Wait…We’re Bringing the Baby? Tips for Traveling With Young Kids This post was last updated on June 1, 2023. “Travel while you can, because once you have kids you won’t be able to.” How many times have you heard that? Too many to count, right? It's really easy to...
How to Find Balance Between “Normal Life” and Travel Aspirations For the select few, travel is a way of life. And although it sounds pretty glamorous and exciting - not all of us can afford to drop everything and travel. And it’s not just the money. Career goals, family...
Can You Take Tours While Traveling & Still Authentically Explore? We’ve all been there: planning a trip and booking a tour seems like the easiest option, (even if it’s not always the most economical). But sometimes a tour can be not only easier, but safer -- as well as...
The Joys of Last-Minute Travel: Why Spontaneity is the Ultimate Travel Hack Last-minute travel can be a thrilling and rewarding experience, offering an exciting blend of spontaneity and savings. Whether you're looking for a quick getaway or a budget-friendly adventure, spontaneous...
How the Bucket List Family Travels the World You’ve probably seen them before. The Bucket List Family has been profiled by People, Today, and most recently on the homepage of Yahoo. This family of four -- parents Garrett and Jessica Gee, and kids...
How to Do Something You’ve Never Done Before (& Are Kind of Scared to Do) I didn’t even know I was afraid of heights until I went skydiving for the first time. Because "heights," is not the same thing as "heights". My (then) boyfriend, suggested we jump over the north shore of...
13 Ways to Use Your Talent to Earn (or Save) Money While You Travel We all know that person who is always somewhere interesting, whether IRL or on social media. You might have commented on their photos, “Are you ever home?” or ask yourself "How can they afford that?"...
Honeymoon Advice: the Dos and Don’ts After Your Big “I Do” Planning a wedding can be all-consuming, with months or years of planning, late evenings, and not to mention the actual day, which is both beautiful and exhausting for most couples. But the light at the end of...
Note to Managers: How to Encourage Your Employees to Actually Check Out on Vacation My first real job out of college was at a startup nutrition company where we all wore many hats. (i.e. about six of us ran the entire place). Vacation days were offered -- about three weeks per year, but we...
How to Make Friends While You Travel “Anna and Reto got married,” I told my husband Kevin, the other night. We were sitting in bed, me on Facebook on my phone, him in the middle of a Fantasy Football draft. “Did they post pictures?” He...
Who Pays for What? All Your Destination Wedding Etiquette Questions Answered! So you’ve decided to have a destination wedding. Saying your vows in a new, exotic setting can be romantic not only for the two of you, but for everyone invited and it makes honeymooning even easier, since...
Traveling for Two: Advice for Pregnant Travelers from One Mom to Another Contrary to popular belief, being pregnant is a great time to travel. Forget all of the tales of women going into labor on planes and instead, embrace the fact that you have a major life shift coming up and...
Rainforest in the Desert: An Insane Dubai Hotel The world’s tallest building, the world’s largest shopping mall, indoor ski slopes - what do all of these have in common? They’re in Dubai, the world’s leader in, well ... almost everything. And...
Happy 100th Birthday, US National Parks! Thanks for the Years of Cheap, Spectacular, Family Trips This week marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service, the federal agency in charge of managing all US national parks. In the years since that momentous event in 1916, America’s...