In a quick break from travel, this is an open letter to website designers, bloggers, and companies with no sense who are wearing me out every day. I write and and edit travel features, hotel reviews, and travel gear reviews for a living, I do a lot of online research. That means a hours of …

I’ve been to the Yucatan state of Mexico so many times now I’ve lost count, but I’ve never experienced anything quite so different as the cenote tour of Cuzamán. Most of the posts on this blog are informative rather than the “Yo, check out what I’m doing” type, but this place is so strange it’s …

My Travelers’ Tales book, Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune, is finally on the fast track to come out as a Kindle book this year. I came across this excerpt below as I was skimming through it checking for errors to correct. I’m going to see my mom again in the Yucatan in a …

If you’re planning for an extended trip around the world, why follow the advice of all those seasoned travelers who have done it already? Ignore those dolts blogging from the road for years on their blog and those know-nothings on the travel message boards and Facebook groups. Do it your way. I’m sure everything will …

You’re waiting in the dentist’s office, perusing the newsstand, or surfing through your RSS reader and you can’t help but be drawn in to the headlines: This Year’s It List! Our Hot List Issue! The Hot Spots for 2011! Where to Travel This Year! It’s a tactic as old as magazines themselves and it’ll probably …