Can I travel there?

Flights, Planning, Safety/Health, Travel Advice

Use these three resources to check travel requirements around the world. Every day more travel restrictions and requirements are being dropped, and people are dusting off their passports in the hope of traveling overseas this year. How do you find out which...

Got drugs?

Safety/Health, Travel Advice

A traveler’s guide to CBD. CBD is many travelers’ secret weapon to ward off jet lag, flight anxiety, or muscle aches. It comes in a variety of forms—gummies and pills to tinctures and body lotions—and different dosages. The right dose or product for someone...

Surprise!

Flights, Hotels, Itinerary, Planning, Travel Advice

Ten companies that will plan a mystery vacation for you. When Husband and I travel, he never knows where we’re going. I make all the arrangements and pack for us; all he has to do is show up and enjoy each day as it comes. Now there are travel agencies that offer the...

Cashing out?

Cash, Money, Travel Advice

The cost-effective ways to access cash abroad. The world is going cashless; some countries (ex: Sweden, Norway) already largely are. Where travelers once saw “cash only” signs, there are now “cash not accepted” warnings. Still, in some places cash remains king (German...

Ears plugged after a flight?

Safety/Health, Travel Advice

Seven tips on how to clear your ears, plus advice to help keep them from clogging in the first place. When it comes to aggravating aspects of air travel, painful ear pressure is a close second to lost luggage and flight cancellations. Not only can the pressure caused...

Does the airline need your seat?

Compensation, Flights, Travel Advice

Here’s how to get the best compensation for it!   You’ve bought a ticket for your flight. If you show up at the gate on time, that means you’re guaranteed a seat, right? Wrong. Airlines (legally) oversell flights—although some, like JetBlue, say they don’t—on...