Travel Tips and Thoughts
A grown woman should not cry in a shoe store but I was tearing up in Benjamin Lovell Shoes in Philly when not one, but eleven boxes of shoes emerged from the stock room in my size. To understand this, you’d need to have size 11 feet like I do […]
Avoid My Travel Nightmare in One Step with Ortho Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Ortho Home Defense but all opinions (and sadly the bug bite nightmare) are uniquely mine. A few months ago, I woke up in a fancy island hotel covered in bug bites. The hotel had a […]
One excuse I’ve heard over the years for not traveling is “it isn’t safe to go to x, y or z”. I was reminded this weekend that staying at home isn’t safe either – bad things can happen anywhere. While sitting in one of four lanes of traffic waiting to […]
It felt weird leaving London Heathrow without my luggage. I was on the Heathrow Express surrounded by many people with bags all trying to fit (trains were on a modified schedule that day) while I sat in my seat with a handbag and small backpack. Thankfully my luggage wasn’t lost […]
Not everyone will have a baptism by fire to solo travel like I did. I was abandoned in Paris by my (former) friend at Valentine’s Day and chose to explore the city on my own until my flight home. This was in the time before the internet and smart phones. […]
Leave it to Mom to introduce me to a travel service I’ve seen over the years but never used – The Amtrak Baggage Service with the Red Caps at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. We were scheduled to board the Acela (I got a deal for our Saturday one way […]
Sadly, in the world today, it can be dangerous to leave your house and drive your car, but you take precautions to ensure you are a safe driver (no texting, safe distances, and caution for example). When planning a trip, you should think about all safety issues that are important […]
It was 6 p.m. on a Thursday when I happened upon Facebook and saw it – the 3 Day British Airways Business & First Class Fare Sale. This great deal was ending at midnight! I’m not sure how I missed the tweets, the blogs, the Facebook posts and the many […]
Kids Today are Lucky! This weekend, I spent time with my niece Aubrey, the lucky kid who got to visit Paris & London with me a few years ago. She was telling me of her spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale with her dad, her upcoming school trip to Virginia, […]
I always feel bad for the travel vendor from Nepal as no one seems to visit him to talk about his country despite his good location in the first aisle across from one of the speaking venues at the Philadelphia Travel & Adventure show. It seems that his country might […]