Claudicet Pena is a mami and creative writer based in Boston, Massachusetts. She loves to romanticize her life by exploring new destinations and hidden gems. Claudicet devotes her time to her daughter ...

Telling people not to travel during the summer is odd advice on the surface. After all, most people take their vacations in the summer months. The weather is warmer, there are lots of attractions; the ...

My cousin and her now-husband got married in Hyderabad, India in November 2023. My mom, aunt, brother, boyfriend, and I flew around the world to participate in the celebrations. We wouldn’t miss the ...

From the island of Mont Saint-Michel to the D-Day Beaches, Normandy has it all. If you’re like most foreign visitors, you’ll come to Normandy after sightseeing in Paris. However, many don’t realize ...

I recently returned from a fantastic trip to London and Iceland. My husband and I spent several months researching what we wanted to do and where we wanted to stay on our trip. As I read travel sites ...

What’s the furthest you would travel for a sports event? How about halfway around the world? I played sports growing up, but I’ve always been a pretty casual fan. I wouldn’t consider myself someone ...

Imagine a town overflowing with delectable restaurants, thriving small businesses, and adorable boutique stores. It’s surrounded by mountainous landscapes, easy to walk around, and it’s all less than ...

One of my favorite parts of travel is planning my trips. This has been the case since I was a little girl paging through my father’s Fodor’s guides. Imagining what a new city or country will be like ...

Music pumped through my veins as a kid, but I’d never managed to attend a real show. I cursed my 8th birthday when I got sick the day I was meant to attend a Hilary Duff concert. All that changed when ...

Living in France, I get a lot of questions about when I became a Francophile. This might be a hard question for some ex-pats, but for me, it’s easy: 1999. That’s when my family—my father, mother, and ...

I never thought I would fall in love with solo travel. Growing up, I didn’t like to be far from home. And I hated being out after dark. My first solo trip was to Italy way back in 2008. I wanted to go ...

The pricey metropolis of Manhattan can feel financially out of reach for even the average traveler. As someone who used to live in NYC, I can confirm that many things in this city are ridiculously ...