I was cold the entire first week of my European trip because I did not bring a jacket. I thought I had researched. I checked
My favorite necklace came out of my suitcase broken on my second day of travel. The delicate chain had tangled with two other necklaces and
My hair was curly disaster after my first week in Thailand. I thought I did not need a hair straightener for travel. My hair looked
You’re three days into your trip. You get a minor cut on your hand. Nothing serious. But you don’t have a bandage. You search your
You open your suitcase on day three of your trip. Everything is a mess. You can’t find anything. Your clean clothes are mixed with dirty
I ruined my clothes on a two-week trip because I packed my dirty shoes directly in my luggage with my clean clothes. This sounds like
I packed my full makeup brush collection for a week-long backpacking trip and by day two I was genuinely angry at myself for how much
You’re on day three of your trip. You’ve been exploring all day. You’re meeting friends for dinner. You realize you smell. The problem isn’t that
My phone died at 2 percent in the middle of Bangkok’s Chinatown at 9 PM on a Friday night. I was completely lost. I had
My hair took three hours to dry in my Bangkok hotel room using a travel hair dryer I bought specifically for that trip. Three hours.
Fourteen hours into a flight from San Francisco to Bangkok and I finally understood what neck pain actually means. I had bought a travel pillow
I bought the wrong travel bag for my first major trip and it haunted me for two weeks straight. The bag looked perfect in the
The line at TSA security moves at a snail’s pace and then you get to the front and a TSA officer pulls your bag aside.
Backpacking and elaborate makeup routines do not belong in the same sentence. When your entire life fits in one 40-liter backpack, every single item needs
There is a specific moment every traveler knows. You spent 20 minutes doing your hair in the hotel room. It looked perfect. You stepped outside
