The Layover

Luggage can be an extension of your identity, a source of home comforts. Or it can betray you at thirty thousand feet. Zack Cahill learned the hard way. Decades later, he has never checked a bag, and along the way he’s picked up some hard-won tips for travelling light.

In his latest The Layover column, Zack Cahill joins a week-long Brazilian Jiu Jitsu camp on a Moroccan beach, and learns – somewhat unexpectedly – that surrender can be its own reward.

In his latest column, avowed non-skier Zack Cahill explores the alternative winter escapes for those who don't fancy breaking their bones on the pistes.

Wellness tourism is worth $850 billion worldwide. Where holidays were once about indulgence, they’re increasingly an attempt to...

In his latest The Layover Column, Zack Cahill escapes the masses and journeys to some of Europe's lesser-known beaches, mountains and towns.

With border control measures tightening and reports of travellers ending up in detention centres for not fitting into a traveller type category, are the days of frictionless travel gone?

Once touted as the "next big thing", Virtual Reality has joined a growing roster of tech innovations that miss the point of what technology once promised: to solve problems or make our lives more enjoyable. And as Zack Cahill shares in the latest edition of The Layover, the industry doesn't care, so long as you believe its next "innovation" is the actual next big thing.

Paris is always a good idea – except when it’s not. In the latest edition of The Layover, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Zack Cahill explores the lesser-known state of extreme disappointment known as Paris syndrome, which has (mostly Japanese) visitors fall out of love with the city of... well, love?

Travelling for Christmas can be stressful, hectic and downright disappointing – but a festive journey also holds the potential for lifelong memories. And some trips might even make you believe... not just in Santa.

For his latest edition of The Layover, Zack Cahill (and his liver) revel in some of their favourite memories of boozing abroad – from Irish Pubs in America to ladies' nights in Australia.

'Raw-dogging', the practice of avoiding entertainment on long-haul flights, has become a major trend in 2024 – and, as Zack Cahill observes, it might not be such a bad idea.

Content with being discontent, Zack Cahill outlines some of the many things he doesn't enjoy about luxury hotels in the latest edition of The Layover – from iPad-controlled rooms to 'deconstructed' teas.

For the latest instalment of The Layover, Zack Cahill contemplates Netflix’s Irish Wish (and the Lohanaissance), while being...

If every you've considered trying to befriend one of the world's last remaining uncontacted peoples, you might want to think twice.

Ever wondered what brings out your inner anxious flyer? So has Zack Cahill, who returns to The Layover,...

Following up on his initial column for OutThere, Zack Cahill returns to The Layover, a new and not...

In his new column for The Experientialist – The Layover – Zack Cahill discusses just what makes the perfect in-flight movie... and why we should cherish these films in the day and age of streaming services.