Category: Pro Tips

  • Our Favorite Shoes for Hiking and Travel

    Our Favorite Shoes for Hiking and Travel

    Our Favorite Shoes for Hiking and Travel Most of our travels require comfy walking shoes, at bare minimum, if not full fledged hiking shoes. Being a former college cross country and track runner, I am a bit picky with athletic shoes. But, I fell in love with the Salomon Speedcross GTX trail/hiking/running shoes and haven’t purchased another…

  • Best Cellphone Provider for International Travelers

    Best Cellphone Provider for International Travelers

    What’s the Best Cellphone Provider for International Travelers? If you are looking for the best cellphone provider to use at home and during international travel with the United States as your home base, it’s hands down T-Mobile.  T-Mobile and AT&T both run on the GSM (Global System for Mobiles) network. This is the only system that…

  • How to Cache a Map for Travel and Vacations

    How to Cache a Map for Travel and Vacations

    How to Cache a Map for Travel and Vacations Off grid? Offline? No service? How do you get where you need to go without a cellphone? Well, you don’t need to ditch the phone, just plan ahead a bit. It’s really important to not get lost — wasting time during a trip is the worst and frustrating.…