Update September 17, 2017: Folks! Over the last 24 hours I had been hearing that shadowbans were being lifted. People all over the Instagram universe were celebrating. This morning, a friend of mine texted saying that hers, too, had been lifted. Apparently, precisely two weeks nearly to the hour after you were asked to verify, it's…
Think of me as your travel Sherpa, leading you up the mountain of airline bargains. Most people don't have the patience to sit down and hunt, actually hunt, for flight deals and therefore end up overpaying. A while back I wrote that guide on how, if you're persistent enough, you can find the most rock…
Since Nashville seems to be THE PLACE TO BE, I thought my living here could be a possible writing topic. It's not some exotic corner of the earth, but it is a place that people appear to want to come on weekend trips, so here I am to the rescue. Nashville, metro population 1.8 million,…
I have been on my fair share of long haul flights. I'm not a frequent international business traveler nor do I have the luxury of jetting off whenever I want (yet!), but for an average Joe I've racked up about 20 flights that were roughly 8+ hours and to me, that warrants some kind of…
Continue reading ➞ How to: Survive a long-haul flight…in economy
Most people may not want to spend their vacations in a remote jungle in Laos somewhere like I do, but they do usually want to get to Italy at some point in their lives. Of the major landmarks in the world, most countries have zero to one. Italy, on the other hand, is chock full…
One thing that affects me the most is whenever I run into friends or acquaintances, I hear the same things: "I wish I could go there" or "You are so lucky!" or "Maybe I'll get there one day, I'd love to". YOU CAN. You absolutely can. The only thing stopping you is your own fear of going…
"Why Morocco?" is the sentiment I've gotten most since having decided this North African country would be our next vacation destination. I suppose it may be overlooked as a place to which the average traveler would want to venture, but it's easily accessible, safe, not too expensive, and one of the most stunning countries I've…
