Today we’re continuing a look through Meg’s classic series on how to have a kick-ass wedding while also saving for an around the world trip. Meg dominated our wedding planning and highlights 5 ways she was able to save big for the big day. Have you already tried any of her methods for your big […]
We have had several people close to us get engaged or married in the past few months, which led to a discussion of our big day and honeymoon back in April 2010. With love in the air, we thought we’d share a series of articles Meg wrote last year about how we saved money on […]
When Tony and I first started our RTW trip, we enjoyed writing up our “first impressions” articles on each city we visited…. Well, that didn’t last beyond Buenos Aires. Caught up in the madness of travel, having so many other great things we wanted to write about, and just plain forgetting, we fell off the […]
Traveling couples have to travel differently than all you single folks. Don’t believe me? Think about this: Hostels usually aren’t the best accommodation for a couple. Especially on a financial basis. As a single traveler, hostels are a great way to access cheap accommodations while visiting a city. The tradeoff typically is the lack of […]
Confession: I hate tourist traps and I hate crowds! Hate is a strong word and is a word I do not like to use often. Nevertheless, my hatred of tourist clusterf*cks is unwavering. I knew about this personal trait before starting our trip, but it became more refined during our travels. So here I am, […]
Berlin has all of the ingredients of a dynamic entrepreneurial city and is fast using those ingredients to generate some really interesting startups. Given our love of startup culture and passion for travel, Berlin was the perfect mix of locals and expats all working on creating something new. Berlin is already being discussed as the […]
If you are being brutally honest, do you consider yourself a glass half full person or a glass half empty person? I personally have always been a glass half full kind of gal. But when I am looking at the rest of our trip, I am noticing that, regardless of whether or not the glass […]
Berlin is a city dominated by history. Story upon story of shared struggles, pain, shame, and triumph. So packed with history in fact, that much is hidden in the shadows of larger events. The history of Jewish Berlin resides in these shadows. Obscured by the tragedy of World War II and the Holocaust, the story […]