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Santander Travel Guide: Beaches and When to Go
Santander is the trip I recommend to clients who tell me they want Spain but they don’t actually want the heat. It’s the part of the country most Americans never picture — green hills, dramatic Atlantic coastline, and a refined, quieter version of Spanish beach life that feels more like a well-kept secret than a…
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Sofia Travel Guide: History, Value, and When to Go
A client once asked me to name one European capital her friends definitely hadn’t been to. I said Sofia without hesitating. She came back saying it was the best surprise of her whole trip — gold domes, Roman ruins sitting in the open air next to modern shops, and a mountain rising right at the…
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Traveling While Breastfeeding: Airport Rules, Hotel Tips, and What to Pack
You’ve packed the swimsuits, the sunscreen, and the tiny sun hat. Then you look at your pump, your cooler bag, and the bottles of milk in the freezer and wonder how any of it is going to get through airport security. Traveling while breastfeeding takes a little more planning, but it’s very doable. This post…
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Stonehenge Tickets: When to Go, Price, and Insider Tips
Stonehenge surprises people more than almost any other landmark I book — not because it’s disappointing, but because standing in front of stones that have been there for roughly 5,000 years hits differently than seeing it in photos your whole life. It’s one of the UK’s most famous landmarks, and it earns that reputation. This…
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Hungary Travel Guide: Budapest, Baths, and When to Go
Budapest is the city I bring up when someone tells me they want “the Paris experience” without the Paris price tag or the Paris crowds. It’s not a knockoff of anywhere else — it has its own grand boulevards, its own thermal bath culture, its own Danube-side skyline — but it delivers that same sense…
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London Travel Guide: Museums, History, and When to Go
London is the city I recommend most often for a first solo trip abroad, and it’s almost always because of one thing clients say afterward: “I felt like I could actually handle it.” No language barrier to add stress on top of everything else new, but still different enough — the money, the driving side,…
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Malaga Travel Guide: Picasso, Beaches, and When to Go
A few years ago, Málaga was where cruise passengers spent four hours before reboarding for the “real” stops in Spain. That’s not the city anymore. A client of mine flew in for what she planned as a two-night stopover before Seville and ended up canceling half of Seville to stay in Málaga instead. Málaga has…
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Italy Travel Guide: Rome, Venice, Amalfi, and When to Go
I asked a client once what she remembered most from her Italy trip, expecting her to say the Colosseum or the Sistine Chapel. She said it was the sound of a Roman neighborhood waking up at 7 a.m. — shutters opening, an espresso machine hissing, someone’s grandmother yelling down from a window. Italy has a…
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Ibiza Travel Guide: Beaches, Old Town, and When to Go
The most common thing I hear when I bring up Ibiza is some version of “isn’t that just spring break for adults?” And sure, that version of Ibiza exists. But the island I actually book for clients — quiet coves, a UNESCO-listed old town, sunset dinners with nothing louder than waves — barely overlaps with…
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France Travel Guide: Paris, Provence, and When to Go
The first time a client stood in front of the Eiffel Tower after months of me talking her through the planning, she called me from the spot, not to say thank you, but because she’d forgotten her camera and needed me to promise she wasn’t dreaming it. France does that to people. It’s the country…
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Edinburgh Travel Guide: Castle, Old Town, and When to Go
Clients who’ve already done London sometimes ask me what else the UK has to offer, and Edinburgh is always my first answer. It’s a completely different atmosphere from London — a medieval Old Town beneath a hilltop castle, narrow closes and hidden staircases, and a mood that feels almost gothic even on a sunny afternoon.…
