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