Real travel tips and hacks to make your travel easier, and there are a lot of things learned through travel experience that make it all a lot easier.
Some travel tips and hacks are for planning. Â How do you decide where to go? Â How do you set up an itinerary? Â How do you make reservations, and what should you make reservations for? Â How can you be sure you are getting the best prices?
Some tips and hacks are for preparing. Â How do you make sure you don’t forget anything? Â How do you know what to pack? Â How do you deal with travel anxiety? Â How do you make airport security and a long flight as easy as possible?
Others tips will be for customs, rules and norms for the destinations you visit. Â Should you leave a tip? Â Can you drive a car? Â How can you wash laundry?
Anything we learn along our adventures, that can make your adventures better, we will share!
If you are looking for a tropical paradise to escape, one of our absolute favorites is Puerto Rico. With the city San Juan wrapping up it’s 500th birthday, the oldest existing city in North America, it is an excellent time to visit. Having made the trip a few times, I have found that making a road trip around Puerto Rico […]
This post was most recently updated on May 18th, 2022. One of the things I rediscovered during months of lock-down is that I enjoy vacation trip planning almost as much as I enjoy the trip itself. With so many trip planning tools available, planning a trip online is now completely possible. There are travel planning sites that enable everything from choosing […]
This post was most recently updated on August 16th, 2018. There you are, in one of the most beautiful places on earth, a trip of a lifetime, tossing and turning, wondering “why can’t I sleep?” You know you need to relax, and get a good night’s sleep. The last thing you want is to be tired and cranky in a sleep […]
This post was most recently updated on January 17th, 2019. Airport stress is a very real thing, and for some people, it is so daunting that it holds them back from experiencing trips they long to take. We want all of our readers to be able to take every trip in their dreams, and that means learning to deal with […]
This post was most recently updated on September 19th, 2017. What’s a Geocache?? A geocache, is what a geocacher finds, when he plays geocaching. Â What?? Â Okay, okay. Â Geocaching is a game and that can be dream come true for young families struggling to make ends meet, but who still need adventure. Geocaching is fun, exciting, intriguing, and it can be […]
This post was most recently updated on May 27th, 2019. “So you’re going to drive the Autobahn, right???” Inevitably, when planning a trip to Germany, many friends will ask this question. “Well of course,” I responded. Then the get a goofy, conspiring grin, with a faraway look in their eyes, and said “You go girl!” Yes, we Americans of all […]
This post was most recently updated on July 27th, 2018. Most of us have sat in front of the TV or at the movie theater watching a great adventure, when the lead actors run off into the woods on a wild chase that ends up being several days of hiking around. Â Miraculously, they are in the right clothes, and the […]
This post was most recently updated on July 29th, 2018. Long trips, and in particular international travel, always elicit feelings of both exhilaration and apprehension, also known as ANXIETY. In particular, I get a bad case of pre-flight anxiety! There is so much to look forward to: seeing amazing and beautiful places, experiencing a new culture, tasting traditional foods, learning […]
