Hi! I'm Amanda, a former journalist who's now an award-winning travel blogger. I'm on a mission to see as much of the world as possible, in order to show YOU how you can fit more travel and adventure into the lifestyle you already have.
Recent adventures
The 5 Best Tours in Aruba: These Day Trips are Worth Taking!
With travel slowly beginning to come back, the small southern Caribbean island of Aruba is getting a lot of love these days. Aruba refers...
10 Awesome Things to Do in New River Gorge National Park: Yes, You Need to Visit!
In December 2020, the New River Gorge National River that winds through the Appalachian Mountains got “upgraded” to national park status, making New River...
March and April 2021 Travel and Blogging Recap
I always look back at my most recent roundup before I write a new one, just to jog my memory about what I was...
"It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and, if you don't keep your feet, there's no telling where you might get swept off to." - JRR Tolkien
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Featured topic: Traveling Closer to Home
10 Tips for How to Travel More with Limited Vacation Time
Today (January 30) is National Plan for Vacation Day, a day promoted by Project: Time Off to encourage Americans to declare their vacation days for the rest ...
How to Plan the Perfect Long Weekend Trip
I've written before about an epidemic that plagues many American workers: the fact that many of us leave vacation days on the table every year. ...
How to Plan a Weekend Away That Actually Feels Like a Vacation
It's a common misconception about travel: that, in order for it to "really be travel," you have to spend tons of money and go really ...
Solo female travel
11 Tips to Help Make Your First Solo Trip Great
Traveling is an experience that's often fun to share with a partner, a group of friends, or your entire family.
But, for Americans especially, planning a vacation ...
Top 9 Questions About Solo Travel Answered
As a woman who travels solo a lot (and yes, still a lot even though I've been in a serious relationship for the last two ...
Why I’m Not Afraid to Travel Alone
In the past couple of weeks, I've received a handful of emails from women asking me all sorts of questions about traveling solo. I've also ...
THE 10-DAY ADVENTURE PROJECT
You don't have to quit your job to travel the world. Check out my favorite independent travel itineraries, city breaks, and guided tours that pack a ton of adventure into two weeks or less of vacation time.
Inspiration
10 Tips for How to Travel More with Limited Vacation Time
Today (January 30) is National Plan for Vacation Day, a day promoted by Project: Time Off to encourage Americans to declare their vacation days for the rest ...
You Don’t Have to Ditch the 9 to 5 in Order to Travel
I've been at this whole travel blogging thing for a while now - nearly seven years, in fact.
And in those seven years, I've noticed a ...
The World is Not Safe – But You Should Explore it Anyway
There's a lot of scary stuff going on in the world these days - terrorism attacks in major cities; a refugee/immigration crisis that's become polarizing in ...