Travel Tips – Flung

What the Experts Are Traveling With this Summer

Flung — Mon, 21 May 2018 10:56:06 +0000

With a serious summer travel season just ahead of us, we decided to reach out to some of our favorite travel professionals–writers, editors, photographers, and guides–to find out what’s new in their suitcases this year. Their travel essentials span luggage, camera accessories, shoes, and toiletries, all expert tested and approved. See below for your new shopping list… Osmo Mobile 2 Smartphone Gimbal “My summer love affair is with my new DJI Osmo Mobile 2 ($129). As a multimedia journalist, […]

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How To Navigate Ride-Hailing in Singapore (and all of Southeast Asia)

Sarah Stodola — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 02:55:11 +0000

When it comes to world travel, Uber and its orbit of competing ride-hailing apps have introduced a new ease into getting from point A to point B in unfamiliar places. No longer do you need to know how to get where you’re headed, speak the local language, nor even to have any local currency on you to get there. In addition, there’s an added layer of safety, especially for solo female travelers, in having the driver’s info on record. In […]

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The Great Passport Photo Fail of 2017

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:21:44 +0000

We’ve all been around technology long enough now to know that even as it can improve our daily lives, it can also add untold headaches. Such is the lesson to keep in mind as I recount my journey this past summer to produce a photograph worthy—by the standards of the US Government—of representing me in my new passport. The journey was complicated from the outset by my desire as a marginally vain human to produce–by the standards set by me— a […]

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13 Fall Shoes for Wandering the World’s Cities

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:52:23 +0000

For me, “travel shoe” has never meant running shoe or Teva. Maybe because in my early travel years I tended to travel to great world cities, I always wanted to look like I belonged in that cosmopolitan place, even as I ogled the must-see sights will other the other tourists. So fashion-conscious, yes, but I’m still heel-averse, and have therefore become adept over the years at tracking down the comfy walking shoe that’s still got some cool. Loafers, ankle boots, […]

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What You Need To Know About the Laptop Ban [UPDATED]

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 16 May 2017 22:11:19 +0000

Update, May 18, 2017: After a meeting yesterday between US and EU officials, the ban on electronics on flights from Europe to the United States seems to be on hold, at least for the moment. We’ll update this page again when more news is available. The United States Department of Homeland Security is widely expected to implement a ban on all carry-on laptops, tablets and other electronics on flights to the U.S. from Europe. The ban would look much like […]

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4 Crucial Things No One Tells You About Visiting Machu Picchu

Johanna Read — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:26:10 +0000

Flung relies on online advertisements to fund our mission. If you appreciate what we’re doing, please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. There’s lots of information about touring Machu Picchu available online, but very little of it offers up what you really need to know to get the most out of a visit to these magnificent Incan ruins. This is by design–tour operators and guides want you to hand over your wallet with your worries. While a tour […]

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What To Expect During a Layover at Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:53:24 +0000

Riding down the escalator into London Heathrow Terminal 5’s main waiting and shopping hall, I heard a man behind me quip to his companion, “Can you believe this is the new terminal?” I turned around and said, “This terminal is new?” We shared a chuckle. Nothing about the space we inhabited felt as recent as it apparently was. It felt instead scattershot, like a space that was built for one purpose but re-appropriated for something else. Seating appeared crammed, shops […]

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