Bundle Somebody marked the spot A pin, a stone, a row of cedars and a stretch of dead canal: places where the marker is modest and the reason is not.
Bundle Rooms furnished by an obsession Interiors that read as one person's collection, kept where you can walk through it.
Bundle The stay is the destination Places to sleep where the building, not the itinerary, is the reason to book.
Bundle You have to go inside Places where the whole reason to go is on the other side of the door.
Bundle Not built to be visited Places built for work or daily life that people cross countries to see anyway.
Bundle You would have walked right past Things whose whole pleasure is being told they're there.
Bundle Small enough that you always have it Things sized so the question of whether to bring them never comes up.
Bundle Small mercies for the trip Travel gear that each deletes one specific misery of getting there.
Bundle Old houses, restored to sleep in Historic villas, rectories and fincas brought back with care and opened to overnight guests.
Bundle Travel as a kind of attention Things at the seam between travel and noticing.
Bundle Places built around one idea A frozen bar, an anarchist gallery, a hotel room turned artwork, a building shaped like a basket — six places that committed to one idea completely.
Bundle Worth stopping the car for Detours worth pulling over for, plus the maps for planning the rest.
Bundle A room on working land Hotels set on a ranch, an orchard, a hillside or a wildlife reserve that still does its own work.
Bundle Worth the walk in Places you reach on foot, where one view or landform is the whole reward.
Flyover Country Point your phone out the window and the river below gets a name
Bundle Places on a longer clock Four places that keep time in centuries and continents, not hours.
Bundle The week's catch — July 5–12 The week's shortlist that hadn't yet found a home — gathered up before any of it slipped out of sight.
Bundle The week's catch — June 28–July 5 The week's shortlist that hadn't yet found a home — swept up before any of it slipped out of sight.
Valchoose Disposable Barf Bags Hospital-grade 1000mL vomit bags with a rigid plastic ring that holds itself open
Bundle A small atlas Eight places worth pointing to, each on a single specific note.
Bundle The geography is the program Four places where the geography does the work.
Finds
- Appricio A travel guide that tells you to skip the tourist trap
- NexTool Mini Sailor Lite A keychain multitool with pliers and scissors but no blade
- NOMOS Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer dark Change time zones with one push, and home time stays put
- Archie & Dennis Army Weekender A carry-on bag cut from surplus US Army tent canvas
- Ostrichpillow Original A pillow you wear over your whole head, with pockets for your hands
- Flyover Country Point your phone out the window and the river below gets a name
- Couchers.org Couch surfing rebuilt as a non-profit that has promised never to charge
- AeroPress Manual Coffee Grinder A hand grinder that stows inside the brewer
- MyRate FX What your bank actually charges, not the mid-market rate
- Babelio White Noise Machine A golf ball that fixes hotel-room silence
- Tactica O.200 Catch-All Mat A valet tray that rolls up and goes in the bag
- Unbound Merino x Carryology Meili Travel T-Shirt A lens cloth sewn into the hem of a travel tee
- CheapFoodMap A map of meals under $10, with the prices actually checked
- Infinity Packable Travel Bag 260 grams of empty bag for the trip home
- SteriPen Adventurer Opti A pen-sized UV wand that purifies water in seconds
- Detourmap 71,763 curious places, filterable by how obscure they are
- Outlier Injected Linen A linen blend that wrinkles into waves instead of creases
- UGREEN Airplane Phone Holder A MagSafe clamp that grips a tray table, headrest, or luggage handle
- RTIC Ultra Dry Duffle Pack A 60-liter duffle that's watertight down to the zippers
- Hackney Live quotes from Uber, Lyft, Waymo, Curb, and Empower side by side
- Parapack P-CAP A sun cap that folds into its own pouch
- LectroFan Alpha A 4-ounce rechargeable noise machine with non-looping sounds
- Logitech Mobi Fold A pocket-size folding mouse that runs 22 hours on a one-minute charge
- Vasco Translator V4 A pocket translator for 112 languages with free lifetime data built in
- Cushy Airplane Seat A packable cure for board-hard economy seats
- Moritz Goldschmidt on seeing the world The oldest source for a much-misattributed line
- DSPTCH Mono Sling A 9L commuter sling with a 3-way strap and a real water-bottle pocket
- Promate Sea Slender Rx Dive Mask A scuba mask built to take real prescription lenses, from $60
- Retractable Cable Luggage Lock A pull-out steel cable that locks through any zipper or handle
- Trovelo A private trip planner with no accounts, subscription, or servers
- Stitch Your Travels Passport Cover DIY Kit Soft leather passport cover you embroider yourself, no experience needed
- Floto Duffle Bag Italian leather duffle, 14 years and counting
- Magnetic Folding Chess & Checkers Set Walnut board with magnetic pieces — bumps don't tip the position
- Express Transit Which transit systems work with tap-to-pay in Apple Wallet, worldwide
- Valchoose Disposable Barf Bags Hospital-grade 1000mL vomit bags with a rigid plastic ring that holds itself open
- Anker Nano Universal Travel Adapter All four plug standards plus four USB ports in something the size of a deck of cards
- Pill Pod Daily pill case shaped like a pea pod