Wanderlust Journey

For years you could travel between the United States and Canada armed only with a driver’s license. It was great because it meant you could take a quick trip to Canada without bothering to pay the hundred bucks or so for a Passport! Unfortunately, that all ended several years ago and now travel between Canada [...]

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A few years ago, when Baltimore was unveiled as a cruise departure port for several cruise lines, they offered a fantastic residents deal of a 7-night cruise for less than $500 per person. We didn’t take advantage of the deal because of a conflict but many of our friends did and had a fantastic time. [...]

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With the economy still recovering, long weekend vacations are being replaced with shorter, in-town staycations. One of our favorite things to do is visit a local winery or vineyard. By visiting a local winery, you get to enjoy the beautiful outdoors, see the lovely grounds, and enjoy some wine when the weather is nice. Oftentimes [...]

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After living near DC for most of my adult life I decided that this year I would go down to see the cherry blossoms in bloom during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. It was beautiful! It is a free event that occurs every year for about two weeks during end of March to mid-April. (It [...]

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When booking our trip to Europe I was torn between purchasing a Eurail pass or not. (Eurail is the correct spelling of what we Americans tend to call a “EuroRail” pass). Jim and I were going to be travelling in 3 mainland European countries only by train so it seemed like a good plan, but [...]

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During our fun Spring Break trip to Miami and the Bahamas, we decided to take taxis instead of renting a car when traveling around Miami. We did rent a car for our trip to the Everglades, from Enterprise Rent a Car since the Everglades are ~1 hour away. Only using taxis seemed like a good [...]

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As any woman will tell you part of the fun of taking a trip to cool places is purchasing souvenirs!! But once you get home its the age-old question of where do you put them and how many shot glasses and picture frames do you really need? On our trip to Europe we limited the [...]

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If you’re looking to save a little money on your next vacation by turning it into a staycation, or just looking for a few ideas for a short weekend fun, consider doing vacation research on your home town! We always know to check sites like TripAdvisor whenever we are going somewhere else, but we never [...]

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Katie at Vagabonding offered up a few tactics to combat post-trip blues including returning to a routine as quickly as possible, write about the trip, and planning the next one immediately. Personally, I find that documenting the trip is one of the best ways to combat post-trip blues because not only does it give you [...]

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We were recently tagged by Sheila at Go Visit Hawaii in a Hawaii travel secrets meme. While we’ve only been to Hawaii once, for our honeymoon in early 2008, we did spend two weeks there and absolutely loved every single day of it. I don’t know if these three ideas are hidden secrets or not [...]

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