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Travel hacks, city guides and lessons learned on the road, written by the ShoobyUSA team.

  1. The Las Vegas Strip at night from above, with the Bellagio fountains lit up
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    3 Things You Must do Before Going to Vegas

    By Jen · · 5 min read

    Imagine Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. If you’ve only seen pictures, visualize the city of Las Vegas as the “classier” and “flashier” of the two. As soon as your car veers around the…

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  2. A rolled red tarp strapped to a backpack next to a San Diego Padres cap, grassland behind
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    Why A Tarp Is the Only Tent You Will Ever Need

    By Sonny · · 5 min read

    I kid you not–right before I left for my trip to South America, my Pops handed me a red 6’x8’ tarp.

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  3. Two travellers, arms around each other, looking out over an eroded badlands landscape
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    2 Swedes in the USA 12 Things We Learned

    By Olivia and Bob · · 4 min read

    If you are coming to the United States from another country, there are a lot of things that are different in the USA that you may not know of. We learned them during our…

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  4. Crowds around the Cloud Gate sculpture (“the Bean”) in Chicago’s Millennium Park at dusk
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    The Number 1 Drinking City in the USA

    By Erika · · 8 min read

    A big question at the top of everyone’s list when they are traveling to a new place is “Where can I grab a drink and have a fun time?” Well we have that answer…

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