
I Wore All The Clothes in My Suitcase on the Plane to Avoid Baggage Fees
The setting is Berlin Schönefeld Airport at 5:30 a.m. on a weekday in mid-June, 2015. Jessica had been on a bar crawl until an hour
The setting is Berlin Schönefeld Airport at 5:30 a.m. on a weekday in mid-June, 2015. Jessica had been on a bar crawl until an hour
Everyone’s seen pictures from a road trip across the U.S. But have you seen pictures from a road trip across the U.S. in banana suits?
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I’ve always been hilariously accident-prone when I travel. I’ve missed flights, hopped on trains going the wrong direction, and once got so lost I walked myself into another city. My trip to France two months ago was no exception.
After years of almost missing almost every flight I’ve ever taken, and once almost not being allowed to board the plane due to a visa
From the same cow onesie-clad traveler who brought you “7 Travel Mistakes I Made – And How You Can Avoid Them,” I present to you…7 more travel
If you were at Stansted Airport in London on June 12, 2017, you probably saw a girl wearing a dress, leggings, shorts, and two jackets
Everyone’s got their thing. Some people are super high maintenance. Some people are clumsy. My thing is that I’m accident-prone, directionally-challenged and a magnet for unusual situations.
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Hi! I’m Jess. I’ve been traveling and writing about it since 2011. My writing has appeared in more than 25 publications, most notably the Huffington Post and Fodor’s Travel Guides. I’m really good at having fun and exploring the world on a budget, and I hope to help you do the same.
I’m also really good at getting myself into some unusual situations, both on the road and at home, which makes for some entertaining stories. I skipped my college graduation to spend a week in Cartagena; Colombia.
I missed a flight back home from Barcelona and ended up staying and going to a music festival for free. I’ve danced up and down the white beaches of the Bahamas dressed in a banana suit.
I missed a flight back home from Barcelona and ended up staying and going to a music festival for free. I’ve danced up and down the white beaches of the Bahamas dressed in a banana suit. I spent a summer Couchsurfing around Europe. I’ve stayed in (and worked at) hostels all over the world, made countless new friends, slept on airport floors, and taken more overnight buses than I can count.
Oh yeah, and I travel a lot in my cow onesie (because it’s comfortable) and my banana suit (because it’s hilarious). Life is too short to take it too seriously.
I hope my travel misadventures help you #LearnFromMyMistakes and plan your next budget travel adventure!
Love,
Jess