PhilaTravelGirl Amsterdam

Solo Travel Tips – 7 Steps to Begin Your Solo Adventures

My friend Amanda, recently traveled to London on her first solo trip.  This wasn’t a business trip or a school trip, this was last-minute due to a ridiculous coach award ticket on USAir direct to London she found for 30k points (normally 50k).  Exploring London is so easy to do as […]

Floating glaciers in lake in Iceland

Weekend in Iceland Itinerary – Four Days Solo in Reykjavik

“Are you crazy”?  that seemed to be the question of the day when I told friends and family that I was going to Reykjavik for a long weekend in Iceland (4 days) in November.  I explained that the flight from Newark to Reykjavik (Iceland) was about the same to the […]

Changing of the Guard

5 Days in London Teen Itinerary – History, Harry Potter and Milkshakes

Over the past ten years, I’ve visited London generally once a year for work or for a stopover on an award ticket during vacation.  I’ve become comfortable with the city and have my favorites so when my niece asked “can we go to London too?”, I said “yes”.  I said […]

Eiffel Tower Paris

The Five day Paris Itinerary with a Tween – Family Fun Activities in Paris

Planning for five days in Paris with my eleven year old niece, Aubrey, was a bit challenging.  While I’ve been to Paris many times over the past twenty years, most recently last November, I needed to view it through new eyes and become a tourist.  Becoming a tourist, to me, […]

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge

Solving my Award Ticket to Australia puzzle

I successfully booked an award air ticket last week to Australia but it was literally exhausting (just thinking about it is making me tired).  I spent at least ten hours (or more) trying to figure out the various parts of the puzzle to put together the journey.  If you are […]