Your departure date is almost here – all your dreaming about and planning for your next trip is about to come to fruition. You’ve done the 8 things I recommended before leaving home so you’re ready!! But wait. What are you supposed to do about your phone 📞 ? If you’re traveling overseas and your […]
Travel Hacks
#TRAVEL HACK: Carry On! Less is More – How to Pack Light, Save Money and Time
It seems that every day, the airlines add a crazy new fee to the already high cost of flying. Whether it’s a fee to print your boarding pass (true story) or a charge for snacks on a flight, there’s hidden – and not so hidden – costs to deal with when booking your flight. One […]
#TRAVEL HACK: HOW TO TAKE A TRAIN LIKE A BOSS – 9 Tips to Ride the Rails Successfully 🚂
What is it about a train? 🤔Is it a scene recalled from an old black-and-white movie that makes it feel romantic? Or could it be the exciting adventures ahead when you think about boarding the train to Hogwarts 🧙♂️ on Platform 9-3/4? Perhaps it’s the hypnotic clickety-clack, clickety-clack of the wheels on the iron rails…or the […]
PODCAST: “A Creative Purpose” – Hacks, Hostels, Portugal and more!
Email subscribers: click on title for best display! Wondering what it’s like to travel full time? 🧐 Curious about staying in hostels, working in a vineyard 🍇 in New Zealand or volunteering in an orphanage in southern Nepal? How about housesitting 🌏 – would you like to know about this – and other opportunities – for […]
#VANLIFE: Sleeping Around – More Than a Dozen Apps for Road Warriors
“There’s an app for that!” Find apps you can’t live without for #vanlife!
#TRAVEL HACK – 8 Simple Things To Do Before Your Next International Trip 🌍
Hooray! Your flight is booked. You found some amazing free walking tours, bookmarked waaaaay too many fantabulous restaurants to try and you’ve started packing. (A carry-on, I hope? More about that here.) You’re excited and can’t wait to go! But there’s a few more things to do before you head out the door to make […]
#TRAVEL HACK: Travel Nurses – How and Why You Should Rent to Them
I was honored and delighted to create an article for my favorite Facebook group, She Hit Refresh, about the benefits of renting to travel nurses. In case you don’t know, “She Hit Refresh” is an amazing and supportive group of women over 30 who want to make big changes to their life – and “break […]
#TRAVEL HACK: 4 Apps That Are Apps-olutely Awesome!
Updated March 2022. It’s a mystery to me how we ever traveled (or dealt with life!) without smartphones and apps. I remember using MapQuest printouts to try to navigate around cities and find my hotel, and I guess if I think hard enough I’d recall paper maps, handwritten directions and road atlases. And how did we […]
#TRAVEL HACK: How to Stay Free, Enjoy More Using Workaway & Caretaker Gazette
Updated MAY 2024 It’s no secret that travel can be expensive, and accommodations are the second most costly item after airfare. Here are 2 of my favorite resources I’ve discovered for keeping down costs when it comes to where you lay your head each night while increasing your adventure potential and stretching your travel dollar! […]
#TRAVEL HACK: 6 Ways to Do Fun Stuff In Australia and New Zealand Without Blowing Your Budget
updated April 2022 Australia and New Zealand! These far-away countries are on most travelers’ bucket list. But unlike countries in Southeast Asia or South America, Oz (Australia) and Aotearoa (Maori for “New Zealand”) tend to be quite expensive. After spending three months traveling extensively throughout Australia, Tasmania, and the North and South Islands of New […]
