If you’ve missed previous newsletter emails that I’ve sent out, you can find them below! I don’t archive the What to Be Planning ones because they are typically only relevant in the month they are sent. Let me know if any of these make you eager to travel!
I returned from Iceland and have been back to reality for about a month and a half now. Can I be honest here? I miss Iceland. Not the weather, but the people I met there, and the food. Let me tell you a bit more about why Iceland was great, and why I am still missing it 1.5 months later.
Read MoreI recently returned from a 5 day tour of Iceland with G Adventures, a company that hosts tours all over the world (even Antartica!). I had an excellent time, and found G Adventures to live up to all my expectations and more. G Adventures is one of the vendors I use to sell travel, and it is also one of my favorites. Here’s why:
Read MoreThere were several aspects of Iceland that I was pleasantly surprised with, and one that hit me as a shock. Overall though, it was an awesome experience and one I’d recommend to everyone. Iceland has a wonderful natural beauty, and everywhere I looked it seemed to be a perfect postcard shot.
Read MoreSo, you are about to book a trip and you get to the part of the process where trip insurance is offered. You glide right past it, hardly even considering it, pushing onwards to the rental car section. But is that really the best decision? Is it really in your best interest to decline the trip insurance? I’m here to tell you why travel insurance should be a budgeted piece of your trip.
Read MoreVoluntourism is a growing practice as travelers begin to think globally about ways they can help in the areas that they visit. There are many tour vendors that have begun creating trips with some amount of time set aside for various volunteer opportunities.
Read MoreRaindrops on ponchos and whiskers on squirrels, bright copper ceilings and warm smelly subways, brown paper & plastics drifting with the wind, these are a few of my favorite things… ok not really, but they are some things you are likely to experience in New York City, which is one of my favorite places to visit in the US.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever experienced a head cold or, God forbid, loose bowels while on a plane, you know how miserable that is. In today’s post, I am going to give 6 tips to help you avoid the level of hell that Dante forgot to mention: traveling while sick.
Read MoreThis week, we have the privilege of hearing a different perspective, from one of my dearest friends, Jennifer. She wrote this piece on her take on how different parts of the world view the perception of time. It's really eye-opening, especially if you've never been out of the US before to experience some of what she talks about.
Read MoreUnfortunately, everyone doesn’t have an endless supply of money or vacation days (oh, if only there was a money tree and a way to work but have endless amounts of time to travel for the average Joe). If you find yourself lacking in either, such that you can’t currently travel, there are lots of things that you can do in the meantime to assuage the wanderlust.
Read MoreWhen I look back at the places I’ve been, both here in the US and abroad, there are some definite locales that were more enjoyable than others. Here’s a list of my favorite places to go to, so far.
Read MoreI'll admit it. I am prone to traveling and leaving my appreciation of what I've just encountered to the (usually long) plane ride home. I've made a point of it, recently, to stop while I am at my destination and really take it all in and value it in its entirety - the people that surround me, going about their daily lives, as well as the setting and scenery.
Read MoreIf you are at all like I was about 5 years ago, you may have some reservations about using a travel agent. Now, looking back at my choices, I can see a few key mistakes.
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