What are your travel plans for this year? Whether you stay close to home or travel far, here are 5 tips for traveling well! Catch up with part one: packing light (here) and part two: travel essentials (here)   1. Plan Smarter not Harder With some wise planning you can maximize your valuable vacation time, and lessen the impact taken on your body. Set yourself up for success by choosing … [Read more...]

Did you miss part one of Kara's Traveling tips and essentials? Check that out here   I alluded to my "travel essentials" in my last Travel Tips post. Here I will reveal my vacation must-haves. Probably the priority on the forefront of everyone's minds as they travel is safety: keeping money, passports, valuables, and selves safe. By far my favorite item I had with me on my trip was my … [Read more...]

My sister Kara and her husband love to travel. Europe, India, Asia. They've visited each of those continents in the last couple of years. With summer quickly approaching It's a good time for her to give us some Traveling Tips and Tricks. Skyler (my husband) and I just went on a week long trip to Morocco and only took two backpacks. And not a backpacking backpack, but the regular, "have a good … [Read more...]

I mentioned in my last post [How low can you go?] that I've been upping my game on spontaneity - a hard feat for this Type A! I like my adventures to be well planned and long anticipated. Fortunately I have a laid-back, spontaneous husband to help mix things up a bit, and mix things up he did! If you've read any of my travel posts, then you know we love to travel. We are always researching and … [Read more...]