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Tag: Travel tips

Thoughts on TravelTravel Planning

What to Do While We Wait to Travel: 21 Awesome Ideas

March 8, 2021 Food, Thoughts & Opinions, Travel Planning, Travel tips Comments are off
Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse, Gulliver, MI

It’s been a year since Covid-19 went from a scary-but-remote sickness to a full-blown shutdown around the world. Even then, I was deliberately stubborn/naive about the possible effect on travel. Now, we still wonder what to do while we...

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How-ToU.S. DestinationsWorldwide Destinations

Turning Kids into Travelers

November 3, 2019 Travel tips, US travel, Worldwide Destinations Comments are off
How exactly can we go about turning our kids into travelers?

How exactly can we go about turning our kids into travelers? We’ve seen those children on our own journeys: curious and cheerful. Interested in more than the next souvenir shop. Willing to eat more than a Big Mac. Understanding...

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Apps & GadgetsHow-ToTravel Tips

Photo Tips for Your Device: Make Travel Shots Easy!

April 7, 2019 Photography, Travel tips Comments are off
Photo tips for your device: Make your travel photography awesome!

These easy photo tips for your device will improve every picture you take. Your travel photography skills are about to skyrocket. I promise! If you’re like many travelers, you don’t want to lug around a camera anymore…or at least,...

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Airlines & AirportsTravel Planning

How to Be Airport-Savvy in 2021

March 17, 2019 Airlines, solo travel, Travel tips Comments are off
How to be airport-savvy...a little planning will make your journey easier!

Updated May 13, 2021: The content of this blog post still applies to learning how to be airport-savvy. What’s changed? COVID…and the restrictions that are going to remain in place for awhile. Just as airport security changed after 9/11–remember...

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How-ToU.S. DestinationsWorldwide Destinations

Etiquette for Visiting Religious Sites…NO Exceptions!

March 6, 2019 Travel tips, U.S. Destinations, Worldwide Destinations 2 Comments
No matter where you travel, there is proper etiquette for visiting religious sites.

Please don’t be THAT traveler. Please. Learn the etiquette for visiting religious sites and use it every time you enter a sacred place. There are plenty of reasons to include religious sites in your travels. They’re where you find...

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Budget TravelCruisesSolo TravelU.S. DestinationsWorldwide Destinations

Travel & Adventure Show: Who Should Go? YOU!

January 2, 2019 budget travel, Europe, Holidays, Rick Steves, solo travel, Travel Planning, Travel tips, U.S. Destinations, Worldwide Destinations Comments are off
Travel & Adventure Show

Holiday decorations are put away and the new year has started. That means it’s time to plan a trip! Fortunately, the annual Travel & Adventure Show can help you find the perfect destination. Hundreds of exhibitors are waiting to...

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Budget TravelSolo TravelTravel TipsU.S. DestinationsWorldwide Destinations

Hop On-Hop Off Bus: I Always Take One, You Should, Too!

October 24, 2018 budget travel, solo travel, tours, Travel tips, US travel, Worldwide Destinations Comments are off
You can find a hop on-hop off bus in most cities around the world.

Take a Hop on-Hop off bus? REALLY? I can hear your groans… We’ve all seen them during our travels, those double-decker buses, the upper deck packed with photo-snapping riders who insist on waving to passersby. They look so…touristy. WHY...

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Apps & GadgetsBudget TravelTravel Tips

13 FREE Travel Apps: Make Trips Cheaper, Easier & More Fun!

September 5, 2018 budget travel, Travel Planning, Travel tips Comments are off
FREE Travel Apps---make everything for your next trip easier!

FREE travel apps? Music to a budget traveler’s ears! And even better: These 13 apps will help you save money and time on every trip. Some are fun, some weren’t originally designed for travel–but all are useful. Depending on...

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Apps & GadgetsCamino de SantiagoHow-ToPacking LightSolo Travel

“What’s the One Thing You Always Pack?” Travelers Tell Us!

August 29, 2018 budget travel, Camino de Santiago, Packing, solo travel, Travel tips Comments are off
One thing you always pack: what do you bring every time you travel?

“What’s the one thing you always pack?” Go ahead and ask ten people…you’ll get ten different answers. I’m not talking about basic items that are already part of your packing routine, such as a small power strip and outlet adapters...

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Solo Travel

An 80-year-old asks: “How do I travel solo?” Answer: Just Start!

August 19, 2018 inspiration, solo travel, Travel Planning, Travel tips Comments are off
How do I travel solo? Start small and build up your confidence and skills.

“How do I travel solo?” Meet Carol, a spry and spunky 80-year-old who wants to travel solo. A recent widow, Carol and her husband traveled extensively all over the world. As the years went by, they shifted their travel...

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Worth 1,000 Words…

A labyrinth can reset our mind and intention. Can we do the same with how we travel? (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
Flower Vendor at sSeattle Pike Place Market
Seattle’s Pike Place Market is one of the nation’s treasures. (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
The World's Largest Rocking Chair in Casey, Illinois.
Going to Seattle? Of course you'll want to visit the Space Needle. Fresh from a renovation, here's what to know!
"Becoming Human" by Christian Ristow welcomes you to Meow Wolf.The flower-sniffing robot is 30 feet tell. (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
A "young man" of 70+ years leads the band in Santa Clara. (Photo by Suzanne Ball)
Sandia Peak Tram was a challenge to build.
After your selfie at The Bean, visit one of the Chicago food halls!
The passage to the stadium was once covered entirely by a stone arch roof. Today, only one section remains. It's easy to imagine how athletes felt as they ran down the narrow entry into the stadium
The wooden roof is what burned on 15 April 2019, taking the spire with it. When it was built, Notre Dame Cathedral required 52 acres of forest to complete the roof.
Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, NM: The Mysterious and Miraculous Staircase
Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times..
Solo travel doesn't really have many downsides
Unclaimed Baggage Center is easy to find in Scottsboro, AL.
Milwaukee Art Museum: Architect Santiago Calatrava designed MOM to resemble a ship. Given its location on the Lake Michigan waterfront, his idea was brilliant. (Photo credit: Suzanne Ball. All rights reserved.)
Peace solo travel by eating at a nice restaurant
Rome-Colosseum
U.S. Destinations-Seattle-Pike Place
Window shopping in Florence: Silk ties
The Acropolis in Athens awaits!
Craving Europe? There are some surprising European destinations in the US!

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