Dear Ageless Traveler, If you've been staring at your suitcase lately feeling more dread than delight, you are not alone. Travel burnout is real. It happens to many seasoned wanderers. A point comes when we feel we have already been everywhere and checked every box. Here's what I've learned after decades of going (almost) everywhere: the cure for burnout isn't forcing another big trip. It's remembering how to be curious again, in small ways, before you ever board a plane. Here’s why we need...
3 days ago • 7 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, I am about to take a six-week trip, and it's never easy to plan. But after visiting 140 countries, I do have some hints and tips. I also have a roster of places I've found worth the effort of long-term travel. In an earlier newsletter, I reported on how we Ageless Travelers are taking Gap Years, where we travel for months at a time. My trip is taking me to the Galápagos with GoGalapagos, the Ecuadorian Amazon, and barging through the Champagne Valley in France with...
15 days ago • 8 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, If you've been staring at your suitcase lately feeling more dread than delight, you are not alone. Travel burnout is real. It happens to many seasoned wanderers. A point comes when we feel we have already been everywhere and checked every box. Here's what I've learned after decades of going (almost) everywhere: the cure for burnout isn't forcing another big trip. It's remembering how to be curious again, in small ways, before you ever board a plane. Here’s why we need...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, One of my most memorable experiences was preparing a full Vietnamese meal in the home of a young family, playing with their children, and gaining a deeper understanding of modern Vietnam. But, Vietnamese food can be salty, and I am on a low sodium diet. Before I booked the cooking tour, I knew what dishes to ask for, and the meal was scrumptious. Do you have food restrictions, like vegan, vegetarian, or, like me, pescatarian, religious dietary requirements, or foods...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, Several years ago, on a Danube cruise with Theatrical Adventures at Sea, I met a woman whose husband had passed away five years earlier. She told me this was the first time she had the "guts," her word, to travel by herself. It wasn't a revelation to me. My own mother spent much of her life alone and never traveled until group tours began welcoming solo women travelers. What a difference a decade makes. Today, solo travel is all the rage, and it doesn't necessarily mean...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, I am about to take a six-week trip, and it's never easy to plan. But after visiting 140 countries, I do have some hints and tips. I also have a roster of places I've found worth the effort of long-term travel. In an earlier newsletter, I reported on how we Ageless Travelers are taking Gap Years, where we travel for months at a time. My trip is taking me to the Galápagos with GoGalapagos, the Ecuadorian Amazon, and barging through the Champagne Valley in France with...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, When I ask people about their greatest barrier to travel one word comes up again and again: responsibility. On the very first episode of The Ageless Traveler podcast, I listed those barriers, like money and health. But I’ve discovered that the toughest to overcome are work and childcare duties for younger folks and caring for a spouse, looking after grandchildren, helping aging parents, managing a home, or pet care. Those responsibilities can make even the dream of...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, I know, I know. Between pickle ball, the book club, volunteering and sitting on the Board of your HOA, you don’t have time to plan your next trip. Funny how in the age of information, planning is getting harder and more time-consuming what with chats with AI, over choice, and airline headaches, you may as well stay home…not on my watch! As you will find in one of my favorite books, Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit, “The things we want are transformative,...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Dear Ageless Traveler, Yesterday I felt fantastic. Today? I am feeling a bit under the weather. Honestly, if I had to hop on a plane this afternoon, it would be a drag. Thankfully, that doesn't happen to me very often. I sat down and really reflected on why I'm feeling drained. The truth is, I’ve been so incredibly busy getting ready to travel for the next two months that I completely let my guard down. I failed to do my usual exercises, missed taking my supplements, and let my nutrition...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read