Practical travel information for practical travelers
It may have been a long time since you’ve traveled with a newborn, or perhaps you never have at all. I hope these tips from today’s guest blogger will give you the tools to need to take on this travel opportunity. 1. Bring your own formula and diapers. You shouldn’t rely on being able [...]
This is one of the travel tips that’s worth repeating with some regularity. Especially, perhaps, during the holiday season when so many people are traveling away from home. And there are folks among us, more unscrupulous than most of us, who are watching closely to see just which ones of us are away and leaving [...]
If your idea of the perfect vacation includes fresh powder, crisp mountain air, and long days on the slopes, it’s time to book your holiday ski vacation. Skiing holidays are the perfect option for any group, large or small: Families, work and corporate retreats, and singles groups can bond on and off the slopes and [...]
For many people, cruise holidays represent the best of travel – it’s as much about the journey (your time at sea) as it is the destination (your ports of call). Deciding to take a cruise is just the first of many decisions you’ll need to make, and like all travel decisions, this is where research, [...]
Museum admission can be expensive. Sure, you can try to time it so you go on that one free day of the month or evening of the week. But if that’s your work day, or the timing doesn’t otherwise match up, you’re left with missing out on some great exhibits or digging deep into your [...]
Travel and fashion can often be a difficult combination, especially when that travel is a 24 hour journey to one of the most fashionable countries in the world. At home it’s easy to throw on a pair of shorts and flip flops for bumming around during the day, and when you need to class it [...]
Sometimes what challenges you is not what happens on the road, but actually leaving home to get on that road. With the fates seemingly conspiring against you, it may seem like you have to clear roadblock after roadblock to leave home. From getting vacation time from your work to deciding where to go, from managing [...]
When travel plans don’t happen exactly like you’d like them to, you’re going to need to call on some patience and creativity to still enjoy your vacation. Don’t throw up your hands and give up! Dig into those reserves that you have and find a way to put the joy back into your travel. Yesterday [...]
It’s easy to be happy and enthusiastic about traveling when things are going well — flights leaving on time, connections made, nice weather, making wonderful new friends, and seeing the world. It’s easy to think the world is full of sunny skies and unicorns when things are just about perfect. But what about when things [...]
May is National Smile month, and it made me think about the things that make me happy, that warm the cockles of my heart, that make me smile. It was no surprise to discover that most of them are related in some way to travel. Here are 50 things that make me smile: A fully [...]
In addition to traveling, Mary Jo likes lingering over a cup of coffee, wandering in a museum, sipping wine at a cafe, enjoying a relaxing massage, and sharing it all with friends and readers.
Her most recent travels were to Portugal and Italy.
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