Tag: guidebooks

  • How to Plan an Extra-Special Vacation

    How to Plan an Extra-Special Vacation

    The best way to have a great vacation and come home with no regrets is to do your homework beforehand.

  • Rick Steves Makes an Impact

    It was years of watching Rick Steves’ Europe on PBS that gave me the courage to go to some of my most exciting travel destinations. Turkey. Hungary. Croatia. Slovenia. I doubt I’d have ever gone to those countries were it not for his suggestions. I also rely heavily on his guidebooks whenever I travel. Suffice…

  • Foreign Travel Advice for Americans

    Recently my amazing nephew contacted me for travel advice. I have been to 19 countries to date, so he figured I’d have some useful information. I’d forgotten what it was like, planning my first overseas trip. Those were the days. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years, but I’d…