travel experiences

Imagine having a long, hard day of travel after a decidedly sorrowful morning. You’ve driven from Central Nebraska, where you’ve just attended the funeral of a close relative, to Denver…

When you go to another country, there are things you are going to adore, and other things that, well, maybe not so much. Case in point, when we go to…

What’s the one travel memory that still makes you smile? For me, it’s the memorable moments—from a juicy burger stop in Munich to the thrill of snorkeling at the Great…

Imagine being checked into your hotel for, I don’t know, say a business trip. You’re all unpacked and are in a meeting when you notice you have a voice mail…

We’ve said over and over that when you travel to another country, it’s best to have an idea of the social norms of wherever you’re visiting. That way you don’t…

In this hobby, there are many aspirational travel goals—whether staying in an overwater villa in the Maldives or taking a shower in an A380. These are the experiences we read…

There’s an unwritten deal between my wife Sharon and me about what we write about here at Your Mileage May Vary. Sharon tends to focus on the quirky, human-interest aspects…

I remember the first time I had access to an airport lounge and could go through those doors that had been forbidden to me for so long. It must have…

If you search the internet enough, you can find a ghost story about almost anywhere. I try to avoid these stories if I can. I’ve talked about how I feel…

People often make strange requests from hotels. Heck, we have a whole article full of them. The one request my wife Sharon and I have most often isn’t that unusual,…