“It’s on my bucket list”…I probably hear this statement 10 times a day from people. Ever since a movie came out a few years called ‘The Bucket List’, people have been adding things left and right to their bucket list. If I write about something or go somewhere, people always tell me they will add […]
Mid-Career Gap Year Segment on FOX
February 11, 2014 by 13 Comments
More and more adults are taking time off to travel the world. People are planning ahead, saving money and quitting their jobs to take their trips of a lifetime. For years, gap years were acceptable only for kids just out of high school or college but now the mid-career gap year is much more common. […]
Why Airline Elite Status is Less Valuable Now Than Ever Before
February 10, 2014 by 27 Comments
Airlines, points, miles, status, silver, gold, platinum, elite; whatever! These are the buzzwords that have long defined airline elite status. Passengers would go to extraordinary lengths to get miles and points. People would buy long, cheap turnaround flights just to get the miles to qualify or re-qualify for their elite status. Why? So they could […]
5 Awesome Things to do in Perth, Australia
February 6, 2014 by 15 Comments
Perth is the most isolated major city in the world. It is literally about as far away from New York City as you can possibly get on the planet and it is a great place. Perth has a totally different feel than cosmopolitan Sydney or multicultural Melbourne. It is a quirky town that has morphed […]
Emperor Penguins Pictures
February 4, 2014 by 7 Comments
Here are some of my favorite Emperor Penguins pictures from Antarctica. These are ompletely unedited or touched up at all. They also have nothing to do with Prince Harry preventing me from reaching the South Pole…I cannot wait to go back in December and try again…enjoy and please share!
5 Countries I Want to go Back to
February 3, 2014 by 39 Comments
There are a lot of countries I want to go back to visit more or again. It’s true I’ve been to every country in the world or 193 countries based on the list of United Nations member states; I’ve actually been to over 100 of them multiple times. You can read how many countries there […]
How China is Taking Over the World
January 31, 2014 by 35 Comments
China is taking over the world. That is a sentiment often uttered in jest but there is a lot of truth behind that statement. Remember, there is a little (or a lot of) truth in every joke and often times people don’t take the Chinese seriously because Westerners don’t understand them. One in five people […]
5 Awesome Things to do in Melbourne, Australia
January 30, 2014 by 25 Comments
Melbourne is one of the coolest cities I have been to in a while and is very different than I remembered it. I have been to Australia 10 times but this was only my second trip to Melbourne and first since 2003. Melbourne is vibrant, buzzing, sporting, secretive, hidden, bohemian, beautiful and there are a […]
My Trip to Cabo in Photos
January 28, 2014 by 17 Comments
I just spent 6 days in Mexico at my buddies house in Cabo. All we did was eat, sleep, drink, play golf, pool basketball, eat again and get some sun. I have to say it was pretty awesome. So since this was a real vacation and I didn’t really do too much but the scenery […]
My Australian Open Experience
January 27, 2014 by 25 Comments
For Americans and many people in the Western Hemisphere, the Australian Open has always been that tennis tournament that was on in the middle of night every January. It was sometimes on when you woke up in the morning and you’re looking for Sportscenter on ESPN. However, the Australian Open is the best grand slam […]
