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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 19, 2024

Oh, Crap!

Instructions for how to use a toilet in Japan.

Travel and Bowel Problems Crap. Shit. Poop. Shite. Feces. Excrement. Number two. No matter what you call it, we all do it. But no one wants to talk about it. Luckily, I...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • March 29, 2024

How to Handle Flight Delays

Frosty trees stand in the snow.

Travel delays have always been a part of travel. Whether you are flying, driving, or traveling by bicycle, problems like extreme weather can get in the way of even the best laid...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • March 15, 2024

How to Survive a Flight and Jet Lag

A large waterfall pours over a cliff in Iceland.

Okay, so getting on a plane might not be that exotic of an experience these days (unless you’ve never flown before, of course!), but it is officially the beginning of your adventure....

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • March 8, 2024

Can You Repeat a Travel Experience?

A sailboat silhouetted against an Aruban sunset.

Do you like to return to your favorite vacation spots or do you prefer to explore new places? Some people like the comfort of returning to a familiar location over and over....

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • February 23, 2024

I Do Declare!

Colorful balloons at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.

What’s the Big Deal About Customs? Last week’s post was all about passports. For those of you who have traveled abroad, especially if you’ve done so multiple times and recently, you probably...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • February 16, 2024

Get That Passport!

Do you have any interest in traveling abroad? If you do, and you don’t have your passport yet, what are you waiting for? Are You a Brave Wise Traveler? I’m surprised at...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • February 9, 2024

Do It Your Way

The Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Recently our friends, Danielle and Gibran, talked to me and my husband, Greg, about taking a trip to Greece. We showed them photos from our past trip and discussed where they might...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • February 2, 2024

Your Second Most Useful Travel Tool

Four young women in kimonos in Japan.

There are many useful tools to help with travel. If you'd like to know what the most helpful travel tool is, read to the end. But before we get there, I'd like...

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  • By: Sandi McCoy Kramos
  • January 26, 2024

Artificial Intelligence and Trip Planning

Cologne Cathedral Window.

Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) is definitely here to stay. I occasionally experience brief fears of a dystopian society in which AI rules our world. (I think I’ve watched too many science...

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