Due to a combination of circumstances, I have taken over twenty plane flights this year. I do not recommend this and will try not to replicate it in the future. I have, however, learned a few things about life during my Year of Flying Constantly. And now I'm sharing them with you.

Summer is the perfect time to take a trip. Sometimes, just knowing that you have booked a plane ticket can get you through a shitty work day. So why have researchers found that people who go on vacation don't feel any better than those who stay home?

A summer jaunt with your friends can be a source of beautiful memories — or an expensive deathmarch of awkwardness and acrimony. Here's how to make sure it's the former.