Shivani Vora travels around the world to exotic locations such as Morocco and the Nile River, visiting major cities like Paris and London—and gets paid to do it. She has written features on every travel luxury imaginable, from gold spa treatments to decadent hotel suites. Her adventures, however, are not always limited to new destinations. Vora has journeyed back to her hometown in India countless times, and yet she is always able to unearth some new excitement each and every trip. Her passion for travel, food, health and fashion has …

When it comes to the best vacation deals and cheapest flights, many people turn to travel agents for their vast network of connections and flight options. Mochi talked to several experts about what these agents do and got some insider tips for our wonderful readers.
Steve Howard, the creator of ASIA Travel Tips and former publisher of ASIA Travel Trade and Frequent Traveler, used to travel every week of the year and visited at least five hotels each day. Because he was scoping out each country so meticulously, either by meeting …