Are you traveling this holiday season? If you are here are a few tips to help your trip be more organized and fun. Double check the weather of your destination a week before you leave. You may need to adjust what kind and how much clothing you pack. The weather [...]
If you have traveled by car with children then you have probably heard those dreaded but famous words; “Are we there yet?”. When my children were young it didn’t take them long before they grew bored with the things they had brought to entertain themselves on the trip. This was a time before most hand [...]
It’s the height of vacation season. Are you getting ready to pack up and hit the road? Before you head out it is good to plan your packing so your travel light. They say if you add a lot of extra weight (luggage) you won’t get as good as gas mileage. Ok, I know it [...]
Decluttering Tip Newsletter – Travel Clutter Volume 2, Issue 22 June 17, 2009 When we travel, especially for vacation, we encounter two forms of clutter. The first is what we pack to take on our trip and the second is what we buy to remind us of the trip. How many times have you thrown [...]
Have you planned your summer vacation? Are you going on a big trip or just a few mini-vacations this year? Are you going to be staying close to home this summer because of the economy? If you have decided you are not going anywhere this summer it doesn’t mean you have to be bored to [...]
I’m sitting here in a hotel room in Portland, Oregon. As I was searching the internet for information on St. Patrick’s Day for the March newsletter I looked out the window and was amazed at what I saw. It is a partly cloudy day and directly in my view was a rainbow in the horizon. [...]
I remember how excited I use to get when I was young and traveled by airplane. Times have really changed. Tomorrow I will be flying from St. Louis to L.A. Since I will only be gone for two nights I am using carry-on luggage. The rules of what you can bring on and what you [...]
July 4th is this weekend and there are many fun and safe ways to celebrate. If you didn’t receive my July newsletter then you can check it out on this blog. It’s located on the sidebar under Newsletters. I have included lots of links to sites that can give you ideas of how to celebrate [...]
I’m back from my trip to Los Angeles. The trip went well and the planning ahead helped a lot. We had MapQuest all our events and only made a couple of wrong turns that we quickly corrected. I had a folder with all the information and took that in the car each time. I didn’t [...]
I’m sitting here in the hotel room looking out at the palm trees in Santa Monica, CA. For those who live on the West coast, the Gulf coast, or other tropical areas you may not realize how pretty of a sight the ocean and palm trees are to a land locked Midwesterner. I wish I [...]