Charles and I started traveling together back in 2003, when it was just the two of us with backpacks, a loose itinerary, and a whole lot of enthusiasm for seeing the world. Since then, we’ve explored more than 40 countries together, built a travel business, and spent nearly 18 years traveling with our two kids. […]
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After years of travel, we’ve learned one thing for sure: something unexpected will happen eventually. We’ve dealt with cancelled flights, lost luggage, buses that were supposedly air conditioned but very definitely were not, and even accidentally overstaying a visa. Some travel problems are annoying. Others can get expensive or stressful pretty quickly. You can’t plan
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This post is sponsored by Preply. We were given access to the platform to try it for ourselves, but all opinions and experiences here are our own. I’ve been trying to learn Spanish, on and off, for years. And when I say trying, I mean I’ve done a little bit of everything. I’ve used language
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After more than 20 years of travel, Charles and I have spent a lot more time outside Canada than the average vacation allows. We spent about five months in Australia, months at a time in other countries, and long enough in places like Spain, Portugal and Costa Rica to settle into some pretty ordinary routines.
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Picture the first 20 minutes after landing somewhere new. You’re trying to figure out where you’re going. Someone needs the hotel address. You want Google Maps. Maybe you need Uber, Grab, WhatsApp, a train schedule, or simply a way to tell someone you arrived. And your phone has no data. What do you do? Heading
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When we first started traveling together almost 20 years ago, spontaneous travel could be genuinely spontaneous. We sometimes arrived in a town without a hostel or hotel booked, partly because plenty of smaller places still didn’t have online booking. We’d print directions, call around, or simply show up and hope someone had a room. Today,
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After more than 20 years of traveling, there’s one question Charles and I seem to ask ourselves over and over again. Could we actually live here? It’s a surprisingly different question from whether we like visiting somewhere. We’ve loved countries that would probably drive us a little crazy if we tried to live there full
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After more than 20 years of travel, Charles and I have slept in pretty much every kind of place you can imagine. We’ve stayed in hundreds of hotels, hostels, huts, Airbnbs and rental apartments, plus our fair share of cars, tents, vans, RVs, and other places that probably stretched the definition of accommodation. We’ve slept
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Amsterdam was one of the first places I ever visited outside North America. I was finishing up my Master’s degree at the time, and that week in the Netherlands felt like a doorway into a much bigger world. I only spent about seven days in Amsterdam, but I loved it almost immediately. There was something
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Travel is expensive right now. It’s sad but true. Flights, hotels, gas, food, airport snacks, checked bag fees, it all adds up fast. So when a luggage set comes in at a genuinely accessible price point and still has the features most travelers are looking for, it’s worth taking a closer look. We’ve tested and
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