Eric Weiner

The Shrink-Wrapped Traveler

Welcome to the Buddha Zen hotel, where the options are few and the travelers are happy

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Vulture Tourism and the Allure of ‘Pre-Disastered Destinations’

When disaster strikes a country, is it time to visit?

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Introducing Choice Air

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Finally, in 2012, comes an airline where you don't pay for any services you don't want or need. Including smiles.

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Tags: Air Travel, Humor

Seven Lessons From the Great Volcano Shutdown of 2010

What should we learn from the historic grounding of thousands of flights?

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Post-Trip Funk (PTF)

On the malady's treatment and symptoms, which include a marked tendency to pick up one's home phone and ask for reception

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Why Tourism is Not a Four-Letter Word

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On travel snobbery -- and why paying 30 bucks to get pummeled by a guy named Mustafa isn't such a bad thing

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Don’t Mess With My French Toast!

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On the meal that grounds us in our home culture, even on the other side of the globe

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Happily Adrift in Airworld

On his love for the places so many hate, from Amsterdam's Schiphol to Doha International

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Escape From Thamel

On hawkers, banana pancakes and tourist ghettos from Kathmandu to Bangkok

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From Bhutan to France: Gross National Happiness

On the intersection of place, politics and culture

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Post-9/11 Airport Security: Do You Know Where Your Dignity Is?

On the intersection of place, politics and culture

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Can Professor Gates Blame Jet Lag?

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Eric Weiner says altered circadian rhythms may explain how a minor confrontation escalated into a national brouhaha

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A Traveler’s Fine Whine

On the intersection of place, politics and culture

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Travels in the ‘Real Iran’

Travels in the ‘Real Iran’ REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

On the intersection of place, politics and culture

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Travel That Counts—or My Passport Is Better-Stamped Than Yours

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On the intersection of place, politics and culture

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