It may not sound like much, but when you’re stuck in cattle class for 20+ hours from London to Sydney you’ll know just how important it is to choose an airline that has ‘comfortable’ seats. I found a post ranking the most comfortable economy class seats that I’m sharing with friends and bookmarking, or at least imprinting the results in my conscious mind. There’s also a video making the rounds about ‘secret seats‘ or seats that offer more legroom and a bigger recline than others in coach, but nobody really knows about them: it’s worth checking out as well.

I came across these pictures of oases (via Listanity), which was the perfect way to finish up a rather stressful day. To be quite honest I wouldn’t mind taking a week off just to chill out; Siwa or Ein Gedi would suit me just fine!

There are hotels that don’t deserve to be open to the paying public, nice hotels, good hotels, classy hotels and expensive hotels. But to be honest about it, a hotel is a hotel, often no more than a bland corporate nonentity with varying degrees of quality. So if budget wasn’t an issue you’d want to stay somewhere different, possibly non-branded, off the beaten track, a place where you can really relax. Coudal chimes in on this and Neatorama waxes lyrical about cool hotels where you can expect the unexpected.