Homesickness can surely put a damper on any vacation, whether you’re across the country, across the city or across the world. You miss the comfort of your own bed, the smell that only your house has, and of course, your pets. Traveling without your pets can be heartbreaking, and not just for you. Of course you miss giving your… Read more →
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Leaving Stress Behind When You Travel
Traveling can be, in a word, stressful. First, you have to make sure you’re on time to the airport. If you miss your flight you’ve quite literally missed the most important part of your trip. If you didn’t pack quickly enough you’ll fall behind–if you packed too quickly you might forget something. Once you’re there, you’ve got to stick to… Read more →
Staying Healthy When You Travel
By now, you’ve probably heard some of the disgusting facts regarding where germs live and breathe around us. While eating off of your toilet seat might seem like one of the most disgusting things you could imagine, analyses have shown that common household items like your doorknob, your faucets, your carpet and your cutting boards all could harbor far,… Read more →
Habits of Avid Travelers
I’ve gone over the benefits of being a traveler. I’ve gone over business travel and how to make your stay at a hotel more pleasant and homey. What I have not covered, until this point, are the habits of a regular traveler. The things, whether they’re small or large, that those with wanderlust do in their day-to-day lives that… Read more →
Delta’s Dilemma
In early 2016, Delta Airlines was named the third best US-based commercial airline according to CNN, citing a national Airline Quality Rating. Only Virgin America and JetBlue were given better placements on the list. And then, Monday, August 8 happened. At exactly 2:38 am Eastern Standard Time, Delta’s headquarters, located in Atlanta was hit by a power outage. While… Read more →
The Advantages & Disadvantages of Modes of Travel
In 2003, it was reported by the Bureau of Transportation statistics that almost one fifth of United States adults had never flown on a commercial airplane. That’s right–about 18 percent of adults who lived in the nation that contained about 20,000 airports at that time had never purchased a ticket and boarded a plane to experience the miracle of… Read more →
Welcome to the Future of Travel
There was a time not all that long ago–just about 150 years or so in the past–that the idea of a horseless carriage (known today as a “car”) was a far-fetched idea that was light years–or light millenniums even–away. Self-propelled cars, it was believed by some, would never, ever catch on. It simply wasn’t going to happen. It… Read more →
Make Your Hotel Feel like Home
As you’ve probably gathered from everything on this blog, my site and my social profiles, I love to travel. If you’re reading this, chances are you do too. And, if you’re anything like me, you’re probably no stranger to hotel rooms both large and small, expensive and cheap, homey and not-so-homey. The lattermost aspect of traveling, feeling like… Read more →
Better Business Travel
Unfortunately for me and many, many of you, travel isn’t always fun and games. Yes, exploring the world, experiencing the culture and the food (or both at the same time) of a new country can be an enlightening and awe-inspiring experience. So while not all travel is for pleasure, it is possible to take a business plan ride and… Read more →
Six Pieces of Travel Tech You Shouldn’t Miss
Technology, as it continues to expand, has begun push its influence into nearly every facet of our lives, from the way we communicate to the way we diagnose illness. Travelers aren’t being left behind, either. With the continuously advancing technological world and an expansive list of developers, designers and geniuses in the world who are focused on redefining… Read more →