Are you using your freedom to travel, or are you pinned down by chains of your own making? Have you become a creature of habit, a man of routine, a predictable woman? Do all those travel dreams of yours keep getting pushed further and further back? What if you set a deadline for travels, like …

There are some major, history-making kinds of changes going on in the USA that could easily spell the decline of an empire, a major loss of human rights, and the effective end to real democracy. Yet what most Americans seem to be complaining about most are high gas prices. With their assumption that cheap fossil …

The country of Spain doesn’t get much action on this blog or in my books because while it’s a good value, it’s not one of the cheapest countries in Europe. Despite high unemployment still, it’s way too developed for Spain prices for travelers to be in the basement. Bargain-hunters have long headed to neighboring Portugal …

If you’re going to try out international living, the whole world is on the buffet table and that can be a bit intimidating. It’s like being faced with an entire store full of wine bottles when you’re clueless about wine and just want to buy something to bring a friend who invited you to dinner. …

As I write this, every conversation among friends in the USA seems to touch on spiking housing prices, higher food prices, inflation, and supply chain problems. Some travelers who are back out on the road again aren’t talking about any of this though. They’re staying in budget hotel destinations and getting a room for two …