According to CNBC, in 2017 52%!!! of Americans didn't use all their vacation days!?! What?!?! For your physical and mental health PLEASE use your time off. Small vacations around weekends allow for more trips and, I believe, greater relaxation. Sometimes week long+ vacations end up being very stressful with all the planning and travel involved. Weekend trips simplify all that. So repeat after me: I will take all my vacation days Do it! Now! You take more days off when you plan for ... Read More
Travel tips
How to make traveling with depression easier
AFTER having depression for half of my life, I somehow forget how much of an impact it can have on a daily basis. But yesterday it made me not want to do something I really want in my life: travel. Sad puppy I want to be clear that I'm not talking about that sad feeling you get after returning from vacation. I'm talking about depression you live with every day. Later this week we leave for a weekend trip to a city about 100 miles away. Yesterday I suddenly had a meltdown convinced that ... Read More
3 awesome reasons to rent a car for your next road trip
Road trips are the best. They make you feel so free. Windows down, Wind screaming past, music blaring. But they can quickly turn into a disaster if you have any trouble with your vehicle. No one wants the reason a road trip was memorable is that you had major engine troubles in the middle of the desert. With that in mind, I break down 3 amazing reasons you should rent a car for your next road trip. While all incidents cannot be avoided while on a road trip, they can be ... Read More
Two easy steps to being the perfect travel partner
Travel is stressful. Other people often add to the stress. Me and my husbands differing travel styles could easily make us poor traveling partners. How have we made so many vacations work for us for almost 19 years? Don't get me wrong, we've have had some tense moments (that time in Maine with no hotel room in the entire STATE, so we slept in our truck at a rest stop). All these years of travel have taught me how to make anyone into the perfect travel partner. The key to making anyone into ... Read More