I packed for a 7-day trip to Canada with just a backpack. Here are 6 items I'm glad I brought and 4 I wish I had.

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A Business Insider reporter took a weeklong train trip with just a backpack for the first time and learned a few things about packing light.

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I've traveled beyond Japan's popular Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route. There are 4 day trips I'd actually recommend.

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The writer looking out at buildings in Wakayama, Japan.
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Alessa Hickman

I've been to all 50 states. These are my 6 favorite cities to visit in the spring.

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Emily sits on a picnic bench with a lake and red-rock formations behind her.
Moab, Utah, is one of my favorite US cities to visit in the spring.

Emily Hart

TSA lines in Las Vegas aren't long. Casinos are donating food and basics to agents to keep it that way.

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Picture of John Flynn helping unload meals for TSA agents in Las Vegas.
John Flynn helping unload meals for TSA agents in Las Vegas.

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I quit my marketing job to backpack Asia. Traveling alone gave me the confidence to take big career risks.

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Nuala O'Hanlon left a career she had been working on for 10 years to teach pilates and backpack.

Nuala O'Hanlon

The MyTSA app is one of the most-downloaded apps right now, and it's not even fully working

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A cell phone displaying a DHS travel alert screen appears in fron the of the DHS logo.
People are flooding to the TSA App to check on travel delays and wait times, but the government shutdown means you shouldn't trust its data right now.

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After visiting Florida for decades, I'd choose this gorgeous, uncrowded beach town over Miami any day

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The writer carrying her shoes and a bag onto a quiet beach in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Michelle Polizzi

Airlines are raising their prices as oil spikes. Here's how much extra you're going to pay now.

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A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER plane prepares for landing at the Capital International airport in Beijing on October 22, 2024.
A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777.

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I took my 81-year-old grandma on an international trip. It was great, but I wish I'd known more about traveling with an older relative.

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The author and her family posing outside the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
I traveled from the US to Canada with my 81-year-old grandma, and I wish I'd planned our trip better.

Emily Schlorf

This week's TSA chaos will look like 'child's play' if the shutdown isn't solved soon, Transportation Secretary says

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks during a panel at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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