Happy Friday! Catch up on all the travel news and stories you may have missed this week. First, check out our article on welcoming the wayward traveler, then browse these 10 links for all the latest in travel.

• Behold, A Travel Bag That Won’t Get You Robbed by David Kaufman via New York Post
  From British-based designer Sarah Giblin, the RiutBag offers a simple but genius solution to travel theft. Not only that but it also fits carry-on regulations and can hold up to a 15” laptop along with clothes and other items.
• A Passport to Adventure: India’s Women’s Only Travel Agencies by Amy Kazmin via Financial Times
  People in India are traveling like never before. Within that growing trend is a niche form of travel exclusively for women. Several India-based companies are offering trips all around the world for women to experience new things in the company of other, often single and professional, women. It provides a unique opportunity for adventure without being questioned about their single status.
• Don’t Look Like a Tourist! How to Travel Like a Local by Brittany Jones Cooper via Yahoo Travel
  Traveling to a faraway place can be overwhelming. You want to ask for advice but you don’t want to stand out from the locals either. This list provides unique ideas for how to become immersed in your travel destination and to get local tips without looking like a tourist. Plus, these tips will help enhance your travel experience and give you the chance to truly connect with locals.
• Bon Voyage! Why College is the Right Time to Travel by David Wallace via Kicker
  For many college students, the next vacation is always on our minds, but doing something special with that free time seems out of our budget. This article explains how it is possible to travel on a budget and why traveling at this point in our lives is special crucial to our development as well-rounded human beings.
• Christian Carollo Recreates Grandfather’s Travel Photos 30 Years Later by Jordi Lipp via TODAY
  33-year-old Christian Carollo gets his wanderlust from his grandparents who took hundreds of pictures and kept journals during their travels in the 70s and 80s. Now, Carollo is using those mementos as a guide to revisit the same places his grandparents visited decades ago, documenting it all in a project called Past Present. Through his travels he has not only made friends and seen new places, he has also grown closer to the memory of his grandparents.
• 9 Creative Ways to Cut Costs on Holiday Travel by Liz Weiss via US News Travel
  The holiday season is fast approaching and it’s time to start making plans. This article provides expert tips for the planning process as well as ways to save while you’re on the go. For instance, this year may be the year where it will pay off to travel by car rather than by plane.
• How Traveling Solo Destroyed My Dating Life by Alyssa Ramos via Huffington Post
  Traveling can put things in perspective in a lot of ways; internally and externally, at home and abroad. Blogger Alyssa Ramos details a personal journey of how traveling to three continents in three weeks, and beyond, changed her life.
• Travel Author Paul Theroux on the Destinations of a Lifetime by Matthew Kronsberg via The Wall Street Journal
  Promoting his tenth full-length travel book, Deep South, Paul Theroux answers travel questions ranging from what he always splurges on to why he never takes pictures. Theroux provides details of what he learned traveling through the southern United States, the advantage he has as an older traveler, and what a lifetime of travel has taught him.
• Resorts Tap Into Bleisure Trend to Combine Business and Family Travel by Dan Peltier via Skift
  One trend to keep an eye on is the combining of business and pleasure trips at resorts. While Peltier notes that many business-oriented resorts still aren’t advertising family packages, more and more destinations are making a change to acknowledge the fact that many business travelers are now bringing their families along. This trend could lead to a whole new kind of experience at resorts and hotels.

Air Travel is About to Get Way More Annoying by Inae Oh via Mother Jones
Due to the Real ID Act of 2005, several areas across the country may endure a new hassle when flying domestic or abroad. Oh writes that some of these areas have applied for extensions to deter the regulations of the act until adjustments can be made, but travelers should be aware of potential requirements coming in 2016.