• Travel Tips

    Flying on Christmas Day: How to Get Significantly Cheaper Fares

    December 25 is one of the cheapest days to fly during the entire holiday season. Not one of the most expensive — one of the cheapest. Most travelers get this completely backwards. The expensive days are December 22, 23, and 24, when everyone scrambles to reach family before the main event. By December 25, those same travelers are already sitting around a Christmas tree or eating a big meal. The planes still fly. Most seats are still available. Airlines drop prices to fill them. Here is how to use that window before it closes. The December 25 Price Drop Is…

  • Europe

    Stop falling for the ‘Tuesday’ myth and other YYZ to YVR flight lies

    Flying across Canada is a scam, but we keep doing it because driving across the Prairies for three days is objectively worse. I’ve done the YYZ to YVR run more times than I can count—mostly to visit my sister in Kitsilano or to convince myself I’m a ‘mountain person’ for a weekend—and I’m tired of seeing the same recycled advice from people who clearly haven’t stepped foot in Pearson Terminal 1 since 2015. The Tuesday myth is a flat-out lie I don’t care what some ‘travel influencer’ told you on TikTok. Booking your flight on a Tuesday at 3:00 AM…

  • Europe

    Stop overpaying for Vancouver hotels: A brutally honest guide from someone who lives here

    Most people coming to Vancouver get absolutely fleeced on hotels. They see a picture of a mountain from a window, hand over $600 a night, and end up sleeping in a room that hasn’t been renovated since the 2010 Olympics. I’m tired of seeing it happen. I don’t work for a tourism board, and I’m definitely not getting a commission from these places—I just spend way too much time in hotel lobbies and bars because my apartment is tiny and I like nice linens. The “Castle” is a trap (and other things I’m not supposed to say) Let’s talk about…