Seeing the same four walls, the same streets, and the same people day after day is a sure recipe for distress. Getting away on vacation, even if just a short weekend jaunt, can revive your sense of happiness and well-being. Traveling has the ability to awaken so many of your latent, or completely dismissed, attitudes …
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Strategies for Planning a Family Reunion Vacation
Planning a vacation for yourself is rather easy. Planning a vacation for your family is a bit more of a challenge and planning a vacation for a family reunion can be downright treacherous. The key to doing so requires lots of, you guessed it, planning! Start Early – Attempting to schedule something that works for …
How to Fit in When Traveling
It’s easy enough to blend in when you are at home. When you’re traveling in a different country, however, customs can be a bit different than your norm. Whether you’re worried about the current political climate, or you simply don’t want to be made fun of for wearing your beanie cap to the beach, take …
Need a Vacation? Go it Alone!
Couples getaways and family vacations are often much needed and necessary; however, going solo, whether internationally or domestically, is potentially life-changing. When you take a vacation with your family, chances are you have a ton of ideas for all of the things you will do together. Usually this means that if you interact with anyone …
How to Replace a Lost Passport While on Vacation
It’s the dreaded nightmare of any overseas traveler: the loss of a passport. While this can be unnerving, it doesn’t necessarily mean the it’s the end of the world. Stay calm. Following these steps to replacing a lost passport while on vacation will make this terrible occurrence nothing more than a memory. First, as soon …
Introducing Barney Smith and His Toilet Museum
Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/SATXTSAM/ Barney Smith of San Antonio, Texas is an interesting individual. The retired plumber and artist created a unique roadside art museum/attraction in San Antonio, Texas in the late 90s that has grown exponentially over the last decade and a half. What makes Mr. Smith’s art museum so unique is that the entire …