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peak season travel & how to ensure survival
If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know one thing is true: we don’t really travel during the peak season. Be it Amsterdam in October or Costa Rica in July, the hubs and I generally seek out better deals to help lighten our budget load. Still, we have often left a place wondering what it would be like in full swing? Though I have yet to ride a bike through the tulip fields of Holland or take a sunny stroll through the Arenal rainforest, two important facts have recently come to my attention: Summer picnics on the Champ de…
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five frugal habits of highly effective travelers
As you may have figured out, we’re not Kate and Pippa Middleton. This is disappointing for about 100 million reasons (many we haven’t even figured out yet), but the main one? Lack of funds for a lifetime of gallivanting. It’s highly unfair, but the more travel gets in our blood, the more we just have to make it work. The biggest hurdle, of course, is money, but as two New Yorkers with a love for retail therapy and wine at any cost, we’ve been forced to figure out how to fit travel into our budget. The romantic has already pointed…
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new york times travel show: tips for first-timers
This weekend, we had the pleasure of welcoming our fellow travel lovers to our beloved city for the 10th Annual New York Times Travel Show. As first-timers, we were nervous. We carry a general fear of large crowds and salespeople, and we had no idea what to expect from the three-day show. Luckily for you, just like the romantic’s adventure in TBEX-land, we’re here to share our newfound wisdom. Without further ado, some tips for anyone thinking of taking the leap and signing up for next year’s show. Hello, Javits Center. You are practically in New Jersey. The Do’s DO purchase…
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shit lazy travelers say
We’ve all seen them– the latest YouTube phenoms parodying shit people say (my favorite is Shit People in DC Say, call me biased). After watching a few of these, I’ve realized lazy travelers are also creatures of habit, and we tend to stick to a few key catchphrases. “Let’s just go here” Many times, the best nights are the nights you don’t plan. When traveling, the romantic and I like to plan less and discover more. Instead of picking out a restaurant in advance, we often hop from place to place until we find a place where we can camp out…
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how to succeed in traveling without really trying.
I love perfect days on vacation. I’ve had many. Blissful, sunny days strolling along the Seine. Days spent wandering through Italian streets, stuffing myself with pasta and gelato. Days driving through the Irish countryside with picture-perfect rolling hills scattered with sheep and castle ruins on the horizon. But what about the non-perfect days? What about the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days? Like the day you’re in Barcelona and your purse is stolen and you’re out of cash? Or the day you’re totally lost and you get a ticket from a German police officer for breaking laws you didn’t…
