ADVENTUROUS SOULS TAKE FLIGHT WITH WEEKEND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

Younger generation flips work-life narrative to enjoy short, sharp overseas trips

In Stark's world, Friday nights usually mean going to the airport to get an international flight out of the country and returning on Monday morning ready to head straight to work.

The 20-something Shanghai-based tech professional, who prefers to keep his real name private, has proved you don't need to take a gap year or quit your job to travel the world.

In recent years, he has spent nearly every weekend traveling to more than 60 countries, some of them multiple times. By using different time zones and tight layovers to his advantage, he recently turned a mid-June weekend into a 42-hour Hawaiian escape without taking a day off work.