I used to plan out one or two restaurants to try on vacation based on suggestions from friends, but today it’s all too easy to get more recommendations than you can possibly squeeze into a single trip. For a small city, Asheville had a lot of restaurants I wanted to try and it was impossible …
I was going stir crazy in February after a few weeks in a row of staying indoors, so I needed an opportunity for a getaway. Since I’ve seen almost everything I want to here in Virginia, it was time to venture further afield. The perfect solution? A roadtrip to Asheville, complete with a great playlist …
I am not a shopper. Some people love to hunt through racks of clothing to find that perfect clearance dress and others will score through ads to find ways to save tons on electronics. While I don’t shop in the conventional sense very often, I lose all sense when it comes to wading through travel …
The first time I went to Spain, I included Madrid as part of my plans because the guidebooks said it was a must, not because I wanted to go there. I did a fair amount of reading on the city and came up with exactly one thing I wanted to see there (Palacio Real de …
I tend to fall victim to the mindset that travel has to be far away to “count”, forgetting that sometimes there are wonderful attractions right in my own backyard. However, when life got in the way of my existing travel plans for last weekend, a “near-cation” became an incredible back-up plan. For this particular experience, …
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I’m a little embarassed to admit that I’m turning into a food-snob. I love to cook and know my way around a kitchen, so when I go out to eat, I won’t settle for mediocre food. Even better is when you eat well and you earn rewards! While rewards in general are something that make …
I had a crazy idea this summer when I found $59 round-trip flights to Florida. It was probably stupid — I only had from 10am-6am in Pensacola…yes, that’s less than 24 hours. But it was easy to talk myself into an impulsive purchase and mini-getaway. I had ambitious plans that involved water sports on the …
I always imagined that my first trip to the Grand Canyon would be my only trip there. Of course, I had assumed this trip would take advantage of the Grand Canyon to the fullest, exploring the North Rim, South Rim, inner canyon (via a rim-to-rim hike), and Havasu Falls over the course of more than a …
I’ve definitely been known in the past to over-plan, making sure we hit all the best places and eat at all the best restaurants on a relatively tight schedule. It doesn’t work. Inevitably, you get stuck in traffic, you end up exhausted because you woke up early too many days in a row, and you …
While I’d love to travel for free every time using my miles and points, every once in a while I have to earn miles on my travels rather than burning them. When the opportunity came up to head to Arizona for a weekend getaway, I knew paying cash for everything was in my future. Thank goodness it’s still …
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