Hvar or Korčula? Vis or Brač? Croatia has more than a thousand islands, but you only need a few. Here’s how to choose the ones that fit the way you want to travel.
Stories That Inspire the Way You Travel
I've been traveling since before I could walk. Literally. So when I write about a place, it's not from a brochure. It's from a terrace, a back road, a kitchen table, or a train I took because the timing was right. Some pieces are practical — the timing that matters, the question to ask before you book. Some are just stories I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to keep to myself. Pour yourself a coffee. Or wine. Probably wine.
Pull up a chair. This is where the stories live.
We tend to treat Mediterranean islands like the reward at the end of a European trip. But the right island can hold the whole thing: history, food, culture, landscape, and sea. Here’s the case for making the island the trip.
The trips people put off are often the ones that matter most. On the real benefits of multigenerational travel, the finite window for getting everyone together, and why “someday” may be closer than you think.
The Maasai warriors were mid-dance when they pulled my grandson in. That’s the part of traveling with grandchildren no itinerary can plan and the part they never forget. On designing a trip for memory, not mileage.
The best places for a multigenerational trip aren’t the ones with the most to do — they’re the ones where every generation can split off by day and still gather for dinner. Five I actually send families to.
The where is the easy part. What makes or breaks a multigenerational trip is the money, the pace, and the details nobody puts in the group chat — here’s how to handle all three.
There are places in Europe that have become victims of their own beauty. The Amalfi Coast. Santorini. Venice. Barcelona. The Algarve. All of them extraordinary. All of them, in summer, operating well beyond the threshold of what makes travel enjoyable. This isn’t a secret. Everyone who has been to Positano in August knows. Everyone who […]
It is late June. The grills are fired up, the sunscreen is stocked up, and the firecrackers are on standby for the Fourth. Summer 2026. It’s here. And I’m already thinking about summer 2027. That’s not a sales pitch. It’s just the reality of how summer travel works, especially for Europe. The short version: Europe […]
The multi-country Europe trip works when the combination is honest. Here are three that genuinely do — and how to approach each one.
Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, and the Baltics are built for summer. No heat problem, thinner crowds, and days that don’t end. Here’s the case.
