2015 Travel Review

2015 Travel Review

Waiting…Lost in the World I have been in a bit of a funk recently. This goes double for travel. The recent loyalty devaluations (you are killing me AA), the inability to find award space and the same routes on my preferred carrier have lead me to question what I...
2014 Travel in Review

2014 Travel in Review

Oh what a year its been! In 2013 I flew just over 100,000 miles. In 2014 it was over 140,000!  I found myself returning to the same places (not my intent) which is something I am working on for 2015.  Somehow I seemed to go everywhere two or three times this year....
2013 Travel in Review

2013 Travel in Review

An interesting thing occurred to me. Prior to this year I fed into the idea that travel was a rare event. That it somehow could only happen when all the stars aligned and you were gifted huge amounts of cash. When we went to Paris in 2011, I recall a good number of...

Useful Packing Tips

Packing tips on the internet are usually less than helpful. With the notable exception of the awesome travel philosophy site OneBag.com these tips generally consist of the same, boring, recycled tips from days gone by. This video (by Holiday Inn Express) on the other...

A Video With Some Meaning

We have been talking about books for next years book club and I recommended two. This first is perhaps the most important, Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (the second The Name of the Wind). I cant imagine a better book about believing in your heart, about the...