If you are travelling around the world, sometimes it helps to keep your accommodation options open, rather than be confined to the dullish monotony of a hotel room. Here is a guide to the best bachelor pads from around the world.

Read more: Keep the Bachelor Dream Alive on Your Next Vacation

While my "real job" these days is in the corporate world, when I started Man Tripping, I was self employed - running my own business.

One of the challenges that I and other small biz owners faced is that it is difficult to get honest help to grow your business - one of my friends suggested today that I check out a directory that makes it easy to find a business coach called noomiii.com, so I decided to take a look.

Read more: Grow Your Business and Take More Mancations!

We don't always think about what might happen if something goes wrong on that back-woods hunting or fishing trip, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be prepared.While 9 times out of 10 you will return from your adventure safe sound and with a belly full of the "Three B's" (Beer, Beef, and Bourbon), you never know what might happen when camping and that's where these items can come in handy.

The following items aren't just smart, they are also a manly way to stay alive in a pinch!

Read more: Manly Emergency Supplies for your Next Camping Trip

By now, if you haven't heard of Redbox, you must living under a rock or you just don't like renting video games or movies. I have been a Redbox user for a number of years, but never considered how great of a fit it is for people who travel and since it rents games as well as movies, it is perfect for your next guys weekend.

Oh yeah, and it is cheap - $1.20 per DVD, $1.50 for Blu-ray, and $2 for games, and they typically have new releases pretty quickly (though others may also be competing with you to rent it).

Read more: Five Reasons Redbox Rules

Like many of you, I grew up with McDonald's - from happy meals and McDonald's birthday parties when I was a kid to greasy burgers after a hard night of partying in college, McDonald's was like an old beat up pair of jeans. It was predictable, and while never really great it was always satisfying.

I tend to be stubborn with things that I find dear to my heart. Over the years as McDonald's worked to change its brand and improve quality, I fell out of love. What were salads and yogurt parfaits doing at my favorite fast food joint and where was my "super sized" coke and trans-fat loaded fries???

Read more: Why I have fallen back in love with McDonalds

Extreme sportsman J.T. Holmes is no stranger to danger.

In fact, this young daredevil and athlete is known for his heart-stopping stunts that have appeared in numerous movies (most recently Transformers 3), TV shows, and commercials. That’s why Hotels.com hired him to showcase one of their newest traveler-friendly products.

Read more: J.T. Holmes Launches Hotels.com Mobile App

SoyJoy recently asked me if I would like to interview the star of their new commercial, Mike Barish, so we sent over some questions for him to answer about his favorite mancaiton spots and travel ideas. Mike is a freelance travel writer, host, and contributor to Gadlin.

He is also a universally respected expert from the SkyMall catalog and his work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Budget Travel, World Hum, One+, and Intelligent Travel.

Read more: Interview with SoyJoy's Mike Barish

Are you a MAN who is attending BlogHer? Well now is the time to gather with other men, hunker down and laminate your man card before the onslaught of crazy mom bloggers and the other 4,000 women who we will be surrounded by for the next few days.

Join James from Man Tripping and other social media guys, man bloggers etc. at 5 p.m. outside the entrance to the BlogHer Expo area.

Read more: Dudes of BlogHer Meat Up 2011

Just imagine being given a ride in an Indy racing car by a guy who’s won two Indy 500s.

We arrived at Chicagoland Speedway at 12:30 p.m. and I went to the Credentials trailer.  I showed my picture ID and was handed three pages of legal paperwork and various waivers of liability to read and sign. I was already wondering if maybe I was in for more of a thrill than I bargained for.

Read more: Indy Racing Experience: My Ride With Arie

Ok, so Cinco de Mayo was earlier this week, but since it is Friday I wanted to share some recipes that are perfect for a Mexico themed Guys Weekend!

The following ideas were sent in by our friends at PAMA.

What is PAMA? It is a delicious pomegranate flavored liquor that is surprisingly versatile and very tasty.

Read more: Cinco De Mayo Recipes with Pama