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from Tom and Kris, based on more than 15 years of full-time travel.
Our goal is simple: we want to help you travel more and better for less money.
Our blog and newsletter are focused on exactly that: how you can get where you want to go as easily as possible, and how can you have the richest experience once you're there. It's our pleasure to offer personalized travel advice, helping our readers sort through travel decisions and providing our best, tried and true travel tips.
We've been sharing our experience since we started traveling full time in 2010.
Sitka National Historical Park doesn't have the dramatic scale of many of the National Parks we've visited. But what it does have is perhaps something rarer: a small, walkable park where layers of Indigenous, Russian, and American history enthrall you from all sides.
Medicare doesn't cover you abroad. Kris and Tom's guide to the best travel insurance for travelers over 50 and over 70 — including pre-existing conditions.
Tom walked the Camino Frances in 40 days at age 60. Here's what he learned about the best shoes, socks, and blister care for the Camino de Santiago — with real gear tested over 800km.
After living in Madrid for two years and returning dozens of times, here is our definitive guide to Madrid — the Prado, tapas bars, the best neighborhoods, where to stay, and the day trips worth taking.
Plan a smarter trip to Italy with our guide built from years of slow travel across Rome, Florence, Venice, Puglia, Sicily, and beyond — practical advice, art, food, and UNESCO sites for travelers over 50.
Thinking of things to do in Rome? Keep in mind Rome is the capital of the both the Roman Empire of the Caesars and the Christian Church. Today it's without equal in its display of Western Art.