As a child, I was painfully shy. I can’t emphasize the word painfully enough. I stuck to my mom’s side so closely when we were out running errands that she would often accidentally step on me, or I would step on her shoes because I was tagging so closely behind. Once you got to know […]
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Hotels: How I Stayed in Fancy Hotels for 10 Nights for Under $400
I should have spent over $4,500 to stay in the hotels I fell asleep in during a wine-induced haze. But I spent less than $400. How? Take a looksie. This is a series of Trip Reports where I’ll breakdown the costs associated with airfare and hotels and how I pay for a significant portion of it […]
Airfare: How I Flew in Business Class to Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong for Under $100
The biggest costs to any trip are usually airfare and hotels. So how in the world did I fly three 10+ hours flights, all in business class for under $100? Let me show you. This is the first part in a series of Trip Reports where I’ll breakdown the costs associated with airfare and hotels and […]
Thoughts Before I Embark on my First Solo Travel Trip
I woke up the other night in a panic. I was in my own bed, but the thoughts raced, “What am I going to do in this new city tomorrow?” The hubster has been has been away on a rural clinical rotation in the middle of Florida for 2 months. During the week, I’m sleeping […]
Destination Revealed: Where I’m Going
I’ll describe how the process went once I finally decided that traveling would need to be done solo this time. Ask readers where I should go. Contemplate super expensive European destinations. Look over super expensive group tours. Ask your dad to go with you. (He said, “No.”) Sit on the decision for many weeks as life […]
Where to go Solo?
Solo travel. I’m doing it. Perhaps. Maybe. (I knooooow.) I’ve learned recently that I probably shouldn’t plan for things expecting them to happen. It’s most likely a result of having to cancel our recent trip to Southeast Asia, but either way, I’m apprehensive about saying I’ll “for sure” do something. With some extra PTO in my […]