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1. Couple Earns 1.8 Million Frequent Flyer Miles, Sets Out to Visit 100 Countries

   This is a reader profile. ( Read others or nominate someone to be featured .) Nate Buchanan and his wife Kara had been talking about traveling for years. They finally stopped discussing and started pl

2. How an Investment Banker Quit Her Job to Travel the World Solo

   This is a reader profile. ( Read others or nominate someone to be featured .) Kristin Addis seemingly had it all: lucrative banking job in sunny Southern California, and all the things that go with th

3. “Traveling Taught Me How to Be a Parent”: On the Road with Christine Gilbert

   This is a reader profile. ( Read others or nominate someone to be featured. ) Several years ago, Christine Gilbert packed up the kids and hit the road. She and her family have been roaming the world e

4. Ultimate 30 Day Challenge: One Man’s Quest to Eat and Train Like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

   This is a reader story. ( Read others or nominate a friend or yourself .) One of the best things about embarking on a quest is that it helps you create new habits and change your routine. Sometimes, i

5. California Man Buys an Entire Cow and Feeds His Family for a Year

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Sometimes the best part of a quest is when you wind up somewhere you never would have expected. For Jared Stone, he didn’t even think

6. Inspired by Strangers: How to Talk with People While Traveling

   This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) We all meet people on the road—it’s part of the fun of traveling. But for Marc Smith, his meetings on the road are especiall

7. How One Family of Four Created Enough Passive Income to Travel Forever

   This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Sharon Gourlay didn’t want to stop traveling as her family grew—so she gathered up her two kids and husband, then figured ou

8. Former Stockbroker Travels through Europe on $10 a Day

   This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Former stockbroker Tomislav Perko says he’s nothing special: just an everyday guy who lost his job, and decided to take a di

9. Travel Hacker and Ethical Fashionista: On the Road with Lauren K. Lancy

   This is a travel hacking case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Not only is Lauren Lancy a travel hacker, using miles & points to see the world and return home to New York, but she&#8

10. “If We Never Booked the Tickets, We’d Never Go”: On the Road with Serena Star Leonard

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Well into her third year of continuous travel, Serena Star Leonard and her husband John spend their days exploring the world and d

11. Learning, Connecting, and Asking : On the Road with Derek Loudermilk

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) A scientist turned world traveler, Derek Loudermilk has put research on hold, and discovered he loves waking up and going to work

12. Exploring Global Subcultures from New Orleans to Tokyo: On the Road with La Carmina

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) A law student turned global storyteller, La Carmina has put her love of seeing the world through a subculture lens into books, art

13. A Traveler Who Loves Coming Home: On the Road with Megan Cain

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) I love finding people who are able to incorporate travel into their lives without making it their whole life. Here’s how Meg

14. The Five-Year Road Trip: Two Adults and Two Teenagers Live Full-Time in an RV

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Dissatisfied with the typical suburban lifestyle, the Boyinks packed up their teenagers and hit the road. For the past five years,

15. Around the World on a Yellow Motorcycle: Leon Logothetis’ Quest

    This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Some people like a challenge. Some like a really big challenge. Leon Logothetis went for big when he decided to travel around the wor

16. Going Back to Kindergarten at Age 28: Melia Dicker’s Quest

    This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Have you ever wanted to go back to your school days knowing what you know now? In her part- Billy Madison style, part-personal develo

17. 40 Years Later, I Set Out to Walk the Camino de Santiago: Nancy Liddle’s Quest

    This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Nancy wasn’t sure she could complete an 850-kilometer walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. But she did, and discovered some

18. “We Don’t Know What it’s Like Not to Travel”: On the Road with Sarah Glashegal and Scott Haywood

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Sarah and Scott are at an exciting time in their lives: after incorporating regular travel into their routine, they’re now t

19. 30 Peaks Before Age 30: Ashley Gossen’s Quest

    This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) In The Sound of Music , Mother Reverend sang “Climb every mountain.” We’re not suggesting that was Ashley Gossen&#8

20. Taking a Travel Break Mid-Career: On the Road with John Fiddler and Kathleen Egan

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) John and Kathleen opted to take a mid-career break and travel the world under three tenets: sightseeing, athletics (trail running,

21. Building a Global Community One Beach at a Time: On the Road with Mirva Lempiäinen

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Mirva Lempiäinen fell in love with beaches of all kinds during college. Her passion caused her to build a career and friend base t

22. The Modern Day Swiss Family Robinson: On the Road with Sheralyn Guilleminot

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Sheralyn Guilleminot didn’t want to run the risk of never getting around to traveling the world. She and her husband Paul to

23. The Wall Street Banker Who Became a Monk: Rasanath Dasa’s Quest

    This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Sometimes when we get what we want, we realize we were wrong about our own ambitions. Rasanath Dasa spent his entire young adult life

24. Moving Your Family to Central America for 18 Months : On the Road with Annabel Candy

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) A popular travel blogger, Annabel Candy’s talents extend far beyond putting text to screen. When I heard about some of her a

25. “I have always sought to have autonomy”: On the Road with Evan Dufour

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) When I learned of Evan’s tale of medical woes in India, I wanted to hear more about his decision to travel the world before

26. Daily Life in a 180-Square-Foot Motorhome: On the Road with Mike Rigney

    This is a travel hacking case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Why does someone move out of a big house and into a motorhome? What lessons do they learn, and how does their life change? H

27. Internal Adventures: On the Road with Betsy and Warren Talbot

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself .) I met Betsy and Warren in Seattle—and then I promptly saw them again in Barcelona, Portland, and probably some other places. Like m

28. Finding Yourself in Thailand: On the Road with Alana Morgan

    This is a traveler case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself .) I stumbled across Paper Planes and was intrigued by Alana Morgan’s story of leaving the U.S. to live abroad. I asked her to tell us

29. Goodbye, Comfort Zone: On the Road with Marvin and Josephine Abisia

    This is a travel hacking case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) From Portland to Singapore—and probably a few other places—I’ve hung out with Marv and Jo on multiple continents. They

30. The Year-Long Honeymoon: On the Road with Jes Albro

    This is a travel hacking case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself .) I first met Jes way back in Minneapolis. She was one of the first readers of AONC! A couple years later, I saw her in New Yor

31. “It’s Only Life or Death”: Disaster and Opportunity Interview with John Unger

    This is the story of John T. Unger , a working artist who actually makes a good living. Despite the recession, each month in 2009 he’s made more money than in the same month last year, in additi