With Autumn just around the corner, the optimal time to travel is now. The season of cool temperatures and warm colors creates some of the most breathtaking scenery around the world, sans the large crowds and costly hotel rates. Here are just a few destinations you should consider to take advantage of the year’s most travel-friendly months.… Read more →
Tag: Travel
Madrid Travel Guide
In the heart of Spain lies one of the country’s most renowned cities for its beautifully architectured buildings, exquisite dining, and welcoming people; Madrid. A trip to this capital city could be one of the most visually stunning vacations you will ever experience. Madrid is commonly referred to as one of Europe’s most artistic cities. With a wide range… Read more →
Traveling with Your Pets
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 →
America’s Best Concert Venues
There’s something viscerally enjoyable about closing your eyes and listening to music. Music can help drive our emotions, bring out feelings we didn’t know we had, relax us almost to sleep, or amp us up for a night out with our closest friends. While turning your iPod on or opening Spotify on your phone and putting in your headphones… Read more →
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 →
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 →
The Benefits of Regular Travel
Although it may not seem like it at first, and you may be inclined to disagree, there is a difference between traveling and vacationing. Traveling should be a journey. There may or may not be a “purpose” to it–but that doesn’t matter. When you’re traveling, you see sights, experience a culture, try new food, and immerse yourself in the… 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 →
Four Summer Vacation Destinations
With the first official day of summer about a month in the rearview mirror, the window of opportunity for a nice, relaxing vacation may be growing smaller and smaller. The Earth is a fairly large planet, roughly 197 million square miles in surface area total; subtracting the 140 or so million square miles of ocean leaves us travelers about… Read more →
Five of the Best Learning Experiences Around Boston
With the weather warming around the country, more and more people are using up their valuable vacation days at work to take cross-country (or cross-Earth) trips. For those of us who can’t stand to be away from work but still want to travel, weekend trips are the go-to move. Having lived in Boston for quite some time now, I’ve… Read more →