Avoid these 10 common travel mistakes that can ruin a vacation.  Subscribe to this website to learn simple travel planning tips for smoother flights, hotels, packing, sightseeing, and more. Planning a vacation should be exciting,… Read more

International travel can be exciting, but it often comes with long flights, passport requirements, currency exchanges, language barriers, jet lag, customs lines, and expensive international phone plans.  Fortunately, American travelers do not have to leave… Read more

“Let’s talk sense to the American people.” Adlai Stevenson (2 – time Democratic Presidential Candidate) I may end up offending someone with this post, but I can’t help but say something. Travel has a way… Read more

Our recent trip to Oahu in the Hawaii Islands was one of those vacations I will remember for a long time.  Oahu is both beautiful and ugly.  The beautiful parts of the island are filled… Read more

There is nothing quite like the excitement of getting ready for a trip.  We always have our next big getaway planned, in advance, just to give us something to look forward to.  Whether we are… Read more

There is nothing quite like the thrill of finding a travel deal that makes you feel like you outsmarted the system.  I am guilty of this.  Recently, I saved $60 on a $6000 trip.  A… Read more

Last night I stayed in a hotel room in Olympia, Washington.  It was not bad, but unfortunately and it seems more and more common lately, my hotel room smelled like a dog.  I know there… Read more

I just returned from an annual polygraph conference in Las Vegas.  It used to be inexpensive, but now, or since COVID the prices of everything in Las Vegas have sky-rocketed.  Another thing about Vegas is… Read more