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Sick of paying carry-on fees? Get the Jaktogo … the special jacket that’s actually “wearable luggage.” According to the Jaktogo website, “ONLY FOOLS PAY FOR EXTRA LUGGAGE, CLEVER PEOPLE HAVE A JAKTOGO!!!” The Jaktogo is a multi-purpose jacket that secretly carries up to 33 lbs (15 kilos) of stuff in 14 mostly-hidden pockets. For just…
Do you like bootlegging liquor? Reason I ask: tons of music festivals coming up this month in Canada. Just three examples: Sep 11-16: Fredericton, New Brunswick hosts the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival featuring acts like Bruce Hornsby, Jill Barber, John Mayall, Maceo Parker, and Kathleen Edwards. Sep 13-16: Victoria, BC is hosting Rifflandia. Headlining…
Drink a lot? Wife locked you out? Here’s my MSN story on a tent/sleeping bag you wear as a jacket. WARNING: may contain Dutch ovens + hobos on the run. Lazy/hard-drinking campers: I’ve stumbled across your ideal tent. The JakPak is a jacket that hides a secret (and wearable) sleeping bag and tent. The JakPak…
Has this ever happened to you on a flight? You’re eating your ‘delicious’ in-flight meal, when the guy in front of you reclines his seat so far back, his hair tickles your nose. I call it space invading. And though it’s never a first class problem, it’s definitely common in the slums of economy. On…
CAMPERS OF THE WORLD: Why are your tents so boring? You’re not a dull, beige human, so why cloak yourself in a lifeless home that looks like you’re curling up in a one-colour coffin? Break free from MEC’s tyranny of bleak gray, khaki, and blue cocoons. Try something new this summer, like, say, a giant…
Enraged by hidden baggage fees? Want to know what your flight really costs before you’re forced to pay $20 or more to check your luggage? Now there’s an app for that. Farelogix has launched a smartphone app called IFlyBags. It lets you calculate baggage fees from 325 airlines around the world, based on the class…
Your dull flight to Cleveland is about to get wayyyy more social. In December, I wrote about KLM’s plans to let you pick your airplane seatmate by creeping on other passengers’ Facebook profiles. Their innovative/unsettling ‘Meet and Seat’ program will roll out some time in 2012, but only for KLM flights. Now a Hungarian startup,…
I travel a lot because I’m a world-famous, globetrotting travel writer (Translation: “I’m on the run from loan sharks and their thumb-breaking debt collectors”). So I book a ton of flights, using Travelocity and Expedia. But now that I’ve found Hipmunk, I never want to use either one again. Founded two years ago in San…
Here’s a fun way to choose where to travel next: don’t choose any direction at all. Instead, trust a pair of digital dice to direct your next adventure. They’re called Zufall (German for ‘random chance’) and it’s a simple way to keep yourself moving and exploring. First you download the app to your iPhone ($1.99)…
Ken Hegan 