffles Hotel Istanbul is one of only 11 Raffles properties around the world and only the second one that I’ve stayed in (Singapore was the other). I was floored by how awesome my stay was. It wasn’t just because of […]
5 Awesome Things to do in Izmir
November 7, 2014 by 20 Comments
Izmir, Turkey is a city that I visited way back in March 2001. I remember thinking that it was a boring industrial city that was a good midpoint between Istanbul, Ephesus and the great Turkish coast to the south. I never gave much thought to going back to Izmir. However, as luck would have it […]
The 30 Best Second Cities in the World
November 5, 2014 by 29 Comments
Visiting Thessaloniki, Greece about a week ago gave me an idea for a new 30 best list called the 30 best second cities in the world. Everybody knows the biggest cities in most countries but not everyone knows the second cities. If you recall I did a 30 best cities in the world post that […]
