We're big fans of DIY travel. Curious to learn more? Excellent, let's talk.
We're big fans of DIY travel. Curious to learn more? Excellent, let's talk.
As I write this, I’m looking at the weather radar map online. To the South there are some nasty-looking storms, complete with lots of rain, high winds, and talk of tornado warnings/watches. To the North there are hefty swirls of blue and pink, meaning snow and, everyone’s favorite, ice. To the East of us are …
We like to travel as lightly as possible when we’re on our adventures. Usually, that means a carry-on suitcase and a backpack. Our carry-on bags are fairly standard Samsonite bags and have served us well. Our backpacks, on the other hand, are a little different.
As we’ve discussed in prior posts, we’re big fans of (the responsible use of) travel credit cards. They come with perks and help us earn points/miles that help us get back out into the world faster and in more comfort than we otherwise might. That usually means that we have several of those cards with us on our travels. Sound familiar?
It’s no surprise we like to travel as much as we can and that means we’re constantly checking our prep to prevention rate. When we can’t travel and need to stay home for a while, we like living vicariously through our friends and family members who are out and about (keep those pictures coming!). One …
It seems like each time we’re getting ready to head out on an adventure, there’s a conversation involving currency that goes something along the lines of (read with sarcasm): Person 1: Do we have any currency for the EU? Person 2: Umm, I have pounds [useful in the UK], yes. P1: Not helpful, we’re going …
This post contains credit card referral links.We may earn points or miles based on clicks and sign-ups.Thank you for helping us travel the world. In Part 1 of this post, we talked about one of the fee-based credit cards we carry: the United Club Mileage Plus Infinite card. In that post (for more details, see …
This post contains credit card referral links.We may earn points or miles based on clicks and sign-ups.Thank you for helping us travel the world. In other posts we’ve talked generally about the different kinds of fee-based credit cards we use that allow us to gather points and miles to travel the way we like. All …
As I write this, we’re sitting on a ferry taking us from Uig to the islands of Harris and Lewis, just off the West coast of Scotland. Despite the beautiful blue sky, the sea is a little choppy, which resulted in an unfortunate visit to the bathroom for some of the passengers who’d just finished …
This post contains affiliate links. We may earn commission on links you click or products you choose to purchase. Thank you. When we first started traveling, the things we took were more basic in most cases. Clothes? Check. Phone? Yep. Money? In theory. However, the more we travel, and work on this blog while we …
More than once before we’ve talked about how we plan our own travel adventures. In a nutshell, we’re fans of DIY planning and find most things we do on our own, but that’s not how we started out. On the first three trips we took to other countries, we hired a travel agent to work …
