See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Let’s be honest. These last few months haven’t been fun. People have been stuck inside for months due to the pandemic. Even though certain things are opening, life is nowhere back to “normal.” Trips have been cancelled, plans have been altered, people have died from Covid-19, and the U.S. is dealing […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. When you travel a lot, you have to be organized. Any time I start planning a new trip, I create a new email folder to keep our flights, hotel confirmations and other details all in one spot. But despite trying to stay organized, I recently made a rookie mistake that […]

Self Health Assessments Are a Crock: I have to agree with this post from Your Mileage May Vary. Self health assessments have been used on cruise ships forever, but I think there is a lot of fudging going on. Now they are popping up everywhere. I agree that these self assessments are more for show. […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. Since the pandemic started, many of us are still waiting on refunds for canceled or postponed trips and events. It’s frustrating to wait, especially when the money is necessary for new trips or even basic necessities during pandemic job losses. Here are some refunds I’m still waiting on: Gymnastics Olympic […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. About a month ago in a roundup post, I linked to an article written on TPG about travel shaming. The post predicted that when some folks start to venture out of quarantine to travel, they will be shamed by those who believe it still isn’t safe to travel. We saw […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. My husband and I each own a few credit cards that come with free hotel nights after paying the card’s annual fee. We’ve never had a problem using these “free nights” before. Until this year. Now, we have 2 free IHG anniversary certs that expire at the end of October. […]