Planning, travel tracking, and archival tools you can use to create a less stressful trip
We have taken several trips that required a lot of planning to make work smoothly. I use several planning tools and applications to organize and schedule a long trip. These will allow you to enjoy the journey and limit the worry involved in traveling. I’ll show you how I use these tools for planning long […]
In this post, I will show you how to create maps using the My Places feature of Google Maps. You can mark all of the places you hope to see from your prioritized list. This you would have created from the steps in my previous post, Tools for Planning Long Trips: Where to Begin. I […]
In this post, I will show you an easier way to create places on maps & itineraries using Scout Explore. Instead of using Google Maps with other tools, Scout Explore can help with itinerary creation. Let’s walk through how to use Scout Explore to create an itinerary of places with my upcoming trip. We are […]
Update 3/17: They come and they go. I wrote the below post last year and used the Pebbler app several times. I thought it was decent, and the best that I’d come across. Unfortunately, I logged in today and saw this: So, sadly, Pebblar will no longer be available after April. Happily, I found another […]
Tools and Tips on Bookings – In this post, I will share sites and apps that you can use to book accommodations and make other travel-related bookings. I use a variety of apps and approaches to make bookings. These are dependent on the type of travel we’re doing and when we’re going. For example, unless […]
Tools and Tips for Air Travel – in this post, I’ll give you some tips for booking air travel which I’ve learned from traveling by plane for the past several decades. To book flights, I start looking at the calendar of fares for the general time of year we’re thinking of going. For example, I […]
What travel programs should you join? How you travel and where you travel and how often you travel dictate which travel programs you should join. US Customs & Border Patrol’s (CBP) Global Entry Program If you travel internationally, you can join Global Entry. This program is a federal government traveler identification pass that lets you […]
There are several useful tools for recording your trip steps as you’re traveling. Each one is suited to the type of trip you’re taking. The first one I’ll talk about it suited to longer trips that have multiple transportation points. The second one is custom for motorcycle rides. And the last one is perfect for […]
I remember things visually. I’m a long-time scrapbooker and moved a decade ago to document our important memories digitally. So, in this post, I’ll show you what I think are the best tools for archiving or documenting your travels so you can remember and reflect on your trips too. Shutterfly After using several options for […]
When we went to Australia, we went for six weeks. At the time we had a 14-year-old Lhasa Apso that had been diagnosed with diabetes. That required two insulin shots a day and constant monitoring. We entrusted his care to my mother-in-law. She’s a dog lover and stays close to home and was willing to […]