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Finding the perfect RV
There are many different varieties of camper vans, travel trailers, and RVs available from a small unit with only a bed inside to a full house on wheels. Selecting the perfect camping unit, trailer, or RV comes down to personal preference, but an important piece of advice that isn’t always mentioned is to buy what you are prepared to handle. You ultimately want to purchase something you will continue to use and that you are happy spending time inside of. You do not want to purchase something that ends up being more of an inconvenience than a convenience while on the road. Common issues with camping that I have often…
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How to Start Traveling by Car: Create your Ideal Road Trip
Maybe you have heard this before, but for some people, traveling by car sounds long, tiring, boring, and stressful. Comedic road trip movies tend to emphasize the negatives of road travel, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I can agree that spending the whole day inside of a car is not the most fun part of the trip, but, its the other activities along the way that make being in the car totally worth it. In order to answer the big questions, How do I become a road trip traveler?, we start with answering a few simpler questions: Have you been in a car for longer than two…
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Common Disney World Travel Questions and Answers
There are a lot of decisions to make for a Disney World vacation. Therefore, I have reassembled my Disney Guide post into a list of questions that I also searched online leading up to my own Disney vacation. Some of these were easily answered and found online, and some of them I just needed to experience first hand to find my answers. There may be some repetition from my Disney World guide, but having a question and answer format will help your research. How many days do I need in order to see everything at Disney World? How many theme park days should I buy?It is tough to see everything…
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Helsinki, Finland – a 24 hour visit
We had to have a longer layover in Helsinki, Finland, so when scheduling our flights, we prolonged our connecting flight to be over 24 hours apart so that we could explore some of the city. We were hoping to spend the day getting a taste of the Finnish culture both literally and figuratively and here is how it all came together. To quickly explain how we used our cell phone data while abroad, we each accumulate twelve international day use passes throughout the year (one free per month). So, while traveling in Europe, one of us would use one of these international day passes when we didn’t have access to…
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Easy travel
What really makes for a worthwhile trip today? Not feeling rushed. Day to day I can get caught up with the rush of everything moving too fast, feeling like there’s not enough time for everything. Worst of all is feeling like I may missed an opportunity. Trips and vacations need to feel relaxed and balanced, but how? By giving yourself the time to explore. Intuition is my guide. I read some information about a place and then I consider how long it would take for us to casually explore it based on how fast we usually go doing a certain activity. If I find that there isn’t enough time allowed…
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Simplified Guide to Visiting Walt Disney World
If you haven’t been to Disney World in quite a few years or if this is your first visit, here is a quick reference guide to help you know how to plan. As with all destinations, there are thorough guides available online and detailed in books explaining how to plan a Disney vacation. In my opinion, there’s a little too much of the same details repeated out there and not enough information on how to easily navigate this huge theme park destination. It had been about eight years since I had last visited Disney World, and a lot had changed across all four parks. There were new areas to explore,…
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St. Louis
What is there really to do in St. Louis? Aren’t all Midwestern cities the same? This question was presented to me in conversation recently by someone that was not from the Midwest, and it got me thinking just how easy it is to assume things based on opinions or simply a lack of time to really explore when traveling through a place. Not that this was a bad question to ask, I get it, the Midwest doesn’t necessarily have the beautiful coastlines and climates of other places, but tucked inside the Midwest region there are many gems within that are calling out to be discovered and appreciated by travelers passing…
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Let’s get started planning!
Planning a good experience and sorting through the opinionated reviews My own perspective on travel has changed and broadened this year in particular. No more am I going to assume a place is a certain way before actually giving it a chance. I recommend freeing your thought from the opinions and just start fresh. There is a big picture way to look at planning a trip. We are all different and I am not attempting to set any opinions on how people should look at travel. I am simply going to share what I do to plan a trip when I am in or going to a destination and give…
