Reasons to Travel the US by Train

WRITTEN BY Drew

Decisions, decisions. Sometimes, the hardest part about getting from A to B is actually how you’re going to do it. These days we have all manner of modes of transport to choose from, and how we pick the right one...

08.13.18

The Pavilions Phuket: An Oasis in Thailand

WRITTEN BY Drew

Our trip to Phuket was not well conceived or expertly planned. No surprise there. After a month of baking in the humid summer in China, we wanted to get outta town. On a lazy weekend at home in front of our...

08.08.18

Phuket Elephant Sanctuary: Animal Tourism You Can Feel Good About

WRITTEN BY Julie

A couple years ago, TripAdvisor removed hundreds of ticketed activities from their website that violated a newly conceived animal welfare policy. This policy requires that attractions with tickets sold via TripAdvisor...

07.20.18

Our Top Money-Saving Travel Hacks

WRITTEN BY Julie

I am a travel budget planner by nature. I can’t stay in the same place for an entire month, but I don’t want to recklessly spend money satisfying my endless urge to stay on the move. The discussion of...

07.18.18

Exploring Yangshuo, China: From Cruises to Cooking Classes

WRITTEN BY Drew

Yangshuo, China is all about being outdoors. The landscape, with the winding Li River cutting through the jagged, karst mountains as far as the eye can see, is why people come here. You can cycle, hike, head out on a...

06.28.18

Friday Night in Guadalajara

WRITTEN BY Julie

After diligently planning lots of fun sprinkled into a chaotic work trip in Mexico City, I arrived in Guadalajara expecting to do more of the same. With five full days worth of marketing research to do, I thought that...