Use Rakuten for travel (and get cash back)
Are you familiar with Rakuten, the online shopping app that gives you cash back when you make a purchase? Did you know you can use Rakuten to book travel? Well, you can! It’s a good Read More …
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Get more in your suitcase with Ziploc packing
I’m one of those people who want to take lots of stuff with me when I travel, but I don’t want to haul around a huge suitcase. That can be a bit of a challenge. Read More …
Mind your boarding pass, but don’t freak out about it
Everyone who flies knows their boarding pass contains basic personal and flight information, but do you know what information is hidden in that bar code? I use links to improve your experience using this website. Read More …
A Gift from My Father: A Love of Travel
I love to travel and I have traveled at least a little all my life. That may not sound very impressive, but I grew up in a place where few people expressed any curiosity about Read More …
Remembering Dave
One of my traveling companions passed away last week. More than a traveling companion, perhaps, since in some ways it is because of Dave Radford that I got hooked on international travel. Dave’s had MS Read More …
The Places I Long to Return To
In conjunction with my list of 50 Dream Trips – places I haven’t been to yet, but hope to visit someday, I’ve been compiling a list of Places Worth a Return trip – places I’ve Read More …
to & from the airport.com
I have new favorite website: To&fromtheairport.com promises to tell you how to get to and from the airport. I guess I’ll find out in a month or so how good it really is, but Read More …
Why We Travel
I came back from the cruise to find it difficult to know what to tell people about my trip. My description of it as “interesting” seems to either leave people perplexed or feeling sorry for Read More …
My five minutes of fame
I know it’s said that everyone gets 15 minutes of fame, but I’m not up to 15 minutes yet. Five is about right. I got to be the lead-in for an article in the paper Read More …
Humming With Delight — Great Travel Writing on the Web
Ok, so I’m probably the last person in the world with an interest in travel to discover this, but I finally stumbled across World Hum. Wow. Just a short amble through the site indicates it’s Read More …