Last year, I fell wildly in love with solid shampoo, and it was a complete game changer in how I pack and how I travel. The only bummer? While Lush’s solid shampoo was solid (get it?), their solid conditioner left a lot to be desired, an opinion I saw echoed many times in the comments section…

“It’s just so nice to be able to do my own laundry again!” If you said this to anyone other than a long term traveler, you might be met with a raised eyebrow or two. But fellow nomads know there’s something comforting about being able to simply wash your own clothes, which is why you’ll often…

Am I the only one that feels like pre-trip daydreaming is one of the best parts of a travel? You guys might remember that last fall, I signed up for Trover and used it to help me decide whether Central America or Southeast Asia would be my next stop. (Non spoiler alert! Central ‘Merica won.) For…

Update: Travel Blog Success was merged with Superstar Blogging by Nomadic Matt. It’s an equally impressive course with a travel vlogging option that I plan to take and review eventually — click here to take it yourself! Let’s talk travel videos. Back when I was working making underwater videos on Grand Cayman and Koh Tao, I…

This year, my mom asked me for some ideas for Christmas gifts, and my resulting list was a red flag that I’m on a slippery slope to boringsville — a hair cut, sunscreen, and even more packing cubes were on the exciting end of the spectrum. (Okay — one watermelon bikini made its way in there…

Lately, I helped my good friends Amy and Jordan plan their honeymoon to Southeast Asia as my wedding gift to them. It was such an incredibly rewarding process, from our initial Skype call brainstorming session to watching with excitement as the trip rolled out on Instagram. Yet some of the in-between bits reminded me how clunky…