Tips & Thoughts
Road Trip Rules: Finding a Cheap One-Way Car Rental
It takes a little bit of work but you really can find an affordable one-way car rental–you simply have to get creative and approach the process from different angles. Spend a little extra time and energy upfront and you’ll spend less money in the long run. Here are my top three tips for saving big on a one-way car rental:
On Lake Garda and Learning to Speak Italian
Il Lago di Garda is Italy’s largest lake, bordered to the north by the Gruppo di Baldo mountain range and ornamented with russet-roofed lakeside resort towns clustered along its shoreline. Formed by the movement of ancient glaciers, the fjord’s mountains rise sharply from the blue waters of the lake, which glitters like a polished jewel beneath the bright Mediterranean sun.
Unstuff’d: On Travel and Learning to Live with Less
With the arrival of the holiday season comes my least favorite time of the year. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the holidays; it’s just that our culture of consumption kicks into overdrive mere moments after a holiday when we gather with friends and family to express gratitude for the things that matter most. Thanksgiving, meet Black Thursday.
Thoughts on Hurricanes, Home, and Not Knowing What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone
The Sopranos? Jersey Shore? Boardwalk Empire? Fuhgeddaboutit! New Jersey is much, much more than that! Why did it have to take a hurricane to remind me New Jersey is an awesome travel destination, too?
Coming to Terms with the Urge for Going
The list of destinations I want to visit just keeps growing. On days like today when wanderlust feels like a fever running hot in my veins and a tight, anxious fist in my chest, I start to wonder–how will I ever see it all?
You *Do* Actually Want to Travel, Don’t You?
While blogging about travel over the past two years, I’ve made a basic assumption: people who read this blog want to travel and possess the same level of near-crazed wanderlust that I do. Turns out that maybe I’m wrong about that…
Finding Yourself Through Solo Travel
It’s those moments when I’m away from everything and everyone I know, out of my comfort zone and neck deep in the unfamiliar, that show me who I really am as a person and train me how to listen to my own voice.
