There’s no better trek than following in the footsteps of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and wizards through Middle Earth—aka New Zealand.

Have you ever wanted to live like Shrek, even if it’s just for a little bit? Stay for free in Shrek’s Scotland home with AirBnB.

A U.K.-based research company just investigated 10 top travel booking sites — including Airbnb, Expedia, Groupon, and TripAdvisor — and ranked them on how much they support notoriously cruel vacation experiences, like elephant rides The results might surprise you.  We’ll get to those in a minute. But first, a brief overview of the problem: If [...]