Think the Office Will Fall Apart in Your Absence? A Lunch Break Will Make You Think Again Working around the clock is common these days. Late hours, emails from bed at 10 p.m., and lunch at desks is often normal. This working around the clock mentality has become so common in America that many workers [...]
Work and Travel Balance
A standard vacation length for most people working in America is one week – 5 lowly days off. Even with these days sandwiched in between two weekends, that amount of time make it hard to go see that far off destination you’ve been dreaming of. Two days of that are used up just flying to [...]
My 10 Year Journey to Becoming a Travel Writer It dawned on me last week that when people ask what I do for a living, in addition to marketing, I can now say I’m a travel writer. I alluded a couple weeks ago that I hadn’t been posting as much partly because I got some [...]
How to Choose Where to Travel Next Tom and I have decided we’re going to use some of our valuable vacation time to go on a trip this winter. There’s just one small problem: We’re having a hard time deciding where to go. How to choose where to travel next has monopolized our minds. For [...]
Leave the Office Behind and Prepared When I went to Europe a few years ago, I literally had a minor breakdown the night before I left. It was 11:30pm. My taxi was coming to take me to the airport at 4am. Tom was already in Europe for a work trip and I was meeting him [...]
Heading Back to Work after Vacation… Dealing with Post Vacation Work Restlessness One of my favorite restaurants in Istanbul – Wishing this was my office today. Today is my fourth day back in the office after my honeymoon. I’m having a hard time getting back into the swing of things this time. Maybe it’s because [...]
The Blues Jean Bar: Drinking Wine and Trying on Clothes I flew home from San Jose, California last night with designer jeans that I didn’t have on the flight up that morning. And no, my fiancé is not going to exasperatedly ask me why I felt compelled to purchase another pair of jeans when our [...]
Understanding and Fighting Jealousy When an Employee Leaves to Travel the World A few weeks ago one of the employees on my marketing team put in his notice. He had been with the company for over two years and was a stellar team member who always put in over 100% every day and helped the [...]
Unlimited Vacation Time Policies – Yes, they really exist and a new investigation finds they increase productivity in the workplace. I love my career; the rush I get from negotiating a lower contract for a new banner ad, the thrill I get from reading a report and realizing the ROAS on a new search campaign [...]
I'm a travel marketer and travel writer. My husband, Tom, is getting his MBA and never stops studying. We have two cats. We have a mortgage. We have a passion for traveling. We have limited vacation time and funds.
Our friends and family wonder how we travel so much.
Here's how I balance it all and maximize travel time and getting the most out of a destination when time is short.
A Fun TSA Agent?
by Gina on July 20, 2012 · 2 comments
A Fun TSA Agent Makes an Airport Security Line Memorable Last week, I was going through Miami on my way from Punta Cana to Cancun. Going through America meant picking up my suitcase, rechecking it, and regoing through security. Tom and I had been up since 4am and there were many things we’d prefer to [...]