Unpacked by Afar

Unpacked by Afar tackles one tricky topic in travel each week. Whether you want to hack your points and miles, figure out where to travel next, or need advice on an ethical dilemma, we're your expert travel guides. Because the travel world is complicated. We're here to help you unpack it.

Places & Travel
1
Feel-Good Friday: A Queer Dance Revolution, Do...
15 min
2
What My 96-Year-Old Grandmother Taught Me About...
35 min
3
Travel to Listen: The City That Made Prince
17 min
4
Feel-Good Fridays: A Road Trip, a Public Health...
11 min
5
Feel-Good Fridays: A Hidden India, a Celebrity ...
13 min
6
Travel to Listen: Why This Southern City Is Ame...
18 min
7
Feel-Good Fridays: Pottery, a History-Making Pi...
13 min
8
Towing With an EV: What Hundreds of Miles Down ...
11 min
9
Feel-Good Fridays: A New Series for Brighter We...
13 min
10
We Towed an Airstream Down the Oregon Coast Usi...
28 min
11
Unpacked, Five Questions: Why This Photographer...
18 min
12
Forget the Algorithm. Here's How to Actually Ea...
38 min
13
The Joyful Instrument That Became the Sound of ...
15 min
14
How Two Years of Phone-Free Travel Rewired the ...
40 min
15
In the Age of AI, This Is What Only a Travel Ad...
36 min
16
An Architect's California: From LA's Secret Gar...
42 min
17
He's Been Designing California's Outdoors for D...
42 min
18
The Naturalist Who's Been Decoding—and Painting...
47 min
19
Drama, Geopolitics, and Glory: Inside the World...
40 min
20
This Theater Was a Refuge for Queer Americans. ...
17 min
21
The Hidden History of the World's Most Powerful...
32 min
22
The Military Secret That Could End Your Jet Lag...
19 min
23
Beyond the Canals: An Insider’s Guide to Amster...
52 min
24
The Lowdown on 2026: Everything You Need to Mak...
61 min
25
Why Spain’s Star Chefs Are Setting Up Michelin-...
25 min