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Top 5 Travel Experience Gifts: Fun Travel Gifts, Not Stuff

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For people who like travel, experience gifts are perfect. Our short list of best experience gifts will ensure the most fun travel gifts come from you! It's hard not to disagree with the benefits of planning to give experiences instead of gifts that risk taking up space and not being used. But, coming up with Christmas gift experience ideas or thinking about experience birthday gifts for travel lovers can be daunting. Our years of travel experience have given us many experience gift ideas, Continue Reading

Authors and Books that Inspire Travel: A Bookworm’s Guide

By Betsy Wuebker 6 Comments

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We keep a running list of the books that inspire travel for ourselves. Hopefully, you’ll see some old favorites and some new books to try! What do you do to inspire travel for yourself? Much of the time, our travel inspiration comes in the pages of a book. We eagerly await new titles from our favorite authors, and we’re always on the lookout for books set in places or periods in history that we’re curious about. Many times we’ve been so energized by what we’ve read that we’ve made actual travel Continue Reading

Travel Tech Essentials: Newly Updated with Practical Travel Gifts Sure to Please

By Betsy Wuebker 43 Comments

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Our travel tech essentials list is newly updated for practical travel gifts sure to please frequent travelers, business road warriors or holiday weekenders. Technology can enhance or hinder a quality travel experience. For us, travel tech essentials need to be dependable, versatile, lightweight and save space. For the practical traveler tech is asked to perform multiple functions and stand up to heavy use without sacrificing quality. In accessories, we look for well-made, durable items which Continue Reading

Best Stocking Stuffers for Travelers: 50 Fun and Unique Ideas

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Best Stocking Stuffers for Travelers: 50 Fun and Unique Ideas

The best stocking stuffers for travelers pack a lot of versatility and fun in their small packages with attractive designs and price points. The best part of Christmas is discovering what Santa has brought to fill your stocking! If you're a traveler, you're hoping for items that are versatile and packable. The best stocking stuffers for travelers are attractively designed and a good value for the price, too. This post was designed to complement additional gift guides in our Travel Continue Reading

12 Best Underseat Luggage Options for Savvy Air Travelers

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12 Best Underseat Luggage Options for Savvy Air Travelers

Choosing the best underseat luggage is imperative nowadays. Avoid exorbitant bag fees with these best underseat carryon options. The best underseat luggage is an important decision for today's savvy air traveler. Budget and legacy air carriers alike have begun charging fees for overhead bin space, which is already at a premium. So far, under the seat in front of you remains sacrosanct for personal belongings. The best cabin size luggage will be sized for flexibility. Make sure to check Continue Reading

Seeking the Best Travel Makeup Bag? Our Guide to Travel Cosmetic Bags will Help You Decide!

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Seeking the Best Travel Makeup Bag? Our Guide to Travel Cosmetic Bags will Help You Decide!

Our guide will help you choose the best travel makeup bag! All travel cosmetic bags are definitely not created equal. We looked at different travel makeup bag and hanging cosmetic bag options in our roundup in order to help you make a great selection. These recommendations for the best travel toiletry bag are based on our years of full time travel. Obviously, the best travel makeup bag for you will depend on several characteristics. Let's take a look and see which might be the best fit for your Continue Reading

When Looking for the Best Carry On Luggage Vera Bradley Can Be a Winner

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If you're looking for the best carry on luggage Vera Bradley might not occur to you, but Vera Bradley bags are among the best carry on luggage for women we've used during our years of full time travel. People setting out to travel full time have a lot of logistical concerns, the most vexing of which might be luggage. We've documented our packing preparations for full time travel, and updated our luggage recommendations after considerable experience. Many of our travel blogging colleagues travel Continue Reading

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