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Photo credit: @rachelrboice/TikTok – Many frustrated Airbnb customers have complained that the separate cleaning fee is a nuisance.

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Airbnb host finds unexpected benefits from not charging guests a cleaning fee

Heather Wake

2/7/2025
Students next to their garden project at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Atlanta

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Education, Innovation

From food deserts to oral cancer, these high school students are designing solutions for the planet’s toughest challenges.

Sarah Watts

9/11/2026
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Family, Parenting

10 no-cost, no-line things my kids love in Disney World

Evan Porter

1/31/2025
Photo credit: Upworthy – Talk about a meet cute.

Joy, Love Stories, Popular

Unlikely couple falls in love after man rents woman’s spare room as an Airbnb

Tod Perry

1/28/2025
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Culture, Joy, Popular

20-year-old nomad who chooses to live in a van shares how she stays safe and thrives on the road

Tod Perry

1/26/2025
Photo credit: Photo by Taylor Heery on Unsplash – People are right to complain about being charged a cleaning fee and being asked to do chores.

Community, Joy, Popular

We’ve been Airbnb hosts for 7 years. We agree—cleaning fees and check-out chores are bunk.

Annie Reneau

1/19/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Man praised for not switching seats with dad traveling with daughter

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Man praised for refusing to switch seats with a dad who was traveling alone with his daughter

Jacalyn Wetzel

1/15/2025
Photo credit: Photo credits: @eliapocalypse (screenshot), Abdullah Ghazanfar (photo) – Simple acts of kindness are sometimes the most impactful.

Community, Joy

Couple on a bullet train joyfully ducking for a stranger’s photo brings joy to millions

Annie Reneau

1/13/2025
Photo credit: Canva – Avoid common faux pas on airplanes with these unwritten rules.

Community, Joy, Popular

The ‘middle seat rule’ and other unspoken airplane etiquette passengers should know

Annie Reneau

12/31/2024
Photo credit: @babygriffin/TikTok – Bless this flight attendant.

Education, Learning, Popular

Woman says flight attendant’s ‘hot cup’ trick saved her from excruciating airplane ear

Heather Wake

12/27/2024
Photo credit: MySwitzerland/YouTube – Roger Federer and Trevor Noah filming a Swiss tourism ad

Celebrity, Pop Culture, Popular

Trevor Noah and Roger Federer board the ‘wrong train’ in perhaps the greatest tourism ad ever

Annie Reneau

12/12/2024
Photo credit: Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash – Airfares have skyrocketed, but there are deals to be had if you know how to search for them.

Education, Learning, Popular

10 tips for saving on plane tickets, even when prices are bonkers

Annie Reneau

11/24/2024
Photo credit: via Visit Sweden (used with permission) – A Swedish woman taking things into her own hands.

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Education, History (Education), Popular

Sweden makes stunning decision to trademark its name to avoid confusion

Tod Perry

11/19/2024
Photo credit: Sailing Adrift Studios/Instagram – Kim Press drops free art in random places for unsuspecting wanderers to find.

Art, Joy, Popular

Pottery artist leaves gorgeous, handmade bowls in random places for people to stumble upon

Annie Reneau

11/16/2024
Photo credit: RM21 at Dutch Wikipedia – One hopes that this representative image of a cat in a shipping box is not an accurate depiction of Suzette's adventure.

Culture, Joy, Popular

Retired San Francisco couple moves to France, finds ‘too much grief’ in land of wine and cheese

Greg Sullivan

11/6/2024
Photo credit: Emily Calandrelli/Twitter – Emily Calandrelli was stopped by TSA agents when she tried to bring her ice packs for pumped milk through airport security.

Family, Motherhood, Popular

Mom’s humiliating airport security experience shows why breastfeeding education is needed

Annie Reneau

10/13/2024

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