Travel-Based Holiday Gift Guide

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the traveler in your life? Look no further – we’ve found something for everyone! Gift an Experience An experience is often the best kind of gift! Most of us have too much stuff and for those of us who love travel, we tend to prefer trips/experiences anyway. Gifting […]

The Benefits of a Travel Capsule Wardrobe

We travel a lot and we are firm believers that any travel you do can be done with carry on luggage. A week in Hawaii? Incredibly easy. 3 months in southeast Asia in the summer? Harder but very doable. 6 months spanning multiple climates, temperatures, and seasons? Yes, you can do it in a carry […]

2022: A Recap of our Year of Travels

Until we decided to think back to all of the wonderful places we went in 2022 we didn’t realize how much we’d traveled. The three of us all work full-time non-remote jobs, so these trips were snuck into full work schedules. From weekend trips within California (we’re based in San Francisco), road trips, and overseas […]

Travel-Based Holiday Presents

The holidays are coming up, meaning there’s a good chance you’re looking for the perfect gift for someone or to add to your own wish list. Why not make it travel-themed?

How to Score the Perfect Lodging on Vacation

We don’t know about you, but we’ve stayed in a lot of different places while traveling. And by that we mean A LOT. We have also stayed in everything from 4 star luxury resorts to hostels with 24 beds in a room to pitching tents and camping. While some of the most “interesting” make great […]

Trains in Europe

The European train system is generally fantastic and makes it convenient and easy to get around. Certainly for travel between big cities it is the best way to go – it removes the travel time it takes getting to the airport and going through security. Even on trains such as the Eurostar through the Chunnel […]

How to Choose the Right Travel Book in 10 Steps

With all of the travel book options out there, how do you select the right one? Do you reach for Frommers, Rick Steves, Blue Book, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, Let’s Go…the list goes on and on. You absolutely need a guide book and we think it’s even a good idea to grab one for a […]

Better Carbon Travel: in Honor of #climatestrike

In honor of national #climatestrike day and because we are huge proponents of the environment, sustainable living, and sustainable travel we thought we should talk about your options. Here’s the deal: we love travel, as do you if you’re looking at our site. That being said, travel can be bad for the environment and we […]