Site Loader

Katie

Travel Hacks

How We Spent 9 Days in Europe for Under $3k

Feb 15, 2021
Katie
We didn’t want to miss out on key experiences, like eating at Marchal, a Michelin star restaurant in Copenhagen, but that meant we had to be very strategic in other areas of our spending. At the end of our 9-day trip to Copenhagen and Hamburg, Tyler and I were pleasantly surprised that we had spent less than $3k total for the two of us. Here’s how we did it.
Must Eat

48 Hours in Amsterdam

Feb 8, 2021
Katie
Based on our scheduling, we only had 48 hours to spend in Amsterdam before we headed to Paris, France, for two days. This is absolutely not enough time to take in either city, but after getting a taste of all that Amsterdam has to offer, it inspired us to make a future return trip. If you only have a short time to spend in the capital of the Netherlands, these are my recommendations to make the most of your stay.
Feature

How to Save Money on Gas

Feb 1, 2021
Katie
Any of my recent travel has been done by car, which has meant I needed to do some new research on traveling cheaply, including how to save money on gas. Especially when you’re planning a road trip, these tips can save you some serious cash, leaving you with more money to spend on the rest of your trip!
Must Eat

Tampa Must-Eat: Harry Waugh Dessert Room

Jan 18, 2021
Katie
Dining at Bern’s is an experience you don’t want to miss out on. However, that experience 1) generally requires making a reservation weeks, if not months, in advance, and 2) can get quite expensive, especially if you’re enjoying some of that amazing wine collection. Fortunately, there’s a way to get a taste of Bern’s Steak House without securing a reservation in advance or breaking the bank: the Harry Waugh Dessert Room.
Feature

What Travel in 2020 Taught Me

Jan 4, 2021
Katie
For the last few years, I’ve kept a list on my phone of all the states and countries I went to during that year, as a nice reminder of all the new places I’ve gone. I was looking at my 2020 list, and while it is far from what I’d imagined at the beginning of the year, I realized that I still learned a lot about both the places around me and travel in general. These are the travel learnings I’m taking into the new year and moving forward.
Feature

Our 10-Day Iceland and Ring Road Itinerary

Dec 28, 2020
Katie
My first road trip as an adult was actually in Iceland, and nothing can quite compare to that adventure! In March 2018, a small group of us decided to meet up in Reykjavik to tackle Ring Road (Route 1) in a camper van. With a lot of planning (and a lot of last-minute plan changes), we were able to see a ton of the country in just 10 days.
That Time When

That Time When… Our Train to Glasgow Didn’t Exist

Dec 21, 2020
Katie
Imagine us on Boxing Day, arriving at Waverly train station in Edinburgh to find that the train station was actually closed. We had booked our train tickets to Glasgow via Rail Europe in September, and they had provided instructions to print our train tickets at the station, so we only had the confirmation email to go off of. Queue Tyler and I frantically trying to make calls and use the nearby mall’s WiFi to figure out what had happened.
Must Eat

Road Trip Recap: Asheville and Blue Ridge

Dec 14, 2020
Katie
While 2020 may have cancelled or postponed many of our travel plans, we weren’t about to let it ruin our last chance to get away, just the two of us. We figured out over the summer how to take a road trip while pregnant, so once again, we decided to hit the road with our two dogs in tow. Our first stop? Asheville, North Carolina, by way of Atlanta, Georgia.