Spring break is next week and it could not come soon enough. T and I are taking off for Jamaica this weekend! Bamboo rafts, bioluminescent lagoons, snorkeling, cliff jumping, *all* of the food and fun in the sun. This is the last “vacation” before I start my year of traveling full time. It’s all…
Hello! I haven’t disappeared, I’ve just been working hard and playing hard. It’s a gloomy Saturday morning here and I’m finally taking a break. In the past two months I’ve been able to piece together all the flights for the first 2 weeks of my trip, including the Emirates Business Class flight to Milan on…
Free champagne from a bar in the sky? Yes, please. It’ll take a few days for everything to clear but very soon I should have enough credit card points for 2 business class tickets to Italy for only $206 cash. I’ve heard about travel hacking and credit card points for years but I, like many…
My partner and I are going camping tonight. I keep anxiously checking the weather forecast and it keeps giving the same grim results: 50% chance of rain and 50 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s quite cold for Florida tonight. I’m a little stressed. But, it got me thinking about the first camping trip I ever planned. I…
Accommodations can be one of the most expensive parts of travel. Saving on where you sleep can make a huge difference in how long a trip can last, but there are multiple ways to stay for free and cheap, giving you more money to spend on adventures. 1. Housesitting I am planning on Housesitting very…
I had an absolute blast sandboarding on my last day in Peru with my partner and a friend we made on the Inca trail! It was the last excursion we had before eating dinner and heading back to the airport, and one of the highlights of the trip. Most people take the tour out to…
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever To start with, this book is not by Anthony Bourdain. His assistant, Laurie Woolever pulled this book together from a conversation they had before his death, his work on various TV shows, and some basic research about the places listed. I was excited to…
Nowhere for Very Long by Brianna Madia “All my life, I’d assumed it was only brave people who did brave things. I’d never once considered how many of them were absolutely terrified.” Nowhere for Very Long is a memoir about a woman who buys a huge, ugly orange van to live in/out of with her…
I’ll be honest, I am not a laidback person. I am never late; I thrive on schedules and routines, and I own multiple planners and calendars that I keep up with religiously. I show up at the airport hours in advance and anxiously check that the gate number or departure time still haven’t changed about…
It’s been almost a year since my last check in, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that anything about my plans for a working holiday in New Zealand have changed. To the contrary, since January I have started feeling a little bit of fear and nervousness when I think about it. Today, I…