You may have heard the term “long haul flight,” but what does that mean? What’s a “long” haul? Many common carriers (airlines) consider long haul to be at least 2500-3000 nautical miles. Los Angeles to New York is about 2450 nautical miles. This means there are only a few domestic flights for Americans that are…
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Control. When you are a passenger of any aircraft, you have no control over what is happening in the front of the plane. While that might not seem like an issue to most of you, to me, it’s something that has caused me many hours of distress in my lifetime. I hope to impart some…
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Frequent travelers experience mishaps. It’s inevitable. There are too many moving pieces involved with travel—flights, ground transportation, luggage, hotels, rentals, etc. Something is bound to happen occasionally, but it’s how you deal with it that separates the experienced from the inexperienced. We have experienced mishaps before, but in this particular city, trying to leave, it…
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If you’ve been reading elsewhere on our blog, I have already said that I am not a minimalist when it comes to packing for trips. This causes the biggest issue in the bathroom. While a long-weekend trip doesn’t usually present a problem, multi-week trips are another story. Over the last year or so, I’ve also…
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Everyone has their favorite mountains for winter sports. We’re no different. We don’t live in a mountainous state, so skiing (for Michelle) and snowboarding (for Neil) means flying or driving to a resort. We can get to resorts like Monarch or Crested Butte in Colorado in a 12-13 hour drive. But, we wouldn’t be us…
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Neil and I have been to several islands in the Caribbean, some together and some separately. While we would disagree as to which island is the best to visit, we can both agree that the Turks and Caicos Islands, Providenciales in particular, has the best food in the region. Since the islands are, well, islands,…
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I haven’t even begun writing this post, yet I know you’re already questioning the title. Isla de Culebra or Culebra, for short, is a Puerto Rican island located halfway (about 12 miles) between the main island of Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. In Spanish, Culebra translates to “snake” aka “nope rope”. We first learned of…
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By nature, I am not a minimalist packer. Growing up, the thought of traveling to Germany for a week and only having one large suitcase was daunting. I’ve been seen stuffing items into my carry-on luggage at the airport ticket counter in order to keep my checked bag under 50 pounds more times than I’d…
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We spent more than 1 night in Bangkok, but what we learned when speaking to a lot of couples who have traveled to Thailand was that there was a common theme: they chose to spend very little time in Bangkok. Everyone has their own travel likes and dislikes, so this post is devoted to those…
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There are so many different opinions on how to save money when planning travel. I’ve been traveling for over a decade and, in the beginning, it was predominantly for business purposes. Since that time, I travel much more for pleasure and decided that I was going to figure out how to save as much as…
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