My favorite type of bucket list items are the ones that are unexpected and are added to the list after the fact. It’s these experiences that seem to leave the longest-lasting impression and help spark a sense of adventure. One of these experiences for me was when I flew from Denver to Moab, Utah, on…
Many people have heard of Telluride, Colorado. It’s a ski town similar to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and visited by a similar crowd. It’s beautiful but expensive. Fewer people have heard of Ouray, Colorado, a small town just over the mountains from Telluride but, in my opinion, a much more interesting and even more beautiful place….
I’ve always enjoyed traveling — so much that I generally didn’t care where I was going. I’d always be the first to volunteer to go anywhere, even if I was just driving across town. The destination never mattered because the journey was so important. For this reason, I have wound up traveling for some very…
This may come as a shock to my readers, but I do not speak Mandarin. One of our clients has numerous travelers from various parts of Asia, with high volumes of travelers from China. My company had helped plan a trip to Florida for a Chinese group. The group had spent several days in Cancun…
I’ve always been a big proponent of being excessively nice when I need something. People are always more likely to help someone who is being nice to them, and by letting them know how important they are to you and how much you need them, regardless of whether or not this is true, will usually…
For Part 1 of the Airlines series as well as a description of each criteria, CLICK HERE. Southwest Southwest is a bit of a hybrid between a standard airline and a budget airline. Their fares are often low, especially on high-demand routes, but they are comparable to the standard airlines on many routes. Southwest has the…
Given how much I travel, I obviously have an opinion on airlines. I have my favorite, I have the ones I prefer, and I have the ones I avoid. My reasons are often very personal and don’t apply to every traveler so knowing what your highest priorities are and finding an airline that best matches…
It’s common, especially for less expensive hotels, to allow you to cancel your room, partially or in whole, at some point before you travel. For more expensive hotels and international hotels, the cancellation policies tend to be less flexible but usually allow you to avoid a good portion of the total cost. Most travelers understand…
Ok, no, Wyoming is not a city. And it barely even has any cities. Sheep in Wyoming outnumber people 3:1. Its largest city is smaller than many suburbs. But the purpose of the Second Rate Cities segment of the blog is to highlight places you wouldn’t normally think of as travel destinations. So, I’m going…
Travel agents don’t get discounts on airfare–neither individual airfare nor group airfare is typically discounted specifically for travel agents. Furthermore, we don’t get commissions either. There are some airlines that offer commissionable rates, but the percentages are extremely small, and the airfare is the same as what’s available to anyone online. Consequently, we often have…