We’ve been itching to travel internationally since the start of COVID, having planned and begrudgingly canceled at least five other trips abroad in the last two years. While restrictions are loosening up, our vaccination cards aren’t approved for travel in Read more
For the holidays last month, we were planning to go to Memphis for my in-laws 50th anniversary, and then stay down there through Christmas. Upon our return to Chicago, we scored super cheap tickets to Tokyo over New Years and Read more
After our summer workcation to Colorado and Utah where we visited three National Parks, we became obsessed with seeking out more parks to visit. Our obsession came at a great time too because our oldest daughter just entered 4th grade Read more
As long-term readers know, we go to Maine to visit relatives every other year. We were afraid covid would get in the way of this trip as it had so many others, but luckily everything went according to plan. In Read more
We had so much fun on our workcations last fall that we had started to discuss if we should do it again this summer. I have been considering a month-long workcation over each summer even before covid because the cost Read more
Well we wrapped up our three-week workcation in New Orleans last month before Thanksgiving and had a great time. Unlike Myrtle Beach, we didn’t venture to surrounding cities — we spent the entire time in New Orleans. We stayed in Read more
Well as we all know, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, which is really cramping our normal travel plans. We’ve had to cancel three trips that were previously planned and another one we optimistically scheduled in the middle of Read more
A few years ago we started taking a trip over Thanksgiving because we only have to use a few vacation days for a full-week trip. This year we didn’t know where we wanted to go until we decided to make Read more