See our Advertiser Disclosure here. As I’ve mentioned awhile back, my parents recently came to visit us from Europe over my kids’ spring break. The timing made me a little nervous, but we forged ahead with our plans. They flew to Florida on March 4th, and were set to spend 10 nights with mom’s  friend […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. As is the case with  many of you, my family’s summer travel plans are currently in limbo due to Coronavirus. Will we be going to Japan, Hawaii, California or neither of those places? I honestly have no idea. But I have several trips in the works, with a very good […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Update:  Well, that didn’t take long. My parents’ Lufthansa flight did get cancelled, just as I expected it would. I never even got any email notification on it. I knew that calling Lufthansa would be pointless. I’ve heard some people were put on hold for 7 hours, and got disconnected […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. I’m sure most of you are sick of hearing about the coronavirus. I know I am! But the reality is that folks in the travel community are impacted by it, whether we like it or not. Going on a cruise next month? I’m sure you are having second thoughts right […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here In my recent post, I’ve mentioned that as of now, I have no plans to cancel our trip to Japan at the end of May. However, I would be lying if I said that the events of the last few weeks aren’t making me nervous. The number of confirmed virus […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here The other day, we had a picnic with extended family and conversation turned to Coronavirus scare. When I mentioned that we are planning to  go to Japan in the early summer, my husband’s cousin (who happens to be a registered nurse), turned to me with a horrified look on her […]