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Travel Tips : Driving in Germany and Austria

March 31, 2017

For part of our trip through Germany and Austria, we rented a car in Munich and drove down into Austria including stops in Innsbruck, Hallstatt and Salzburg.  Driving on the Autobahn in Germany and roads in Austria can be daunting, so here’s my best travel tips for driving in Germany… Read more

Filed Under: Bavaria, Hallstatt, Innsbruck, Munich, Salzburg, Travel Tips, Vienna 2 Comments

Travel Tips : Choosing a Hotel Loyalty

March 13, 2017

In the past year, I’ve gotten more serious about picking hotels that belong to one loyalty account when we travel.  I still prefer boutique hotels, but the more extensively we travel, that’s not always an option.  It’s easier in Europe and larger cities in the US to stick with boutique… Read more

Filed Under: Hotels, Travel Tips 6 Comments

Travel Tips : What To Do when Traveling Sick

February 28, 2017

We’ve all been on flights next to someone sick or sick ourselves and I’ll tell you from experience, there isn’t much that’s more uncomfortable than flying sick.  It’s miserable to put it bluntly.  But if you have to get from point A to point B, there often isn’t much of… Read more

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Travel Tips : Making the Most of Alaska’s Airline Partners

January 31, 2017

One of the ways we’re able to travel as much as we do is because we take full advantage of airline miles and points.  Over the years of traveling, we’ve become experts on how to save money and use points and miles instead of cash when it comes to travel… Read more

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Travel Tips : How to Get Around Tokyo

January 12, 2017

Tokyo is really organized and for a large city, it’s super easy to get around anywhere you need to go.  We remarked many times while exploring Tokyo how easy it was to traverse the city and how organized it is – so if you’re heading to Japan’s famous metropolis, here’s… Read more

Filed Under: tokyo, Travel Tips 6 Comments

Travel Tips : Visiting the Great Wall of China

December 13, 2016

Our visit to the Great Wall of China was undoubtedly one of the most amazing travel experiences I’ve ever had and I’ll never forget it, though there are some important items to note when planning your visit there.  To make it as easy as possible, here are my best tips… Read more

Filed Under: Beijing, Great Wall of China, Travel Tips 8 Comments

Travel Tips : Packing Carry-On Only for an Autumn Escape

November 17, 2016

We are preparing to head to Japan and China tomorrow so I was packing recently for the trip.  As I’ve mentioned a few times before, we most travel carry-on only and as a lot of people always have questions for me on how to do that, I thought instead of… Read more

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Travel Tips : Secrets of a Frequent Traveler

November 15, 2016

I hear a lot from people, “I don’t know how you travel so often!”  Most of the time people are referring to the actual act of travel, airports, long haul flights, the exhaustion, the time it takes, etc.  For some reason (well actually, we know the reasons) people hate the… Read more

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Travel Tips : How to Book Award Travel

October 26, 2016

I book a lot of award travel, using points and mileage to purchase travel all around the world for insanely low personal cost to me.  But I find, when talking to people in my life, they are always unsure in this arena of travel and always remark that they don’t… Read more

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Travel Tips : How to Apply for a Chinese Tourist Visa

October 17, 2016

If you follow me on social media, you might remember I had to fly down to San Francisco for a couple days in the past couple weeks to get our visas for our visit to China upcoming in November.  As I went through the visa process, I wrote this post… Read more

Filed Under: Beijing, Great Wall, Travel Tips 4 Comments

Travel Tips : What to do when You Get the Dreaded SSSS

October 6, 2016

Often times, we look at travel as this romanticized experience where everything is amazing and everything is perfect.  And while some trips do go off without a hitch, I’ve definitely had my fair share of bad travel experiences.  But perhaps none quite as bad as my recent experience at the… Read more

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Travel Tips : A Video Guide to Booking Travel

September 15, 2016

I get a lot of questions in general about how I book our travels and what websites I use and how I do the research.  So in an effort to help each and every person looking for a little bit of guidance on how to book travel, I’ve put together… Read more

Filed Under: Travel Tips, Videos 4 Comments

Travel Tips : How to Take Incredible Travel Photos

September 12, 2016

If you’ve been following Land of Marvels for a while, you’ll know that my husband Nick takes a large majority of the travel photos that I share here on the blog from our adventures around the world.  And while he just does photography as a side gig and hobby, Land… Read more

Filed Under: Photography, Travel Tips 14 Comments

Travel Tips : What you Need to Know before Going to Machu Picchu

July 28, 2016

Machu Picchu… it’s one of those places that seems only real in a fairytale.  And it is that magical in person and it is well worth a trip to see it for yourself, but it’s also kind of a trek to get there.  And with so many questions about how… Read more

Filed Under: Machu Picchu, Peru, Travel Tips 4 Comments

Travel Tips : What to Know about Altitude Sickness in Cusco

July 25, 2016

If you’re thinking of heading to Peru, specifically Machu Picchu, you’ll have to get there through the city of Cusco which sits at extremely high altitude in the Andes mountains, about 11,000 feet above sea level.  Just to give you an idea of how high this is, Sedona, Arizona is… Read more

Filed Under: Cusco, Peru, Travel Tips 4 Comments

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