Share The Article No passport required. No elbowing through resort crowds. 2 selling points for an awesome beach vacation from the get-go. While everyone else is flocking to the usual San Juan tourist traps, travel experts are quietly sneaking off to a pristine, rainforest-fringed beach town just 45 minutes away. If you’re looking for cheap […]
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Share The Article Planning a trip to Europe but the likes of Paris, Rome, and London don’t exactly make your heart flutter? Listen, as incredible as those cities may be, between the throng of selfie takers and the fact that literally everything’s behind a $30 paywall, we get why some people might want to skip […]
Share The Article Summer heat in Louisville can be unforgiving. By August, the humidity feels like a heavy wet blanket the second you walk outside. When Liz and I decide it is time to pack up the car and escape the Midwest heatwave, we are not looking to trade our sweltering backyard for a chaotic, […]
Share The Article World-famous for its incredible food, flawless mega-resorts, and direct flights from almost every major airport, Mexico is the undisputed heavyweight champion when Americans crave a sunny getaway. ✈️ There are just two small “buts” that you probably know all too well if you have ever vacationed in major hubs like Cancun, Cabo […]
Share The Article Love it or hate it, Paris is without question one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Trust me, I’ve been living here for 5+ years now, and I’m yet to run out of breathtaking sights and flowery cafés to discover. There’s just one major downside—other than dealing with the hellish […]
Share The Article Mass tourism has been a real menace. I know someone who recently let his intrusive thoughts win, rhetorically asking if there’s even an ethical way to be a tourist anymore. Hippy-dippy stuff aside, yes, there is — and it starts with doing just a teeny-weeny bit more research instead of jam-packing the […]
Share The Article Forget the Amalfi Coast and the $400-a-night villas, Mallorca with the distasteful Brit-led stag dos, and Mykonos’ surging cruising hordes—now with Emily i̶n̶ ̶P̶a̶r̶i̶s̶ in Greece approaching, to say that godforsaken island is crowded would be an understatement. Mediterranean summers are all about kicking it back on a pebbly beach, admiring the […]
Share The Article If we told you Southern Living spotlighted a barrier island off North Carolina’s mainland where the water can shimmer Turks & Caicos-blue under the right conditions, would you believe it? Much of the Carolina coastline tends to be “mid” as I think the kids are still saying, however, there’s one bright spot […]
Share The Article We’re not here to discuss whether climate change is truly humanity’s greatest woe or not, but we guess we can all agree these summers are getting unbearably hotter each passing year… Especially in the sun-scorched Mediterranean. Listen, we love a little Greek island hopping and scenic Amalfi drives ourselves, but not when […]
Share The Article Isn’t it about time we all moved past the Santorini/Mykonos obsession? Look, I get it—there’s something magical about blue domes and caldera views beneath a blood-orange sunset—but Greece has over 200 inhabited islands, and most travelers barely scratch the surface. Tucked away in the North Aegean, far from the overtouristed Cyclades, Thassos […]










