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Travel offers a deeper understanding of the world and I try as often as I can to make the leap from tourist to Insider. And that requires a commit...

These books, along with an insatiable desire to explore, led me down an unconventional path to world travel, exciting (and sometimes insane) adven...

I love cycling and pushing my physical limits, but I'll admit that my training tends to drop off around the holidays. Winter weather hits, I don't...

Last week our Cuba Trip Expert Lara and I returned from our annual Cuba "dry run," where we prepared for our upcoming Backroads Cuba trips startin...

Here's the first thing you should know: how you perform at high altitude can have very little to do with your fitness level. So let yourself off t...

As a die-hard fan and season ticket holder for the Oakland A's, I can usually be found in the bleachers behind our star left fielder Yoenis Cesped...

Have an upcoming ski trip? Headed out of town after the new year? Traveling with kids and family this winter? Does the thought of packing for the ...

When I started working at Backroads this past June, I had never been on a road bike in my life. But this October, I joined 230 of my coworkers at ...