You Don’t Have to Ditch the 9 to 5 in Order to Travel I've been at this whole travel blogging thing for a while now – nearly seven years, in fact. And in those seven years, I've...
Packing Guide: The Best Luggage and Bags for Travel There are a lot of things to consider when planning a trip. Domestic trips come with questions like: How can I get there? and...
Things to Do in Hocking Hills: Your Guide to Ohio’s Best State Park Unless you are from the state of Ohio (and even that isn't a guarantee), then you probably haven't heard of the Hocking Hills. Located...
Enchanted by Chobe National Park in Botswana As we pulled in to our campsite at the Thebe River Lodge in the town of Kasane, Botswana, I could feel my excitement growing....
A Perfect 10-Day Southwest Road Trip Itinerary + Helpful Road Trip Tips If you ask me about the best way to explore the United States, I won't hesitate to say a road trip. Road tripping is by...
The Beauty of the Islamic World I don't want to talk politics on this blog. I really don't want to bring Donald Trump or Brexit or ISIS or anything else into...
8 Reasons to Visit Canada This Year Late in 2016, Lonely Planet released its “Best in Travel” lists for 2017. And at the top of its Top 10 Countries list – claiming...
8 Things to Know Before Your First African Safari Ever since I was a little kid flipping through the pages of my Zoobooks, I knew that someday I wanted to travel to Africa...
Photos to Make You Want to Pack Your Bags and Move to Scotland So far in my travels I have visited roughly 1/4 of all the countries in the world. That's both a lot and hardly any...
Cruising Solo: What It’s Like to Go on a Viking River Cruise Alone I am no stranger to solo travel. In fact, in the past five years, the majority of my travel has been on my own....
My Top 16 Travel Highlights of 2016 Let's just call it like it is: 2016 was a CRAZY year. So many things happened – both good and bad – that I...
Discovering Vilnius, Lithuania (It’s Cooler Than You Probably Think!) As I settled in to my comfy seat and pressed play on a free movie on the seatback screen in front of me, I...
8 Things That Surprised Me About Russia To be perfectly honest, Russia was never high up on my travel bucket list. It's one of those countries that I assumed I would...
A Couples’ Long Weekend Getaway to Orlando with Spirit Airlines I'm not one of those people who hates winter. I like how the trees look under a fresh coating of snow. I like cuddling...
Exploring Russia with Viking River Cruises: The Highlights When most people think of river cruises, they think of rivers like the Danube and the Rhine; of countries like France and Germany. Most...
Hopping Around the Hebrides with Haggis Adventures The wind was whipping across the hilltop with such force that it was the only sound I could hear. I imagined that maybe I could hear...
10 Things to Do in New Orleans That Don’t Involve Bourbon Street When it comes to cities in the US that people tell you you HAVE to visit, New Orleans has to be one of the...