Trading One Experience for Another
It started with an unusual noise, which you never want to hear at 65 miles per hour, and ended with a blown-out tire and my entire vacation sitting beside the road.
The Cost of Taking a Family Vacation Via Train
I was happy to pay extra for a sleeping car rather than try to figure out how to get kids to sleep in the coach section of the train.
The Cost of Giving Our Children a Musical Education
We had no idea how much it would cost to provide our own kids with music lessons and instruments, as well as the extra expenses that come with being part of an ensemble.
I Quit My Crappy Job and Traveled
I immediately bought tickets to go to Hawaii with a flexible return date.
Paying Out at the Ballgame
Usually, I don’t make last-minute travel plans because I don’t want to incur the extra cost.
The Cost of Not Canceling Our Vacation
En route to the airport on an icy black January morning, our daughter threw up in her car seat. Uh oh. Then she puked a second time. Oh no.
How a Golden Girls Coloring Book Changed My Life
As a little kid, I loved to color, loved picking out crayons. Yet I could never stay inside the lines.
The Cost of a 15-Day Trip to South America
This is not a story about stumbling upon amazing airfare deals or subsisting on a budget of $10 per day.
The Time We Almost Became Travel Hackers
The answer to all my problems came to me during a 3 a.m. feeding: we would become travel hackers.