Airport security remains a pressure point even for experienced travelers. Premium cabins, priority check-in, and private transfers help, but they do not exempt anyone from TSA queues. Delays have become less predictable due to evolving screening tech, staffing gaps, and shifting passenger volumes. For travelers who value time as much as comfort, planning around these […]
Adventure-Ready Lighting: What Every Traveler Should Pack
Your next travel plans need not be limited to daytime hours – with the right lighting, all 24 hours are yours. Whether you’re backpacking for weeks or backyard camping for hours, you’ll need lighting that keeps up with your plans. Read on to discover the essential, adventure-ready lighting that’s earned its place on your packing […]
What to Pack: African Safari Packing List
Packing for an African safari is vastly different than packing for just about any other trip, and it’s often a challenge for first time safari goers. Not only do most safari goers have weight restrictions on bush flights (a typical weight restriction is 15 kilograms or 33 pounds total per person, including camera equipment and […]
Top Sites to Use for Travel Planning
If you’re like us, travel planning is half the fun. Searching for where to go literally opens up a world of possibilities. And I personally get a thrill out of finding the best way to get there, the perfect hotel and planning my itinerary with all the things I absolutely love doing to get to […]
What are the Differences in Aircraft Service Classes?
There are traditionally three travel classes on planes, and all these classes are different. Ticket prices are also different depending on the travel class. The choice is yours: read a book in economy, eat fine dining in business, or sleep in a comfortable bed and enjoy luxury in first class. It might even surprise you […]
How to Save Money on Your Next Flight
After more than 20 years of sleuthing out the best airfare to destinations around the globe, I often find myself sharing my tips about finding great deals on airfare in various forums. I’ve finally compiled all those tips on how to save money on flights into one spot. Unfortunately, there’s no shortcut for finding cheap […]
5 Tips for Traveler’s Diarrhea Prevention
There’s a lot of things that are bound to go wrong when it comes to traveling: flight delays, missed flights, getting lost, or even booking tours or attractions on the wrong day. We’ve experienced them all. We’ve also both experienced one of the most miserable things that can happen when you travel: getting traveler’s diarrhea. […]
How to Pack Wine in Luggage
We’re oenophiles. Not only do we love tasting and learning about wine around the world, wine is one of our favorite souvenirs to bring home from a trip. Wine can be delicate to travel with and you never want to arrive home to your clothes stained burgundy from a broken bottle of red. Traveling with […]
5 Tips for Buying Travel Insurance
Confession time. Until recently, Tim and I have never bought travel insurance. We’ve visited more than 60 countries, and in our 18 years of traveling together we’ve been lucky enough to never need it. But when an opportunity to visit Socotra, the island off of Yemen that has been called the most alien-looking place on […]
Do-It-Yourself City Tours with GPSmyCity
The average city walking tour just isn’t our thing. Unless it’s a city tour that’s active like a biking tour or a segway tour, or combines something like food and city sights, we much prefer a do-it-yourself tour. We can take our time taking photographs, we can linger as long as we want at interesting […]
