J. Clarke articles

For decades, corporate travel departments have managed one number above all others: money. Employees could fly to a conference, visit a client, or bring a remote team together as long as the trip fit the company’s financial rules and someone was willing to pay for it. Increasingly, companies are adding another number to the equation: the greenhouse gas emissions created by the journey.

For plenty of Americans, moving abroad has shifted from a daydream to something they are actively researching. Expatsi’s 2024 report drew responses from 116,363 Americans interested in leaving the country, with 54% hoping to relocate within six months to two years. Their preferred destinations range from nearby Canada and Mexico to Mediterranean favorites and some much farther-flung possibilities.

American food is much broader than burgers and apple pie. Travel across the country and you can encounter everything from cornmeal porridge to pork scraps molded into a breakfast loaf. Many visitors happily embrace these regional specialties, but international reaction roundups show that others find certain flavors, textures, and combinations genuinely baffling. These are the American foods that can turn an adventurous tourist's first bite into their last.

A family trip changes when adult children have serious partners, but the surprise still matters. Your children may see their partners as part of their lives, yet adding people to a trip you are financing without asking raises a separate question about money and courtesy.

You checked out and expected the money part to be over. Yet hotel “security deposits” can linger because the normal wait depends on whether you are seeing a temporary authorization, a completed charge, or a refund.

For a brief moment, it looked as though the era of the corporate road warrior might be ending. The pandemic forced companies to replace flights with video calls, while climate targets gave executives another reason to question whether every meeting really required an airport. Many large businesses subsequently announced plans to reduce travel emissions, and some made specific commitments to keep flying well below pre-pandemic levels.