US Travel Weekend Features Project

What it’s like on the world’s most crowded island, Santa Cruz del Islote, where more than 800 people live on a 2.4-acre outcrop

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Located off the coast of Colombia sits the world’s most crowded island, where more than 800 people are crammed into a 2.4-acre patch. Santa Cruz del Islote is a manmade outcrop and it was established by local fishermen in the 19th century as a base from which to cast their nets.  But over the years, … Read more

What it’s REALLY like to au pair for the uber rich: 24-year-old nanny lays bare her wildly lavish lifestyle working for ultra-wealthy families while traveling the world on private jets and yachts… and what it takes to land her job

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An au pair to the super rich has opened up about some of the perks of the job, which include flying around on private jets, vacationing on superyachts and not paying for food or accommodation.    Sami Jean, 24, who is from Prince Edward Island in Canada, has been an au pair for just over … Read more

Disney fanatic SLAMS park’s insane price hikes – revealing just how wildly ‘expensive’ a single day trip has become – suggesting vacationing overseas instead

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The happiest place on earth is also becoming the most unaffordable; with a Disney fanatic declaring it’s cheaper to take a family on an overseas vacation than visit the famous theme parks. Longtime Disney fan Jake Williams slammed the park as being ‘anti-consumer,’ noting the removal of some of the once-complimentary services adds hundreds of … Read more

Plane passengers rate their airline breakfasts – with ‘juicy’ sausages, mediocre coffee and unappetizing pancakes all among the mix

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A fleet of plane passengers have served up their verdicts on airline breakfasts, with ‘juicy’ sausages, mediocre coffee and unappetizing-looking pancakes among the mix. Offering their reviews in TikTok clips, the travelers film themselves tucking into their morning meals with each item also caught on camera.   Some have gone as far as ranking each dish, … Read more

Meet the luxury travel agent who plans ultra-lavish vacations for ‘thrillionaires’ – with some costing more than $44 MILLION – as he reveals one client wanted to detonate a NUCLEAR BOMB

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Ricardo Araujo, 45, started his company Ariodante Travel more than seven years ago A luxury travel agent, who plans trips for some of the world’s wealthiest individuals, has revealed how he has spent upwards of $44 million on a single vacation and sometimes the requests can be borderline bonkers.  Ricardo Araujo, 45, started his company Ariodante … Read more

Staggering videos capture the world’s most LUXURIOUS hotel suites from the point of view of their VERY wealthy guests – from a $38,000 penthouse in Sydney to an ENORMOUS $75,000 Las Vegas pad

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Butler service, unbeatable views and plenty of space to play with; these are just some of the perks that come with luxury hotel suites as these travel influencers reveal.  A number of TikTok creators have gone about seeking out the some of the world’s most expensive hotel suites, to offer their followers an exclusive peek … Read more

Inside Grise Fiord, the northernmost community in North America, with FOUR MONTHS of darkness, an annual temperature of -2.3F and no roads out

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Complete darkness for four months, freezing temperatures all year round and no trees; welcome to North America’s northernmost community.  Grise Fiord in Canada is located just 960 miles from the North Pole and while it sounds inhospitable, it has maintained a constant population since it was formed in 1953 and currently there are just over … Read more

Woman, 21, reveals what it’s really like to live on one of the most remote islands in the world – which has a population of just 50 PEOPLE and can only be accessed by boat ONCE a week

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Fishing, welcoming occasional cruise passengers, waiting for supplies to arrive and admiring nature – this is what life is like on one of the world’s most remote islands.  Torika Christian, 21, has been sharing snippets of her life on Pitcairn via TikTok and she tells DailyMail.com that the far flung outcrop in the southern Pacific Ocean … Read more

Welcome to the Polemart! Inside the world’s southernmost store in Antarctica that is only open THREE HOURS a week during winter

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Josiah Horneman lived at Antarctica’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station  In one of his TikToks, he takes people inside the base’s sole convenience store One of the fancier items on sale comes in the form of a waffle bath robe  By Sadie Whitelocks For Dailymail.com Published: 14:30 GMT, 6 January 2024 | Updated: 14:30 GMT, 6 … Read more

Los Angeles man who moved his family to Amsterdam WITHOUT a job says he found the ‘American dream’ in the NETHERLANDS

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A man who hustled to build a life for himself in Los Angeles has opened up about how he moved his family to the Netherlands without a job and realized he was wrong about the ‘American dream.’ Sky Govan, 38, from Chicago, has spent the past three years living in Haarlem, a city outside of Amsterdam, with … Read more