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Ditch the Drag: 10 Reasons Not to Check a Bag
One travel cost you have complete control over is your packing. I recently calculated the costs of traveling with a checked bag, and it easily added over $100 every time we moved from one city to the next. That was my tipping point! It’s not just about saving a few dollars in airline fees; it’s…
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How I save with annual travel insurance
Keeping with the travel promotion theme of the last couple weeks, I think now is a great time to bring up travel insurance. Given that Joan and I travel all of our lives, insuring ourselves just makes sense. As I was looking for a new policy, I stumbled across an option for an annual plan…
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My California Dream: Cycling the Coast
Sacramento to San Francisco Several times I’ve taken the train between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. It follows the California coastline, at times just feet from the crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean. The train is fittingly called the Pacific Surfliner. I’d always thought how nice it would be to ride my bike along…
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Planning the perfect itinerary for a Mexico City tour
Mexico City Itinerary My friend Darren and I have never seen eye to eye on travel. His philosophy has been to visit the most difficult countries while he is in his physical prime and save the easier ones until he’s less ambulatory. My philosophy has been to visit the best countries in the world because…
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What’s the best way to get around Mexico City? Uber vs Didi vs Taxi
Like most big cities in the world, it’s cheaper to get around Mexico City in someone else’s car than your own. Not owning a car means no payments, no maintenance, no insurance, and no fuel or parking expenses. From my perspective, saving $10,000 per year on auto expenses is the same as earning an extra…
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Three reasons to try Intermittent Fasting
I’ve always thought the suggestion “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” to be a farce. At worst, it was just something conjured up by cereal companies to sell their product. Breakfast has always been a light meal for me so, when I decided to eliminate it altogether, it wasn’t very difficult. After…
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It’s easier to get things done with kindness than commands
It was the first time I’d seen a tour director and a coach driver yelling it out, and this was a seasoned tour director, at least that’s what she told me. She shared with me that she’d been to one of America’s premier tour schools and that drivers work for you. What I know, and…
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Living Free and Getting Paid
I’d planned to spend the summer in Seattle at the same place I did last year. It was a cozy studio directly across the street from Pike’s market. In just two minutes, I could be shopping at my favorite fruit and vegetable stand or picking up my mail at Wanderers’ mail service. Bus and…
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My Portable Kitchen for Cooking while on the Road
Because I spend months at a time on the road, food expenses are bound to be a major part of my budget. Not only does dining out add up economically, it adds to the waist line as I tend to eat more when I go to a restaurant than I would if I was at…
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