While our travel tips are the pragmatic do’s and don’ts, our travel thoughts are a chance to share our travel philosophy. Our blog hosts all our articles and posts.
The travel tips posts focus on pragmatic, practical travel advice. Look for tips on trip planning, packing, reducing costs, and seasonal travel.
Our travel thoughts focus on developing a travel philosophy. Look for loving your travel partner(s), finding your comfort level in stays and journeys, and finding value in often expensive and unpredictable adventures.

We are Out This Door
“Coddiwomple: To travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination.” (eng slang)
Good planning makes for a good trip. Overplanning makes for overstuffed agenda and high expectations. While not planning enough can leave you stuck. Our goal is to help you find that sweet spot. Building confidence to coddiwomple means a good plan that is open to exploration.
First-Hand experience is the basis for our travel tips and thoughts
Stays, eats, products, experiences, journeys–only if we have actually been there, done that. Lessons being learned. Preferences being developed. Appreciating how blessed we are to travel.
Most recent posts from Travel Tips and Thoughts…
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How to Choose and How to Use a Travel Journal
This article explores the significance of travel journals in enhancing the travel experience. It discusses selecting the right journal based on durability, size, and aesthetics, while emphasizing their versatile uses before, during, and after trips. The author champions handwritten notes for deeper engagement with experiences that photos alone cannot capture.
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Camper, Vacation Rental, Self-Catering Meal Planning App Step-by-Step
The post introduces a simple RV Camper Meal Planning App utilizing the iPhone’s Notes app to assist RV campers in organizing meals. It outlines steps to create meal lists, plan precooked options, manage meal components, and streamline grocery shopping on the road. This ensures stress-free meal planning and maximizes vacation enjoyment.
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Travel packing tips: 20 ways to reduce your packing
Travel packing tips: Europe with a carry-on suitcase: 20 ways to reduce your packing
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Why we choose hotels over vacation rentals
5 reasons why we chose hotels over vacation rentals. And 3 of our all time favorite hotels that we recommend.
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How we roll…
Some trips are windshield trips. Some trips are spree trips. Some trips are explore trips. They all begin by going out this door.
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Finding a Travel Partner
To tell a story about finding a travel partner, I will tell the story about my first trip abroad. And you will decide, did it prove to be the trip of a lifetime. Or not? Cut to the chase: Our first trip abroad, wasn’t the trip of a lifetime… By the time of The Great […]
