Never Trust Anyone Over 30 (Except Me)
Once in awhile I get a guest post submission about travel on the “other side of 30.” As much as I’d like to believe that my twenties will last forever, …
Travel Advice
How Travel Makes Your Relationship Stronger (If You Survive)
Travel: whether is be a week long vacation or a year long trip is a major test of any kind of relationship: romantic, familial, friendly. There is nothing quite like …
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Travel Talk Ep. 2: Hostel Tips from Travelers
It’s time for the second episode of our sporadic travel show: Travel Talk with Mike and Stephanie! This time we were in Quito, Ecuador and wanted to show the truth …
Advice for Aspiring Long-Term Travelers
– Traveling is different for everyone. The purpose of your travels might be different from the person next to you. Whether you’re doing it for the love of food, sights, …
Staying On The Road By Working
Unless we’re traveling on a lottery ticket, we all run out of money eventually if we’re traveling with our savings. It’s a horrible feeling knowing when our bank account is …
Manage Your Travel Money Without Going Insane
When you are traveling long distances on little money, it’s really important to develop a system to conserve and manage your travel money. Unfortunately for me, I’ve never been very …
Move Less, See More
A lot of things about travel are counter-intuitive: when you travel alone you meet more people, when you spend less money you experience more and the more hidden, dingy and …
How to Boost Your Travel Karma
This is not as hippy-dippy as it sounds, I swear. I’m not a terribly religious person, but there is one life philosophy I do ascribe to, and that is the …
Safety Tips for Travel – How to Stay Safe When You Are On Your Own
Yes, another list of safety tips. Since I really opened up on some of the grimmer realities of traveling as a solo female earlier this week, I thought I would …
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Scuba Diving Myths: Revealed!
My first scuba instructor loved to say that 70% of this earth is water, and if you haven’t been diving, you are missing out on a big part of this …
Bargaining Tips for the Non-Confrontational
I really, really, REALLY hate bargaining so it might seem strange that I am here giving you bargaining tips. I love perusing markets, however, and picking out unique gifts for …
How to be a BAD Tourist
It’s apparently a lot easier than you’d think. Last spring when I was facing the annual DC tourist onslaught, I wrote an article about how to be a GOOD tourist, …