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I Wore All The Clothes in My Suitcase on the Plane to Avoid Baggage Fees

January 14, 2021

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

10 Benefits of Virtual Music Festivals You Don’t Get At the Real Thing

June 11, 2020

For the past two months, the world has been finding new ways to try to combat boredom. While many of the things people are doing

The 5 People You’ll Meet in a Hostel

January 27, 2020

If you’ve read my blog at all, you know I’m all about hostels. I’ve worked for them, I write for them, and I always stay

I Missed my Train Stop and Accidentally Spent the Night in a French Town

October 27, 2019

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.

Learn From My Mistakes

I Wore All The Clothes in My Suitcase on the Plane to Avoid Baggage Fees

January 14, 2021

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

I Missed my Train Stop and Accidentally Spent the Night in a French Town

October 27, 2019

I Missed My First Flight

June 10, 2018

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

7 MORE Travel Mistakes I Made – And How You Can Avoid Them

September 13, 2017

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

My Week in Budapest Was A Huge Mess – And I Loved Every Second

July 7, 2017

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

7 Travel Mistakes I Made–And How You Can Avoid Them

December 17, 2016

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.