6 sensational ways to see the world for free

Here is some of the best travel news and notes from around the Internet:

• I am mentioned in Yahoo Travel’s article about 6 sensational ways to see the world for free.  I am working my way through the 875 different global jurisdictions on the Most Traveled People website – I’m up to 70 and I should pick up a few more on our upcoming trip around the world!

• Miles per Day has some speculation about whether Chase had something to do with the recent Serve shutdown.
• I really liked this article about travel bloggers sharing their scariest moments on the road – there’s encounters with rabid dogs, guards with AK47s and then this gem –

I had been taking the overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, when the front compartments of the train jumped the tracks in the early hours of the morning

• This was a hilarious article about figuring out a loophole in Spirit Airline’s “no name change” policy.  You see… they don’t do name changes, but they DO process spelling “corrections”.  How many corrections does it take to get a name changed?  Well, you tell me!

Up for more travel news?  Here’s the previous installment: I’m pretty sure you should not use your passport as toilet paper