As a professional full-time travel blogger, I get a lot of inquiries from my readers looking for travel tips and advice. Most of them refer to me as a "travel goddess" or "the female Rick Steves" and they typically end with something like "why don’t … [Read more...] about 25 Truly Terrible Travel Tips: What NOT to Do When You Travel
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32 Things Nobody Tells You About Long Term Travel as a Couple
Traveling with your partner is one thing. Long term travel with your partner? That's like, a whole other, totally different, completely not the same thing. It turns out that traveling as a couple on a romantic weekend getaway is worlds different than … [Read more...] about 32 Things Nobody Tells You About Long Term Travel as a Couple
Winter Road Trip Through France: What Not to Do
Our off-season road trip through France was always doomed. It's not just that Jeremy and I seem to attract disaster like magnets made of whatever the opposite of disaster is. But we have particularly awful luck when it comes to cars. In the first … [Read more...] about Winter Road Trip Through France: What Not to Do
28 Totally Ridiculous Travel Gifts (That You’ll Low-Key Want)
'Tis the season for gift giving and gift buying and all things gifting-related. Capitalism, yay, etc. But what should you buy for that picky ~traveler on your list? Sorry, let me rephrase that. What ridiculous and unnecessary things should you … [Read more...] about 28 Totally Ridiculous Travel Gifts (That You’ll Low-Key Want)
30 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Travel
It’s been a few years since we quit our jobs, hopped on a plane, and left for our year-long honeymoon. For years, all I wanted to do was leave my job in corporate America and go off an amazing journey, traveling all around the world and having … [Read more...] about 30 Things Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Travel
25 Things Nobody Tells You About Traveling While Fat
Traveling while fat comes with its own set of big ol' challenges. Like, no skinny person has ever stopped before booking a flight off to some exotic destination to google "am I too fat to fly?" or "will I fit in an airplane seat?" And even … [Read more...] about 25 Things Nobody Tells You About Traveling While Fat
25 Things We Never Asked for from Traveling the World for a Year
When we started planning our year-long extended honeymoon around the world, we didn't really know what to expect. We had a lot of hopes and dreams: we wanted to become wiser, healthier, better versions of ourselves. We wanted to become the sort of … [Read more...] about 25 Things We Never Asked for from Traveling the World for a Year
My Airbnb Account was HACKED! Why we no longer recommend using Airbnb
Airbnb is one of those luxuries in life that we take for granted in today's age of car-sharing and home-sharing and the sharing-economy and things that start with the word sharing but actually involve an exchange of money and people's actual stuff. … [Read more...] about My Airbnb Account was HACKED! Why we no longer recommend using Airbnb
Our 16 Worst Travel Fails of 2016
2016 was an amazing year for us: we got married, quit our jobs, and left for a year-long traveling adventure. I know, it sounds picture-perfect. It sounds like a magical travel montage of tropical drinks and sunsets and smiling selfies captioned … [Read more...] about Our 16 Worst Travel Fails of 2016
Cascadas de Juan Curi: My Waterfall Rappelling Catastrophe in San Gil, Colombia
San Gil is the adventure capital of Colombia. It's a haven for the adventurous, adrenaline loving outdoorsy traveler: you can go canyoning, hiking, white water rafting, or bungee jumping. But the star of the show is the Cascadas de Juan Curi, a … [Read more...] about Cascadas de Juan Curi: My Waterfall Rappelling Catastrophe in San Gil, Colombia
Why My Wife Will Never Go Surfing Again
When it comes to your partner or companion, it's important to be able to read each other. Lia and I have a few different check-ins that we say to each other that hold different meanings in our partnership. One of them is "Is this surfing?" This is … [Read more...] about Why My Wife Will Never Go Surfing Again
The Mono Hot Springs Camping Incident: The Importance of A Good Travel Companion
Hidden in one of the most scenic parts of the Sierra Nevada lies the beautiful Mono Hot Springs. A visit here makes for the perfect weekend getaway for any enthusiastic traveler and adventurer in search of nature, peace, and tranquility. A trip to … [Read more...] about The Mono Hot Springs Camping Incident: The Importance of A Good Travel Companion