If you’ve ever wondered what your travel advisor is actually doing when they aren’t sending you an itinerary, answering an email, or helping you figure out what to pack, this is your peek behind the curtain. Because so much of my job happens when none of my clients are traveling at all. This week, for…
You may be surprised to learn that if you decided today that you wanted to become a travel advisor, you could. Unlike careers such as law, accounting, or real estate, there isn’t a universal licensing requirement for travel advisors in most of the United States. The barrier to entry is surprisingly low. While that makes…
There are days when planning my own travel feels a little overwhelming. Not because I don’t know where I want to go—but because there are so many places I’d love to experience, and many of them deserve far more than a single visit. Some days I dream about slowly wandering through the French countryside, spending…
This week humbled me. For years, I assumed escorted tours weren’t for me. The concept brought to mind visions of travelers wearing matching headsets, being herded from one landmark to the next before climbing back onto a bus. It felt like the opposite of the thoughtful, immersive travel I value so much. While those certainly…
If you were to ask a local what Lower Saxony is like, they may have to pause for a moment. Not because there isn’t anything to say, but because it’s difficult to explain the heart of such a quiet place. As we’ve discussed, most states outside of Bavaria aren’t the Germany most travelers imagine first….
Books can shape the way we see the world long before we actually step out into it. The streets, landscapes, and architecture described in our favorite stories live in our imagination — and traveling to those places is a way of stepping inside those treasured tales. Book-inspired trips let you relive childhood favorites, discover hidden…
Planning an international trip is exciting — and, for many travelers, a little overwhelming. With endless hotels, tours, restaurants, and landmarks vying for your attention, it’s easy to overpack an itinerary or lose sight of what you really want from your adventure. You can’t do everything, so you need to discover the rhythm of travel…
If you think about Halloween travel, you’ll probably think of Salem or Halloween Horror Nights at Universal. I think ‘Halloween travel’ for most of us is really just limited to local haunted houses or nearby festivals. But there’s a different kind of October magic waiting in Romania — where misty mountains, charming villages, and centuries-old…
Some places really leave a mark on you, and don’t seem to get old, no matter how often you return. For me, Europe is that place. I love home, and I’ll always champion exploring the treasures of the U.S.—from Acadia’s rugged coastline to the canyons of Zion. But stepping into a cobblestone square or a…
For a long time, I severely underrated what the United States had to offer. Beaches, big cities, theme parks — those were the main characters in my domestic travel story. Then I stood on the edge of a canyon in Utah, and later on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic in Maine. My perspective got a…