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Few things bring me more joy than seeing my next scheduled trip in my planner, but between flights, accommodations and excursions, traveling isn’t cheap. To avoid an extra credit card charge, I try to ...

It pays to get familiar with your hiking gear. If you've ever looked closely at the chest strap buckle on a hiking backpack, you may have noticed a small hole. It turns out that many hiking and ...

Overall, adults and children shouldn’t carry more than 15% of their body weight in a backpack. For a 60-pound (27kg) child, ...