Travel is NOT free
Let me get this straight folks: TRAVEL IS NOT FREE. Travel is a luxury, something that is not really a must for survival if you are broke or don’t have the means for it on a small budget when you are struggling to survive daily. It is a luxury not everyone can afford. Sure, you can “free” travel in terms of using miles and points, but getting them requires careful planning, a lot of time, oh and day to day spending. In our chosen travel lifestyle, you will probably just see the beauty of the places through our blog posts and photos. You don’t see the nitty gritty…
Weekend at Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake
It was another weekend, meaning we’re off to another adventure! This time, we decided to go back to Orlando to try the Holiday Inn Club Vacations Orange Lake Resort, one of the biggest hotel complexes we had ever been! What follows is a review of the property and at the bottom is our cost table. First off, we booked this hotel because it seemed like a great deal and was listed as one of the best uses of IHG points at a few other travel blogs I follow. When the price of the hotel was $130 and had all these amenities plus a chance to get more points c/o of…
Is it More Dangerous to Travel Now than Before?
Last week, I read a story about a female tourist murdered in Belize (a beautiful but drug-troubled Caribbean island). A few months before that, there was another female tourist killed in Nepal. A few months before that, there were a few horror stories of some European women being raped in India. And then the story of a French professor who was killed while trekking through Algeria’s mountains. These stories are tragic, of course, and give one pause, even if you don’t have plans to travel to those countries, but then I am reminded of the wonderful actor and traveler Michael Palin, who summed up Westerners in two words: Wealthy and Worried. Which brings us to…
Travel Depression and Coping with it
This weekend has been particularly tough for me. I realized I’m not enjoying my full time job, and I would like to do something else that will allow me to explore and travel the world. I can’t particularly quit, not just yet, as I am still learning the ins and the outs of making enough income from various means instead of maintaining a desk job. And so, I wrote this post about travel depression & coping with it… in the hopes that I’ll be able to help other people who are going through the same thing that I am. It’s odd though, if you are an adrenaline junkie, you crave…
An Orlando New Years Weekend Getaway
As part of our motto here in A Journey We Love, we aim to travel more for well, less cost. We prioritize travel above most of our other expenses, and we also use creative ways to achieve that. Enter our travel hacking skills and our ability to find great deals! So, for this post, we are going to discuss and drill down the details of our… Orlando New Years Weekend Getaway The back story: I was looking at the calendar and panicked a bit when I (Ruby) realized January 1st is a Friday, so it’s a long weekend – and we didn’t get to make any plans! It was a…
