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Whether you are the avid adventurist looking for your next destination, or the armchair traveler planning your first epic trip, getting the inside scoop on places around the world and connecting with other like-minded travelers will make your travel planning efforts a whole lot smoother. One of my favorite resources for gathering travel information is Facebook groups for travelers. But, if you just type in "travel" on the Facebook search bar, you're going to be inundated with a gazillion posts and groups. Some may not be active, some may only have 10 members and some...

I'm finally getting around to posting this neighborhood guide to Amsterdam that has been sitting in my drafts for months. For shame. But, we're here now and I have a boat load of info to share about this gorgeous city. So, bookmark this post, Pin it, save it - it will definitely come in handy for your trip to Amsterdam. Where to Stay in Amsterdam Location is always my number one determinant when choosing a place to stay when traveling. This trip I went against my own rules, and actually stayed with a friend, in Utrecht. This...

I am here to debunk the myth that travel is expensive. Can it be? Yes. I'm not going to sit here and sell you the pipe dream that all travel is dirt cheap, because it's not. For example, if you're a family of 5, then yeah, your travel expenses are going to be significantly more than, say, a solo traveler. But, that does not mean there aren't ways to make travel affordable for you and your situation. I've shown you guys How to Save Hundreds Using Skyscanner and How to Snag an Airline Glitch Fare,...

I don't know about you, but when I travel I am looking for the best bang for my buck and to save money whenever and however possible. Let's just throw it out there...

The constant construction work, the hours of idle sitting in seemingly never-ending traffic, pulling up my GPS and seeing it riddled with red...

Ask me my favorite era and, without hesitation, I'll tell you the Roaring 20s; followed by the 70s at a close second - because who doesn't love 'fros and discos *breaks out into my infamous, painfully bad, robot dance; as I boogie down my one-woman Sooooul Train line*.   Ok, I'm getting side tracked. Roaring 20s - ahhh yes, the age of flappers and jazz, the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the boom of black art and culture, and let's not forget, Prohibition - the ban on the sale of alcohol. Now, that part of the era...

A couple of weeks ago, a co-worker asked me the one thing I absolutely could not travel without. My immediate response, a mobile WiFi hotspot. A while back, I told you guys about Skyroam, and how it was virtually a life saver as I, literally, wandered the streets of Madrid looking for an apartment. Well, they've released a newer version of their hotspot device, the Skyroam Solis, and it is bees knees! I'd already affirmed that it's the one thing I couldn't travel without, but that sentiment was re-validated on my recent trip to Amsterdam...

I've flown many airlines, but my recent trip with Air France, is the first time I've felt compelled to actually write about my flight experience. Often times, these sort of reviews are as a result of some sort of catastrophic experience, but this is quite on the contraire. Recently, I booked a last minute flight from Amsterdam to Madrid. Said flight was at an abhorrent hour, of 6:45 a.m. which meant I had to be at the airport at 4:45 a.m. My journey to the airport in and of itself, was a cluster; but that's...