Travel
All about our travels: from Travel Hacking, trip reviews, and general travel tips.
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How to spend a weekend in Chicago
We love to travel, but we have full-time jobs, so we can only visit certain places on weekend trips. Chicago is one of those cities that was up there on our list. Here’s how we managed to spend a weekend in Chicago on a budget. This post is part of our weekend trip ideas. Here are other places we visited that may inspire you to visit on a weekend too: Weekend in Gainesville Florida with a toddler Daytona Beach Weekend Getaway (with a toddler) How to Travel Every Weekend Treat Your Weekend as a Vacation Weekend at Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake Arriving in Chicago, we had no idea…
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2024 Activities and Entertainment on Virgin Voyages
Updated December 2023. It’s a sea day and you’re worried that you may be bored and stuck in your room. Fear not, Virgin has you covered. Here are the activities and entertainment on Virgin Voyages that will keep you entertained throughout your cruise. From shows, games, classes, and other activities, here are your entertainment options on Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady. If retail therapy is your definition of entertainment, we have also created a post on Virgin Voyages shopping on the Scarlet Lady. This post is a part of our Virgin Voyages series. Click on the links below to read more about our Virgin Voyages cruise. Our Virgin Voyages Cruise Series…
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Get out and do something this new year
Looking for a new goal to complete by the end of the year? How about chasing more experiences and doing more things that require you to get out of your house? This year, let’s all be productive and create new memories! Let’s all get out and do something! This New Year, I have started using the hashtag #getoutanddosomething to hold me accountable and force me to do and experience more things outside my house. This would mean going to a park, the local library, the mall, or traveling to a new destination altogether. Are you in on this project? All you have to do is do something once a week,…
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Solo cruise on Virgin Voyages (what to expect)
Looking for information on how a solo cruise works? Here’s our brief guide on a solo cruise on Virgin Voyages. We break down if it’s worth it, if there is a solo surcharge, and what to expect on a solo cruise. This post is part of our cruising series, to read more cruising content, here are a few articles we suggest: Why book a Virgin Voyages Cruise Virgin Voyages Restaurants Guide – what restaurants are there and where to eat onboard The ultimate guide to Virgin Voyages activities on the ship/What to expect during Scarlet Night Port Guide and shore excursions in Costa Maya Port guide and shore excursions in…
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Our First Impressions of Ireland
Before we set foot into Dublin on March 19 of 2017, I knew that Ireland had the following qualities: rich literary history (James Joyce, Samuel Beckett), rich alcoholic history (Guinness, Jameson), rich historical…history (Guinness Factory; joking, but even the $25 t-shirts can’t detract from the cool, dark finish of that black brew) and rich linguistic history (as difficult as Gaelic is, I think it’s still more difficult to understand the Scots!). I wondered about these myths as we stepped off the airport express bus in the heart of Dublin: College Green. Our First Impressions of Ireland: Dublin The name Dublin comes from the words Dubh (black) Linn (pool), which together…
