What’s the best time to book a flight? Search the internet for guidance on buying an airplane ticket and you’ll get all sorts of advice. Buy early on a Tuesday. Buy two months before your planned travel dates. Buy during a full moon on days ending in “y.” Okay, I made that last one up. […]
Perspectives
Thoughts about solo travel and life in general.
Confession: I Am a Travel Chicken
Sometimes I feel like such a fraud. Often, while traveling solo, I'll meet someone--usually a group of women traveling together--and we'll exchange travel stories. "Are you traveling by yourself?" they'll ask me. I'll smile. "Uh-huh." "You're so brave!" they'll exclaim. No, not really. I'm not brave. Not at all. I have ample experiences that say the opposite. Like the time … [Read more...] about Confession: I Am a Travel Chicken
Forbidden Photography – A Tale of Travel Temptation
I know I shouldn't have done it but I couldn't help myself. Climbing the old stone staircase to the second floor of the Gruuthuse Museum in Brugge, Belgium, I am struck by the sunlight streaming through the nearby stained glass window, landing on the steps in a cascade of color. In only a moment I am utterly entranced. I want to capture the image before me but the museum's no … [Read more...] about Forbidden Photography – A Tale of Travel Temptation
How To Be A Good Traveler: Observations from 3 Weeks On The Road
I promised myself when I got back from my road trip, I simply had to document all the dumb, strange, and pet-peeve-y things I saw travelers do while I was traveling. By the time the three weeks had come to an end, I had a whole laundry list of bad travel behavior to pick a bone with. … [Read more...] about How To Be A Good Traveler: Observations from 3 Weeks On The Road
Rediscovering My Travel Groove
What sometimes happens when you haven't traveled for a while? You lose your travel groove. … [Read more...] about Rediscovering My Travel Groove
Haagen-Dazs, Shoes, and the “Between Travel” Blues
It doesn’t usually hit right away. In the hours and days right after returning from a trip, you’re still coasting around on a cloud of euphoria, filled with the excitement and pleasant memories of the past few days or weeks. And then, after about a week after stepping over your still-packed suitcase for the umpteenth time, the lightness begins to fade, the permanent smile … [Read more...] about Haagen-Dazs, Shoes, and the “Between Travel” Blues
Travel Your Truth
Here’s my truth. I love getting behind the wheel and dream of the open road. There’s something about being in the outdoors that simply satisfies me in a way little else can. For some strange reason, although I’ve never lived there, the West Coast of the U.S. always feels like home. … [Read more...] about Travel Your Truth
Life-Changing Travel: It Can Happen Anywhere
In the early days of this website, I waxed poetic about travel in a short, heartfelt love letter. What I’d settled on was that travel had the power to transform me by changing my perspective of the world--and my place in it--in both small and substantial ways. As such, I’m always eager to read other viewpoints on the transformative nature of travel. … [Read more...] about Life-Changing Travel: It Can Happen Anywhere