With the recent furor over whether Thomas Khonstamm lied or embellished in his Lonely Planet guidebooks, I feel like I must get something off my chest.I tell people I’ve been to Ireland, but I've never really been there. 

When sharing with others the list of countries...

National Geographic Traveler is awful.  I've had a subscription for about 9 months and will not be renewing it.  There are too many short snippets of travel in each issue, and besides some good photography, there is nothing memorable that I can remember between these yellow covers.  It...