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Horoscope June 2023: The Best Days to Travel, and Who to Travel With This Month

Professional astrologer Kirah Tabourn reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
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Singer Ayra Starr's Guide to Lagos

The Nigerian singer on her favorite Yoruba dish, late-night jazz club, and beaches around Lagos.

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We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.

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How I Travel: Rachel E. Cargle Has Great Advice for Solo Trips

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Queen Charlotte’s Arsema Thomas Listens to Otis Redding to Sleep on Planes

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Toni Collette Found Heaven on the Italian Island of Ponza

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Melissa McCarthy Wants You to Be Nicer to Gate Agents

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Brittany O’Grady Doesn’t Do Bougie

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Chelsea Handler Bought a First Class Flight with Babysitting Money as a Teen

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Regina Hall Likes a Small Hotel Room

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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How I Travel: Allison Williams Thinks Bare Feet on Planes Should Be Illegal

We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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The Lengths We’ll Travel for Beyoncé

Fans have been flying across the country—and world—and dropping thousands of dollars on tickets. Why? “I deserve it.” 
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Women Who Travel Podcast: When Camping Goes Wrong

In another listener dispatch micro-episode, Lale chats with Jamie about loving something you can't quite execute. 
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Eating Champorado in the Philippines

Host Lale Arikoglu hops on the phone with a listener in this micro-episode. 
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15 Long-Distance Sex Toys Your Partner Can Control From Anywhere

Proximity is no longer a prerequisite for pleasure.
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In Estonia, Saunas Are a Space for Women to Steam—And Heal

Saunas, an integral part of Estonian identity, are a space for women to wash away the shame cast over their bodies and commune over shared experiences.
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August 2023 Horoscope: How Travel Will Create Space for Self-Reflection This Month

Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Mountains, and the People Who Climb Them

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with documentary film director Jen Peedom and professional climber Sasha DiGiulian to talk about their respective high-altitude experiences. 
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Solo Travel, According to Rachel Cargle

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with the activist and author to talk about the joys of independence on the road.
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Women Who Travel Book Club: 11 New Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
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Saying Goodbye to Travel as I Know It—From the Mountains of Bhutan

Six months pregnant with her first child, writer Kaitlin Menza sets out on her last trip before motherhood.
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Sailing on the ‘Sylvia Earle,’ an Antarctica Expedition Ship Led By Women Scientists

Aurora Expedition's Sylvia Earle has crafted an itinerary that celebrates—and hires—women in marine science.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Plunging Into Britain's Wild and Frigid Waters 

Host Lale Arikoglu is joined by writer and wild swimmer Freya Bromley and unpacks the politics of nude bathing across the world with Dorthe Nors. 
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Women Who Travel Podcast: How to Travel With Friends, According to Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with the comedians to rehash their shared trips to Vegas, the Bahamas, and more.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Do National Dishes Really Exist?

Host Lale Arikoglu sits down with a few experts to discuss how food culture, borderless as it is, can get coopted by the state. 
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Can Vacation Sex Save a Relationship? Catherine Cohen Investigates

Just as her relationship hits rocky ground in Europe, the comedian checks in to a sex hotel