Two Travel Lessons from an Armchair Pilgrim

Travel can be so romanticized on the big screen, especially when a story unfolds in the hands of a talented filmmaker. The truth is, though, travel comes with some pain. This week I watched a quiet movie called The Way, about a man walking the Camino del Santiago...

When Travel Diversion Did Not Require Headphones

I inherited a travel-sized cribbage board from my parents, and it still evokes memories from the ’60s of early evenings at motels during childhood vacations. My brothers and I would cannonball into the hotel pool, as my parents “supervised” (a term...

Santa’s 747

2014 threw some major personal challenges my way, and by the time I got to the finish line this December, I was just plain beat. I gave myself a rest, and, right on cue, an experience came my way that was pretty magical and a reminder of the wonder of travel and how...

Mother Nature Needs Your Likes

Would rain force my son’s Halloween party to move indoors? This morning I cruised on over to weather.com to see. The tile in the weekend forecast said 70% chance of showers on Saturday. Fine. Now I know. But I looked down and was shocked to see LOVE and UGH buttons at...

IGI Seeks Hotel That Understands

Don’t get in my way. Sometimes, that’s all you ask from a hotel. I was talking with a writer this week about a trends piece for business travelers, and she mentioned a conversation she had with Langham Hotels about a certain type of traveler Langham calls the IGI  or...