travel planning

Looking back on our travels over the past year, one of my major trips was my journey to England. It was significant for several reasons. First, it was my first …

If your credit card offers trip protection, it can be a lifesaver when your travel plans go awry. Whether your flight is delayed, you’re stranded overnight, or your luggage gets …

Travel credits come in many forms, but for this post, we’ll define them broadly as any benefit with an expiration date that can be used to book travel instead of …

Over the years, we’ve booked numerous hotels and often face the decision of whether to choose the advance purchase rate or the best refundable rate. Hotels usually offer a lower …

In economics class, I learned about the Law of Diminishing Returns. In short, it says that after a certain point, additional effort will yield less returns. Take, for instance, booking a …

Keeping track of travel reservations can be quite a chore. When planning a trip, I get emails from airlines, hotels, car rentals, trains, meetings, appointments, tickets and whatever else we’re …

Joe and I are big fans of Key West. There was a time we went every year, usually for an extended weekend. At one point, we visited often enough (once …

Whenever I begin to plan a trip, I tend to notice that my mind wanders from one idea to another. I find this to be useful because it helps me …

As of today, I’ve firmed up many of the plans for our trip to Iceland. We have flights, a rental car, and places to stay on our journey. While I’ve …

If you’ve been paying attention to our posts for the past few days, you know that we’ve booked flights to Iceland. The flight to Reykjavik is as far as we’ve …