The Biggest Customer Service Fails I’ve Experienced in Travel
Anything Goes, WTF Travel Experiences
Photo Credit: Adam on Flickr
Louie CK has a hilarious skit where he compares fliers describing their harrowing journeys akin to surviving the Oregon Trail.
From epic delays to lost luggage to missed connections, whoever said, “Enjoy…
Stop Calling Me a Food Critic (I’m Not)
Anything Goes, Getting Personal, Restaurants
No fancy cameras here. I take all my own iPhone photography.
Literally the first thing people ask when they find out I write a food column is if I’m a critic. Or, they skip the asking all together and just assume. Let me clarify…
Life Lessons from Warren Miller: Meeting a Mogul on his 90th Birthday
Adventure Travel, Anything Goes, Montana, Mountain Adventures, Ski, Winter Travel, WTF Travel Experiences, Yolo Bucket List Experiences
There are certain moments in life you wouldn’t in your wildest dreams imagine putting on your bucket list. Celebrating Warren Miller’s 90th birthday with him? That was one of mine. Something I never could’ve seen coming.
I…
20 Things I Accomplished in My 20s…and 30 More for My 30s
Anything Goes, Getting Personal
With the realization that a huge life milestone has hit turning the #DirtyThirty, I thought it’d be worth taking a minute to reflect on some of the things I accomplished over the last decade and set some new goals for myself. Being that…
Surviving the Dating Scene in Denver: The Do’s and Don’ts for Mixing and Mingling in the Mile High
Anything Goes, Colorado, Denver, WTF Travel Experiences
While far less superficial than boys in the Midwest, the dating scene in Denver presents a whole different set of challenges (beyond the growing lumbersexual movement - is it really that hard to invest in a razor?). Everyone here…
When Working in Travel Sucks
Anything Goes, Working in Travel
Photo via Selden Vestrit, flickr
For the most part, I have the dream job, or at least that’s what I’d like you to think from my montage of epic adventure photos and heavily curated social media profiles. Let me let you in on a…
Whatever Happened to the American Dream?
Anything Goes, Getting Personal
Photo via Nana B Agyei, flickr
Having just written this for GoBankingRates, I've been thinking a lot about how has the American dream changed lately. And to be honest, I don't even recognize it anymore. Let me explain...
Did you…
5 Ways I’ve Traveled for Free (And How You Can Too)
Anything Goes, HP Feature, Travel Tips, Working in Travel
People ask me all the time how I get to travel for free. While I have worked for a travel company full-time (which I found through your average old Linkedin post just like anyone other job), I didn’t always get such amazing…
Is There Even Such a Thing as a Travel Expert?
Anything Goes, Getting Personal, HP Feature, Working in Travel
I often struggled with the idea of what a travel expert is and if there even is such a thing. It’s not like it’s something you can major in or take classes for (history did a shoddy job, who even knows where Mesopotamia is now?). Coming…
How to Save Money on Travel – Every Time
Anything Goes, HP Feature, Working in Travel
Isn’t travel expensive? How do you afford to travel so much?
I get this question all the time. And the answer is that it doesn’t have to be. Here are some of my favorite tips and tricks for maximizing your budget so you can see…