Here’s the conversation I have most often with people who want to travel but haven’t yet taken the leap: they ask me if somewhere is “safe.” And the honest answer is almost always more complicated than they want it to be — because “safe” isn’t a binary condition, it’s a spectrum that varies by neighborhood,…

My phone’s home screen tells the story of how I actually travel, not how travel blogs say I should. There’s no shortage of “50 must-have travel apps” listicles online, and most of them are padded with apps nobody actually opens after the first trip. This isn’t that list. These are the apps that have survived…