Peter Kinney articles

You finally arrive at your hotel after a long travel day but then the front desk drops the bomb: your room is gone. They say you checked in too late, the hotel is sold out, and there’s nothing they can do. Hotel guarantees are trickier than they sound, and what happens next depends on details most travelers never realize matter.

One of the biggest surprises people have when they start looking at retirement abroad is just how far their money can stretch outside the US or Western Europe. Using cost-of-living data and retiree reports, we've figured out the 20 countries that are most affordable for retirees.

Public transit in the United States is famously uneven. In many parts of the country, owning a car is practically mandatory, but these are the 20 states that actually got public transit right.

You picked the seat. You paid extra for it. Then you board the plane and you’re somewhere else entirely. The short answer is yes, airlines can move you—but whether they should refund you or compensate you is where things get interesting.

Archaeologists may have solved the mystery of Peru’s 5,200 ancient holes, revealing a sophisticated Andean trade and accounting system carved into the mountains centuries ago.

Working abroad sounds amazing in theory, getting to experience a new culture, new paycheck, new perspective. In practice, though, everything hinges on one thing: the work visa. Based on expat reports, immigration policy data, and factors like demand for foreign workers and processing timelines, here are 20 countries that make getting a work visa easy.

At The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's plantation, the earth has just revealed a story long buried—literally. A recent discovery of enslaved worker's gravesites on Jackson's sprawling estate sheds new light on the history we often overlook.

From housing and healthcare costs to taxes and everyday living expenses, where you choose to spend your later years has a massive impact on how far your savings will go. Based on recent retirement cost analyses and data on savings needed to retire comfortably, here are the 20 most expensive states to retire in and how much you’d likely need saved to call that state home.

Most museum pieces sit quietly behind glass, harmless and historical. Then there are the others. Objects that carried weight in their time and somehow still do. Ancient cultures left evidence of their darkest beliefs.