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[This post may contain affiliate links. We can’t thank you enough for supporting the EE site! We’ll put the mere pennies we make towards a delicious Bratwurst on our next Alpine hike!] Whether you are looking for the classics of what to do in Garmisch, going skiing in Germany, planning […]

5 Alternatives to Edelweiss Resort and Lodge in Garmisch

This entry was posted in Budget Traveling Germany Travel Tips on August 22, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

How to Get a Baby Passport; the ULTIMATE guide! — 8 Steps on How To Get a Baby Passport Updated for 2020! [This post contains affiliate links which earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Please read my Disclosure and Privacy pages for more info.] Before my baby was born, he’d already been to 5 countries (in utero). I mean, […]

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Your (U.S) Baby Passport

This entry was posted in Family Travel Travel Tips on August 15, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

5 Travel Hacking Tools that will help you redeem your miles — Congratulations! You’ve done what a lot of people are too scared to do. You learned what travel hacking was, trusted that using credit cards to earn you free travel won’t wreck your score (just the opposite actually!), pulled the trigger on getting a card, met your minimum spending and now […]

Redeem Points and Miles: 5 Resources and Tools To Help ...

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking Travel Tips on August 9, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

These are brilliant hacks to even the travel hackers! So many great ways to learn to redeem your points to get the most out of each mile — 5 Unsuspecting Ways to Use FlyerMiler to Up Your Travel Hacking Skills C’Mon, you know you want to Pin This to be able to use for later when you are booking for free trips on points! Today is shameless plug day. What? You’ve never heard about this day? Yeah, it’s […]

Learn How to Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles with This ...

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking Travel Tips on August 5, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

There is no reason why you can't combine both budget travel and travel hacking to get the cheapest travel everything and everywhere — Combining Budget Travel and Travel Hacking {This post may contain affiliate links. We’ll use the mere pennies from your support to help us pay for our next hostel when not using points and miles to travel!} The allure of luxury travel. I get it. I mean, who doesn’t want to […]

Budget Travel meets Travel Hacking: Getting the cheapest trips possible ...

This entry was posted in Travel Hacking Travel Tips on July 30, 2016 by LeAnna Brown

We can't live our lives in fear. Even if we have to adapt a few ways of traveling, we can't let the idea of terror prevent us from experiencing the world — It probably feels like every time you turn on the news or open up your Facebook Feed that you are staring at yet another gut wrenching story about a mass shooting, a public bombing or some other disgusting act of terror. It is so easy to spiral into a thought […]

Travel and Terrorism: How to Stay Safe Despite Fears

This entry was posted in Europe Family Travel Personal Travel Adventures Travel Tips on July 26, 2016 by LeAnna Brown