Celebrity Constellation Turkish Beach View

The plane is clean but I’m not traveling

I’ve been seeing a lot of marketing around “the plane is clean” so you should fly now.  It doesn’t matter that the transmission rate is low on a plane.  It doesn’t matter that the plane is cleaner than ever before (seriously this should have been a standard a long time […]

Okavango Delta Sunset

Solo Travel – Dating the World With My Passport

While I’m grounded at home until the world is open to Americans again, I’m revisiting my travel love life through fun posts like this.  Hope you enjoy! “Where is Your Husband?” is a question I’ve been asked so many times over the years as I’ve traveled solo that I wrote […]

NYC Skyline View from Brooklyn Walking Tour

Travel Recovery Questions: Scared to Travel or Ready to Travel Tomorrow?

We all need something to look forward to right now.  The pandemic took away the weddings, reunions, family vacations, summer cruises and so much more that we need a bit of hope.  Travel has always been that ray of sunshine, the reason to work all day, to save for, to […]

LHR Terminal 5 View from Above

New Ways of Flying? What to Expect at the Airport and Flying during Covid-19

You might remember (Gen-X and older alert) or be surprised to learn that there was a time you could walk to the airport gate without security checks.  Saying goodbye at the airport gate isn’t just a movie trope or a funny scene in 90’s television, it was, at one point, […]

NCL Getaway Forward View of Bridge and Atlantic Ocean

When Can We Cruise Again? 5 Cruise Changes to Expect

Updated: February 2021.  The cruise industry continues to be battered by covid, border closures and money issues.  The 2021 Alaska cruise season has been canceled already.  Cruise lines are extending vouchers and still advertising for cruises. Once the vaccines are more widely distributed, expect to see tenative sailings occur likely […]

LOVE Park in Philly

Social Distanced and Bored? Travel the World with Virtual Tours, Posts and Photos

On day 2 of work from home (WFH) this week, I almost ordered a trampoline.  My neighbor has one and my home office window looks out to it so my inner child was screaming “I want a trampoline!  You need to remember how to have fun!”  Thankfully Amazon is shipping […]

Seattle flights Mt. Rainier views from the plane

Travel Opinion – Should You Ask to Recline the Airline Seat or Not?

The controversy has popped up into our social feeds and reignited a debate of fierce stances – should you ask to recline the airline seat or not or just go for it without warning?  I don’t normally jump into the “topic of the day” but here I am because I’m […]

Santorini blue roof houses

It’s Cruise Wave Season – What You Need To Know Before Booking Cruise Deals

Every year, in the dark days and cold nights of winter, we all dream of escaping somewhere warm and sunny. The cruise industry is at the ready to accommodate you during Wave Season with hundreds of itineraries around the world.  Cruise Wave Season starts in mid-January and ends in early […]