I am amazed how Airbnb has exploded around the world since it started in the spring of 2009. Today, their website has surpassed 800,000 listings, offering more lodging than any other hotel chain in the world! Having never heard of Airbnb until 2013 myself I am truly blown away by how it has influenced travel for us and the travel industry as a whole. The consumer pursuit of …
5 Top Rated, Kid Friendly Airbnb Rentals in Salt Lake City
We are budget travelers and know it's tough to find top rated, kid friendly accommodations to fit a small travel budget. It is easy, though, to find a good deal on flights to Salt Lake City, a city loaded with family friendly activities. The average cost for good hotel in SLC is $110 USD to $170 USD a night. There are also over 80 Airbnb entire place rentals that cost 40 …
London Airbnb Welcome Home
Traveling to London was exhausting! It was definitely one of our tougher travel days. We took an overnight flight from Fort Lauderdale and arrived in London eight hours later at 12:30pm London time. The flight was quiet and smooth but Rob and I didn’t sleep, Mak did get six hours of shut eye. We arrived in sunny London and clamored off the plane filled with excitement. We …
Cheap Travel to London: An Opportunists Dream
I feel excitedly optimistic about the travel opportunities that exist today, the possibilities to visit places that once seemed beyond our financial reach. So much so, I hope what I am telling you now will spark a travel adventure for you and make you see opportunities to travel where impossible vacation dreams once were for you. I woke up this morning in London, a city I have …
Missing Colombia
It’s been over a month since we left Colombia and all three of us really miss it. After our longest travel day by bus, right after crossing the border into Ecuador we noticed a difference in the people and the culture. Ecuador was calmer, more reserved, quieter. We admit there were times in Colombia we felt outside our comfort zones. We felt we needed to be aware of our …