Mind the gap! That's the sign passengers see at London Metro stations, warning them to watch for the space between the platform and the subway car. But "mind the gap" is also a good advice for ...

Rolf Potts isn't even bringing a carry-on bag for his six-week journey. Aug. 20, 2010— -- Rolf Potts won't be worrying about luggage fees or lost bags as he travels around the world over the next ...

Rolf Potts might be the only U.S. traveler not obsessing over baggage fees. Not that the travel writer-author doesn't hate paying extra for luggage; it's that on his current journey around the world, ...

Rolf Potts isn’t in Kansas anymore. He’s off his beloved family farm, traveling the country. The road is the usual place to find Potts – he spent several years reporting from around the world during ...

Unlike when I first backpacked across Asia for two years on a shoestring budget a quarter of a century ago, 2022 sees a historically unprecedented wealth of useful travel information online (hey, like ...

Whether learning to windsurf on the Sea of Galilee or analyzing how Che Guevara is depicted in Cuba (answer: he is "both Jesus Christ and Ronald McDonald"), the travel writer Rolf Potts has made his ...

Rolf Potts, the author who inspired wanderlust in many, has mastered the art of ‘engaged travel,’ which makes you see home with fresh eyes. By Kelly DiNardo Rolf Potts didn’t have a passport until he ...

Rolf Potts is a writer best known for promoting an ethic of independent travel. His work, reported from over fifty countries, has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Slate, Conde Nast Traveler, ...