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Travel Tip Tuesday: Travelling Comfortably
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Travelling Comfortably

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

One of the most common anecdotes I hear about crazy travel outfits involves flight attendants asking Lady Gaga to change her clothes to avoid deep vein thrombosis. It’s a modern cautionary tale- something of a pop culture travel fable, but it serves its purpose. It reminds the average traveller the necessity of comfortable (and reasonable) … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: Find Your Road Trip Buddy
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Find Your Road Trip Buddy

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

Though many of us fantasize about cross-country road trips with our best friends or partners, the reality can be less enjoyable. In truth, your ideal road trip buddy may be a very different person than you expect. There are several aspects to consider if you’re specifically vetting your future travel companion, or perhaps these aspects … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: The Idiot Check
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: The Idiot Check

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

Have you ever returned from a trip, or perhaps arrived at your destination, to find something important has been left behind? If you’ve ever left something at a hotel, you know how difficult recovery can be (if it’s possible at all). Some may argue this to be the cost you pay for travel, a sort … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: Travelling with Animals
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Travelling with Animals

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

If you’re a pet parent, you know how difficult things can be when you have to leave your baby (or babies) at home. You might be subjected to guilt trips when you return, at very least, or be greeted by worse (torn up chair? dead mouse? the possibilities are endless). If you’re like me, you’re … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: How to Find Attractions
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: How to Find Attractions

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • 1 Comment

Over the years, and especially since starting this website, I’ve had many friends ask me how I find so many crazy places to visit. In truth, it’s no single method but rather a compounding of many, including these: Online Research There are a lot of useful travel websites out there. Many, such as TripAdvisor, will … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: Preparing for an Emergency
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Preparing for an Emergency

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

This weekend has been a rough one for me. Without going into too much detail, a family emergency caused me to have to pack up and drive to Kansas City early Saturday morning and threw a few pieces of my contingency plan into the glaring spotlight of inadequacy. So, in an effort to spare any … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: 5 Common Sense Things to Do Before You Travel
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: 5 Common Sense Things to Do Before You Travel

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

Everyone has things they completely space off doing before they travel. Whether it’s the trash you forgot to leave by the curb, that present you meant to bring you friend for driving you to the airport, or the proverbial example of the oven left at 325, there’s always a box you somehow managed to leave … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: Romancing the Traveller
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Romancing the Traveller

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • 2 Comments

With all of the hearts and pink in retail stores, you might think someone had captured Cupid and made him loose his arrows across the land. Personally, I’m not a big fan of Valentine’s Day, but your traveller might be. Regardless, these tips should help you woo your traveller any day of the year. The … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday: Sports Ball Happens
Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Sports Ball Happens

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • Leave a comment

This past fall was an important one for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. For the second time in two years, the local baseball team (the Kansas City Royals) was in the midst of a battle for the World Series win. They would go on to win for the second time in the history of … Continue reading →

Travel Tip Tuesday

Travel Tip Tuesday: Surviving a Long Drive

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Annaleigh Josephs • 1 Comment

Last year, I spent 12 hours every weekend in May behind the wheel of my beat up old Nissan (his name is Oliver, if you were wondering) driving between Columbia, Missouri and Muskogee, Oklahoma. While this doesn’t immediately make me a road trip expert, I’ve certainly learned some ways to survive an especially long drive. … Continue reading →

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