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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • June 28, 2024

How to Turn Vague Inspiration Into a Travel Plan

A beautiful stream in the Colorado Rockies.

The Birth of an Idea My husband, Greg, and I are planning to spend a week in Scotland next year with friends. We decided to extend our stay beyond that week, however,...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • June 21, 2024

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.

Many people are afraid to travel due to a fear of not knowing what to do if something difficult or unexpected happens. What they don’t stop to consider, however, is whether you...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • June 13, 2024

When is a Tour the Best Option?

Marksburg Castle on the Rhine River in Germany.

When is a group tour or cruise the best option? If you’ve read many of my blog posts, you might be getting the impression that I’m anti-tour or anti-cruise. I want to...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • June 7, 2024

How to Use Google Flights

Airplane wing flying over Greenland.

Are you planning a trip that requires a plane flight? If you’re like me, this may be the most stressful and frustrating part of the process of planning a travel adventure. There...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • May 31, 2024

Putting Pencil to Paper: How to Start Planning Your Trip

Market in France.

‘Tis the Season For many people, the period from early spring through early summer is prime trip-planning season because they are planning trips for later in the summer. If your travel adventure...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • May 24, 2024

Adventuring Together: What If Your Partner Doesn’t Want to Travel?

Santa Fe, New Mexico, ristras.

What If Your Partner Doesn’t Want to Share Your Travel Adventure? Do you like to travel? Does your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/partner? Uh oh! If you didn’t give the same answer to both questions, there...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • May 17, 2024

Bucket Lists and Other Travel Goals

Thun, Switzerland

Do you have a travel bucket list? Maybe you just call it a list of travel goals. Do you feel proud or discouraged by how many checkmarks there are on your list?...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • May 10, 2024

Can We Love a Place to Death? (Part 2)

Iceland

Overtourism Overtourism is too many visitors in an area at a given time. As the world’s population increases, so do the number of travelers. This can put a strain on historical cities,...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • May 3, 2024

Can We Love a Place to Death? (Part 1)

Love locks on the Pont des Arts in Paris, France.

Love Locks Do you know what love locks are? If you don’t, take a moment right now to Google them. You’ll find lots of images scattered across the internet, especially on social...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • April 26, 2024

Close to Home, Far From Ordinary

Kansas sunset

The Definition of Adventure The Merriam-Webster Dictionary provides a number of definitions for “adventure.” Ad·​ven·​ture [uhd·ven·chr] Noun an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks an exciting or remarkable experience an enterprise...

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