Travel Advice

How are you under stress? Like a great quarterback, I feel the pressure and do my best to go through my progressions. Panicking will only lead to paralysis.

I hate writers who say, "in full disclosure" before starting a post. Are you saying absent that you are hiding something? With that preface, I would like to say, in full disclosure, I knew I needed a visa to Vietnam when I booked the world's longest flight.

18:50 to SIN is part of the Reunion Tour Trip Report. There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know...

Before I travel, I am required to read my Travel Lessons so I don't make the same mistakes I always make. I did so this time to my detriment. Let me explain.

1 Euro Italian Villa is part of the Punxsutawney TPOL Trip Report. Once upon a time, TPOL was stuck in his basement thanks to a mysterious virus (see The Lost & Found Year(s): COVID Trip...

I won't listen. I once thought it would be a good idea to leave it to my readers to pick where I lived. I chronicled that journey: Vote Where TPOL Moves Next! And I’ll Go...

Before TPOL moved to Puerto Rico in 2018, I was a resident of Scottsdale (see TPOL in the Desert). I am going back to the place where I lived most of my adult life,...

The ground logistics for LOT are awful. It was a nightmare leaving JFK and it was not simple to transit in WAW.

"Pack 1/2 the clothes, twice the money," Lee Abbamonte once said (see What to Pack: “Take 1/2 the Clothes, Twice the Money”). After years on the road, I have revised that and am now...

I am paranoid when it comes to transport. En route to Warsaw, I had to connect in JFK. I flew jetBlue from San Juan to NYC at 11:50AM with a scheduled arrival at 3:45PM. Despite my 10PM flight, I was still paranoid that disaster would strike and harpoon my RTW itinerary.