Does anyone feel like they’re living their life on the road right now? Whether it’s flights and hotels for work, road trips to see family, or constant jogs around town running holiday errands, I feel like I’m never at home. And all that “on the go” living could really take a toll on good eating…
Travel Tips
Changing Your Name on Airline Frequent Flyer Programs
So, I got married a year and a half ago and finally finished the legal name process a month ago. Now the real challenge begins – changing my legal name across the dozens of frequent flyer accounts, hotel rewards programs, and other places where my maiden name exists. Today, we’re talking airline programs. These are top priority…
How to Build Customized Travel Maps for Your Next Trip
I’m a planner, through and through. My vacations are often a combination of spreadsheets, mapped out destinations, and guidebooks. Even when we don’t have our itinerary routed, I love having a few possible destinations flagged on a map so we can pick and choose where we want to go next. We map out favorite vineyards…
Tips and Tricks for Traveling with Wine
It’s the last day of our honeymoon (a three week adventure in Africa) and Cody and I are camped outside a coffee shop, taking advantage of their free wifi to frantically search for package shops that are open on a Sunday morning. Why? Wine. We’ve spent the last three days of our trip touring vineyards…
How Hackers Stole 98k Frequent Flyer Points – And How I Got It Resolved
Someone hacked into my JetBlue TrueBlue account last week and stole nearly 100,000 points and racked up over $1,000 in flights and fees – and it took me 10 days to realize it. I used to fly JetBlue between Logan and Washington Dulles weekly when I lived in Boston. Since moving down to Texas, I’ve…
Finding the Best Deal for an All-inclusive Resort
My parents just came back one of my favorite all-inclusive resorts, Secrets Aura, and all of their pictures have me craving another beach vacation. We tend to prefer all-inclusive resorts for our beach getaways because they take all of the hassle out of vacation planning. You don’t have to decide where to go, arrange excursions…
Traveling with Products: Navigating TSA’s 3-1-1 Rule
Take it from a girl who took more than 100 flights last year – there’s no perfect solution to navigating TSA’s liquid requirements (also known as the 3-1-1 rule). Let’s break down what the rule is and how you can avoid getting your products (for my direct sales girls), snacks, and personal care items tossed…
Getting in Your Protein While Traveling
This post is sponsored by Great Lakes Gelatin. All unbiased opinions below are 100% mine – I used this product long before they offered to sponsor this post! Sticking to your macros and getting in your micros when you’re not at home is hard. Carbs and fats are so easy to come by. Just stop into…
The Basics of Flying With Food
It’s October and I’ve already flown nearly 90,000 miles aboard 75+ flights – and the travel isn’t letting up anytime soon. When I’m on the road that much, eating out every meal really isn’t sustainable. It’s hard to guesstimate my macros and my sodium intake soars. Traveling with my own food from home has become…
Protein On The Road
4 flights, 3 states, 4,990 total miles, 3 days. To call last week exhausting would be an understatement. Travel is hard, and even when you’re not hopping all over the country, and hitting your macros when you’re restricted to airport newsstands and fast food joints makes it even worse. Over the years, I’ve found a few…
Flights on the Cheap
Finding a reasonable flight these days can feel like such a daunting task! You have to hop from site to site, scan across multiple dates, and then still wonder whether the price you’ve found is the best available. Even though someone else is usually picking up the cost of my flights (yay work travel?), I’m…
Emergency Stash
When I travel places I’m pretty familiar with, I tend not to bring along my Isobag or Six Pack Bag with prepped meals. Both bags are pretty bulky, and sometimes, I just don’t have the bag space {checking bags is highly frowned upon for this girl}. Case in point: My last trip to Boston. The…