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
Peru was a fantastic destination and one I know we’ll for sure be returning to in the future, but it did also pull us outside our comfort zones a bit. I wasn’t sure what to expect before traveling to Peru and even though I did quite a bit of research,… Read more
London is an amazing city full of culture, shopping, amazing architecture and great food. But it’s also a huge metropolis and spans miles in each direction, so how is the best way to traverse this old and historic city? Actually it’s not that difficult and here is how to get… Read more
One of our favorite parts of our trip to Italy this time was our drive from Rome up through Umbria and Tuscany. The Italian countryside truly is beyond stunning and I’m so glad that we got to experience more than just the cities during this trip. But if you’re going… Read more
If you’re headed to Europe, chances are you’ll probably transfer through London Heathrow at some point. As one of the largest and busiest airports in the world, London Heathrow is a thorough-fare for millions of people every year. In all our years of traveling to Europe, we often find ourselves… Read more
Even though I travel to places all the time where I am a tourist, I try to not stand out as such. And as a traveler, there are certain places when you travel that even as a tourist, we get really annoyed with the other tourists around us for whatever… Read more
As our lives have gotten a little crazier the last year or so with work and general life, we’ve had to cancel a few trips due to things that have come up. When it comes to canceling travel reservations, it can be a major headache and cause more than a… Read more
In the past year, I’ve noticed turbulence getting worse when flying or at least occurring more often. And then I started looking into the issue and found out that it’s actually true, and with global warming and climate change, turbulence is more frequent and might be worse that in previous… Read more
Earlier this week, I got a phone call from American Airlines who left a message for me saying that our flight home from Europe for our scheduled trip in April was not being offered anymore. As in, our original direct flight that we booked from Athens to Philadelphia (where we… Read more
Travel is expensive. Unless you find ways to cut that cost which definitely exist, things like points and miles can go a long way to saving money on travel, but there are actually a lot of ways to make travel even more inexpensive if you know where to look. Actually… Read more
Much of the time when we all book travel, we focus so much on the airfare and hotels that the actual act of getting around a destination when there is left behind. I get a lot of questions on how to get from place to place when we travel and… Read more
With any trip, hotels or accommodation are a huge part of wherever you are headed. For me, choosing hotels is one of my favorite parts of planning a trip. Being a designer, I love unique hotels and finding those places that really make a trip. I’m not one of the… Read more
I hear a lot, “how can you guys see so much in such a short amount of time when you travel?” It’s true, Nick and I don’t do long term travel. Even our 2 long trips each year (usually in the Spring and Fall) are usually no longer than 10… Read more
While most of us think of Hawaii as blue sky and beaches, because they are tropical islands they do weather their fair share of storms. Whether it’s hurricanes hanging out in the Pacific or just tropical storms passing through, I’ve had a lot of days in Hawaii in rainy, stormy… Read more
Having just returned from a long weekend in Europe, it dawned on me that I think this is the first time we’ve done that in a true 3-day weekend and not taking an extra day or two on the end of it. Over Labor Day this weekend though… Read more