“If our greatest travel stories happen when things don't go as planned, why do we plan so much?” Seth Kugel seeks to answer this question in his new book called “ Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious .” Kugel wears many hats: he is a professional traveler, author, and YouTube host of two channels, Amigo Gringo and Globally Curious . Kugel is a freelance journalist who frequently contributes to The New York Times, and was the paper's Frugal Traveler columnist from 2010 to 2016.