Travel and life are funny sometimes. They coincide more often than not with sacrifices in life in order to travel. It usually doesn’t work the other way around unless you decide it will. This will probably come as a surprise to many of you, especially those that don’t really know me personally. I have decided […]
How I Spent a Day in Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 3, 2016 by 11 Comments
Dubrovnik, Croatia has an aura about it. The name just sounds European exotic. You are constantly berated by pictures of Dubrovnik on social media and to see it for yourself is to realize the photos don’t even do it justice. You could spend a week in Dubrovnik and base yourself for day trips to neighboring […]
5 Things to do at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club
January 20, 2016 by 22 Comments
The Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club is one of those rural African lodges that looks and feels like it should’ve been in the movie “Out of Africa’. The shadow of Mount Kenya is a great setting for a classic African lodge and to experience the Africa that you have always dreamed about. Africa is chaotic, […]
What is a Satellite Media Tour?
November 30, 2015 by 1 Comment
A Satellite Media Tour is a common thing that many people don’t know anything about and certainly don’t understand. A satellite media tour (SMT) is a technique used by corporations or businesses to present an expert of their choosing to interact with dozens of local news stations around the country with the goal of getting […]
Fox and Friends Segment on Travel Etiquette
November 29, 2015 by 8 Comments
Here is a Fox and Friends Segment on Travel Etiquette that I was able to be a part of this morning. It is a panel set up with my friend Courtney Scott from Expedia and Francesca Page from Miss Travel Guru and was a lot of fun. With the holidays here and many people traveling […]
A Perfect Day in Brisbane, Australia
October 27, 2015 by 3 Comments
As an Aussie friend said to me, Brisbane is just a big country town. That may be so and many people may only go to Brisbane to go somewhere else, but there’s a cool vibe in Brisbane. It’s not Sydney, Melbourne or Perth but that’s OK. The locals call it Brisvegas because of its great […]
Travel Problem Solving With Kayak
September 25, 2015 by 4 Comments
People ask me all the time how I book trips, flights, rental cars, hotels, etc. People always ask me what sites I use to book all my travel and how do you know what’s best with a million choices out there. The truth is there are a ton of different travel sites out there but […]
Edmonton: A City on the Rise
August 20, 2015 by 8 Comments
When you hear the name Edmonton, if you know anything about it, you probably think of hockey; the Edmonton Oilers; or Wayne Gretzky. If you really know Canadian sports; then maybe Warren Moon or the Edmonton Eskimos. But if you’re not into sports and you’re not Canadian or more specifically from Alberta, then you probably […]
5 Awesome Things to do in Nosy Be, Madagascar
August 19, 2015 by 23 Comments
I had been itching to go to Nosy Be ever since my first trip to Madagascar back in 2010. I wasn’t able to go at that time but I always mentally noted that I wanted to get there at some point. As luck would have it, I was down in Mauritius with SPG Amex on […]
How to Spend 24 Hours on Reunion Island Without a Car
August 18, 2015 by 3 Comments
After my duties in Mauritius with SPG Amex were finished I decided to stick around the Indian Ocean and do a few more things for myself. Since the flight down here takes forever it seemed like the only smart option. I am excited to go to Nosy Be, Madagascar but I first booked my flights […]
